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Old 03-25-2007, 12:13 PM
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Re: Cody's Homeroom.

I'll just comment on these images so far before I move on. Sorry if I'm harsh, but I think getting to the point is the best way, rather than all this "11/10 lol ur sig is good" nonsense.

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Originally Posted by Nox View Post
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Sephiroth_the_Cool/Sigs/bebopsig.jpg[*/IMG]
So... umm... where did the original image go? I wanted a signature based on the image, not an abstract effect with the original image buried in there somewhere . Also, that particular combination of colours hurts my eyes. I inverted it to see what what happen (microsoft paint, press ctrl+i) and added a border, and I got this. I prefer this latter one, but probably mostly because it has less of that evil blue. It still looks off though. I think it's just a problem with contrast etc.
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Originally Posted by dann View Post
[IMG]http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/9052/image6uq3.png[*/IMG]
Actually, I'm impressed. That's better than several sig-makers that I could mention. The main issue I have is with that text, I don't think the font fits and it makes it look a bit messy as some of the text pokes through the borders etc.
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Originally Posted by Nox View Post
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Sephiroth_the_Cool/Sigs/PSP%20Effects/CosmicLaser.jpg[*/IMG]
I like this one, but I think that images like that look better when it's symmetrical and/or has the main attraction at the center of the screen.

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A couple things:

Easy outside borders - In your effects section, there should be an option named "buttonize" in the 3d part. If you use these settings, you should get a black one pixel border. If you create a raster layer at the top layer for it it won't be overlapped, which can be important, as having an image overlap the border can look a bit messy.

Resizing - Press Shift-S. Getting a wallpaper sized image and reducing it down can sometimes give better quality images, but be careful not to enlarge an image too much, or the image becomes pixellated and annoying to look at.

Scan lines - This one can make a signature look crisper. Create a 1x2 pixel image, then magnify it as much as you can. Paint one of the two pixels black. Now, minimize it. Get the image you want scanlines painted onto, then go to the thing where you pick out paintbrush colours. Go to the pattern section, and your scanlines will be one of them. Remember to paint them on a new layer though - it gives you more control over its transparency, and the paint can does have problems painting over multicoloured images anyway. If you want to be stylish, you can use the paintbrush and only put scanlines on certain areas of the signature.

Also - Nox: Dann will be away for a little while, so as a filler exercise make a sig with the above things in it.
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