My Banners

AmericanIdiot1721 · 10-05-2005, 02:57 PM

I am currently working on a various number of banners for my signature. I will post them once I am finished making them. Feel free to comment

I will post if I need help/advice.

Pixel · 10-05-2005, 06:19 PM

Why don't you post them WHEN you are finished making them. Its pointless opening a thread for something you will do later.

AmericanIdiot1721 · 10-05-2005, 08:21 PM

Ok, here is my first project's result

. I have been working on this one for a least an hour:

[url=http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/7480/ffviicloudsignature37mp.jpg[/URL]

Well, how does it look?

mondine · 10-06-2005, 03:59 PM

Hey, pretty good, for a first effort. Congratulations.

Next, maybe some blending and layering?

AmericanIdiot1721 · 10-06-2005, 04:55 PM

Thanks, modine. I don't know what you mean by blending and layering...

How do you do that?

mondine · 10-06-2005, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FFVII.Cloud.182

Thanks, modine. I don't know what you mean by blending and layering...

How do you do that?

Well, that would depend upon the program that you're using. What I meant in general terms was blending- 'easing' the transition between different elements used in an image, so that they look more 'part of a whole', rather than images put side by side.

Layering is using different -well, layers, of images. Laying images one over the other, to use different elements in the background and foreground, and experimenting with their opacity.

I'd just suggest that you keep at it, and explore all the tools and options available to you (in whatever program you're using) with nothing more in mind than creating things that look interesting to you. Doing is the best way of learning.

If you have specific questions about how to achieve certain efffects, there are a number of very talented people in the forum that I'm sure would be able to help you. I'm just a beginner, too, compared to some of them.

Pixel · 10-06-2005, 07:10 PM

http://www.pixel2life.com

Photoshop > Search Blending

Enjoy!

But yeah you might want to mix those 2 together and then small down of the font.

Also its kinda big for a sig. It takes up like the (almost) the whole width of my screen.

AmericanIdiot1721 · 10-07-2005, 02:27 PM

Thanks. I will experiment some things and see what else I can come up with.

Also, I will try that 'layering' thing you were talking about. I might just come in handy, considering my first project image is a little too big.

mondine · 10-07-2005, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FFVII.Cloud.182

Thanks. I will experiment some things and see what else I can come up with.

Also, I will try that 'layering' thing you were talking about. I might just come in handy, considering my first project image is a little too big.

This is why I suggested you look into Irfanview, as an extra free utility to have around.

For something like resizing, and resampling to keep the same quality and ratio of proportion, it literally takes about ten seconds, and like, 3 'clicks'.
Your banner, for example:

AmericanIdiot1721 · 10-07-2005, 07:55 PM

Oh, I see what you mean. Well, I used GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program, to make that image.

Do you think I'd be better to use both GIMP and IrfanView...?

10-05-2005, 02:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
AmericanIdiot1721 Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 185 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My Banners I am currently working on a various number of banners for my signature. I will post them once I am finished making them. Feel free to comment I will post if I need help/advice.

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Pixel Master Googler Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 817 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Why don't you post them WHEN you are finished making them. Its pointless opening a thread for something you will do later.

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AmericanIdiot1721 Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 185 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok, here is my first project's result . I have been working on this one for a least an hour: [url=http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/7480/ffviicloudsignature37mp.jpg[/URL] Well, how does it look?

10-06-2005, 04:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
AmericanIdiot1721 Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 185 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks, modine. I don't know what you mean by blending and layering... How do you do that?

10-06-2005, 07:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pixel Master Googler Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 817 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	http://www.pixel2life.com Photoshop > Search Blending Enjoy! But yeah you might want to mix those 2 together and then small down of the font. Also its kinda big for a sig. It takes up like the (almost) the whole width of my screen.

10-07-2005, 02:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
AmericanIdiot1721 Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 185 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks. I will experiment some things and see what else I can come up with. Also, I will try that 'layering' thing you were talking about. I might just come in handy, considering my first project image is a little too big.

10-07-2005, 07:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
AmericanIdiot1721 Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 185 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Oh, I see what you mean. Well, I used GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program, to make that image. Do you think I'd be better to use both GIMP and IrfanView...?

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