Re: Sigs?

**Skud** · 12-01-2009, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by daveyjonesjr

Hey I might not be on topic and im sry, but what happened to Gumball?

havent seen him since at least one year?

RL took priority. Shame, too, he was on his way to being a pretty good modeler for the German Forces pack.

He also was my bestest TG friend back in 07... The good ol' days of Skud, Dirt, Warebear, and Gumball going for 100+ kills.

**Startrekern** · 01-28-2010, 12:59 AM

I'm going to necro this thread for 2010, both to show off my new sig as well as to offer my services to others.

**Celestial1** · 01-28-2010, 04:47 AM

Originally Posted by Startrekern

I'm going to necro this thread for 2010, both to show off my new sig as well as to offer my services to others.

You should fix the clipping edges of your signature. Look above the 23rd logo. There's a mysterious black fog. And then, there's the right rotor wing of the huey.

**Bastard** · 01-28-2010, 11:23 AM

I would like to know how to make sigs. I have been searching TG for an answer to that question. I don't need someone to make one for me, but it would be nice if someone did. =)

**Startrekern** · 01-28-2010, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Bastard

I would like to know how to make sigs. I have been searching TG for an answer to that question. I don't need someone to make one for me, but it would be nice if someone did. =)

You need to know how to use an art editor program to make a good signature, like Paint.NET, GIMP, or Photoshop. I mean, you can make a simple one by cutting/pasting with Paint, but you aren't going to get too far that way. I'll make anyone a sig if they provide the information below:

Name:
Style:
Logo: (link to highest-quality, biggest-resolution-possible IHS Logo, if applicable)

P.S.: Fixed the mysterious black fog, Celestial. Turns out when I did the motion blur/glow on the huey, I accidentally had the Airborne logo on the same layer, so it applied the affect to both sides, and since the airborne logo's background wasn't transparent the black was fogged a bit. The black fog is supposed to exist on the Huey's side, though. Good eyes..

**Celestial1** · 01-28-2010, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by Startrekern

P.S.: Fixed the mysterious black fog, Celestial. Turns out when I did the motion blur/glow on the huey, I accidentally had the Airborne logo on the same layer, so it applied the affect to both sides, and since the airborne logo's background wasn't transparent the black was fogged a bit. The black fog is supposed to exist on the Huey's side, though. Good eyes..

I'm not going into web design for nothing. I've been working with web graphics for the past 5 years (learning Photoshop and etc), and I've got 20/20 when it comes to this stuff.

You've also got one miscolored pixel on the left side (above the left wing of the 23rd logo, white pixel inside the black background) and a partial-border on the right side (right of the huey's tail rotor, the border seems to shrink and then is cut off by a full border from the right margin). Your border overall seems a bit uneven; how are you putting in the border? If the black block itself is still on it's own layer, I'd suggest ctrl+clicking the preview icon for that layer, going to the select menu and go to the dropdown that gives you Expand. Use that, set to desired border size (1 or 2 pixels should work fine) and hit ok, make a new layer and fill with white.

I think that's it. After that, it's a fine sig (my personal preference in design aside

).

Delta*RandyShugart* · 01-28-2010, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Celestial1

I'm not going into web design for nothing. I've been working with web graphics for the past 5 years (learning Photoshop and etc), and I've got 20/20 when it comes to this stuff.

You've also got one miscolored pixel on the left side (above the left wing of the 23rd logo, white pixel inside the black background) and a partial-border on the right side (right of the huey's tail rotor, the border seems to shrink and then is cut off by a full border from the right margin). Your border overall seems a bit uneven; how are you putting in the border? If the black block itself is still on it's own layer, I'd suggest ctrl+clicking the preview icon for that layer, going to the select menu and go to the dropdown that gives you Expand. Use that, set to desired border size (1 or 2 pixels should work fine) and hit ok, make a new layer and fill with white.

I think that's it. After that, it's a fine sig (my personal preference in design aside

).

whoa, someone is a bit anal about photoshop.

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**Celestial1** · 01-28-2010, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Delta*RandyShugart*

whoa, someone is a bit anal about photoshop.

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I'm a bit anal about web graphics over all. It's part of my career, and I have a small case of OCD.

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**Startrekern** · 01-28-2010, 06:47 PM

Two sides are 1px, two sides are 2px. That was deliberate.

**Bastard** · 01-28-2010, 06:55 PM

Name:Bastard
Style:Awesome? (I don't know. Stuff blowing up, Snipers, M4 carbines, skulls, anything badass. I do like it when the pics extend past the blocked background.) See, this is why I need help.
Logo: No in house squad. I did sign up for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fan Club when I was eight. However, I don't think turtles are "badass" enough for a sig.

If I were to create my own sig, what would be its dimensions?

**Ferris Bueller** · 01-28-2010, 07:38 PM

No, randy, I have to agree with celestial on this as far as star's sig goes.
mind you, i'm doing this with tools on my phone because my desktop is broke, but here are the problem areas I see (some also mentioned by celestial, see picture in post for reference)
1. vertical and horizontal border overlap and protrude from the apparent edge of the signature (notice the vertical sticks up higher than it should). also, horizontal border is shaded blue in only this section.
2. this is the errant white pixel that celestial was talking about
3. all of the other parts of the helicopter that exceed the box dimensions have a glow/shadow on them except for this tip of the rotor blade. makes my eyes hurt from the disparity.

oh, and one i didnt label: celestial was right about the border being uneven. the top border and bottom border pixel dimensions dont match. top border is 2px, bottom border is 1px.

**Startrekern** · 01-28-2010, 07:44 PM

I'll fix the other problems, but the top and right are 2px whereas the bottom and left are 1px. That was the point, to give it an engraved kind of look.

**Celestial1** · 01-29-2010, 01:55 AM

Originally Posted by Startrekern

I'll fix the other problems, but the top and right are 2px whereas the bottom and left are 1px. That was the point, to give it an engraved kind of look.

1px is a horrid size for borders, if at the very least not used completely evenly. It feels like a fingernail of border, disrupting the edges more than adding variety.

At least try out 3px top/sides and 2px left/bottom. That might work out better for you. +Points if you add subtle shading to the border, it will actually give it some depth.

**TomKing** · 01-29-2010, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Bastard

Name:Bastard
Style:Awesome? (I don't know. Stuff blowing up, Snipers, M4 carbines, skulls, anything badass. I do like it when the pics extend past the blocked background.) See, this is why I need help.
Logo: No in house squad. I did sign up for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fan Club when I was eight. However, I don't think turtles are "badass" enough for a sig.

If I were to create my own sig, what would be its dimensions?

**Bastard** · 01-29-2010, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by TomKing

Wow! Great work! I really like it. I'm going to test it with this reply. Does anyone know where I can find a thread about using a sig and showing my ribbons?

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