Signiture & Avatar Display

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

I think the second one violates size issues but if you could replace the bottom character into the top design, that might be cool.

It doesn't violate the restrictions. The maximum is 400 width and 125 height.

I guess I'll be using the first one then, although the second one required more skill to make. heh. Ironic.

[Fox 6]

I liked the second one actually.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

I liked the second one actually.

Thank you.

But I've actually decided to use one that someone else made, a friend from GameSpot. He's excellent at making sigs, and I have a link to his profile in my signiture.

It's a little over the size constraint (very little), but I can't resize it because it's a .gif.

[Vampyr]

if I save it as a .gif, edges tend to get jaggy.

Here are the two sigs I was referring to:


(ignore the fonts on this one...I'll be fixing them soon. I used brush's to do the background on this one. By some wierd twist of fate, I ended up making it look like claw marks.)




Edit: Here is a good site for brush's:
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/main.html
Click "brush search engine" over to the right side of the page. From there, let you imagination run free.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

if I save it as a .gif, edges tend to get jaggy.

Shouldnt, it might be a setting somewhere.



gif with transparent

Here are the two sigs I was referring to:

(ignore the fonts on this one...I'll be fixing them soon. I used brush's to do the background on this one. By some wierd twist of fate, I ended up making it look like claw marks.)


Edit: Here is a good site for brush's:
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/main.html
Click "brush search engine" over to the right side of the page. From there, let you imagination run free.

both thoes are really good, overall i like the axl one more, but that could chagne with the font change on the otherone, also i would add a slightly darker border.

and thanks for that site, i'll check it out.

[Vampyr]

That's a nice signiture. What font is that?

And I'm sure that you already know about this site, but if you ever want more fonts, it's a great site to use: http://www.dafonts.com

And sometimes I get jaggies when I save it as a gif, and sometimes I dont. I usually just play it safe and go with .jpg.

[Null]

dont remember what font it is actually. thats an older sig.

and yea, i've been to that site. actually i have a zip file with over 10,000 fonts on it. lol

problem is if i try to install them all, any program that tries to use fonts runs super slow. so its really pointless actually. heh.

[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

That's a nice signiture. What font is that?

And I'm sure that you already know about this site, but if you ever want more fonts, it's a great site to use: http://www.dafonts.com

And sometimes I get jaggies when I save it as a gif, and sometimes I dont. I usually just play it safe and go with .jpg.

For most signatures, you'll want to save it as a JPEG. For simple ones with solid colors, GIF will be fine and it's not as big a file.

The reason you get those jagged areas when you're saving it as a gif is because the gif format is only capable of displaying 215 colors. That means any image with gradients or more than 215 colors is going to be simplified when saved as a gif, resulting in having a jagged, not as good looking picture. Even though those signatures you made look like they don't have many different colors, there's actually thousands of different shades of blue and black. So the the computer decided to cut out the varying shades of black and gray on your font, giving it a jagged bit-like look.

JPEG, however, can store thousands of colors. So for complex images like yours, JPEG is better.

With simple signatures like mine, GIF is better becuase it can actually distinguish the few colors present better. If I used JPEG, everything would've blended more giving it a less sharp look.

However, when using JPEG, you sacrafise the ability to have transparency effects like Null's Sonic creation above. It just depends on what's most important to you.

[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

It doesn't violate the restrictions. The maximum is 400 width and 125 height.

I guess I'll be using the first one then, although the second one required more skill to make. heh. Ironic.

I didn't mean to accuse you of breaking the rules. My eyes were tired. I like the one made by your new best friend. I hope we can still be friends even after the mean accusation I made.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

I didn't mean to accuse you of breaking the rules. My eyes were tired. I like the one made by your new best friend. I hope we can still be friends even after the mean accusation I made.

Oh GM, it wasn't a mean accusation, just a missunderstanding.

And your still my best friend.

[dropCGCF]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

It doesn't violate the restrictions. The maximum is 400 width and 125 height.

I guess I'll be using the first one then, although the second one required more skill to make. heh. Ironic.

VIOWHA?

/me looks at own sig and cringes

[Seth]

/me pukes up a new avvy


acceptable?

[Canyarion]

Not really.

[Seth]

Well, while mine may have sexual intonations, your crazy WC goblin or whatever it is gives me nightmares so I wouldn't talk fool.