[SIG] Picture At the bottom off the page

Thefallenone · Post by **Thefallenone** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:10 pm

the images Cliffjumper & several others put at the bottom off the page are really cool-i would like to have an image off the fallen does anyone know were i can get an image??? and then how to insert it in the bottom off my posts??

Post by **Denyer** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:19 pm

Try reading the sticky thread at the top of this forum.

http://tfarchive3.com/community/showthr ... eadid=5425

Zeeks · Post by **Zeeks** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:02 pm

Well, after searching and only finding two images of the Fallen, this is the best I could do. Hope you like it.

Post by **Denyer** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:15 pm

Reckon it'd look better with a slight top/left dark margin, the speech bubble edited out and text give a 1px black border so that it didn't blur when saved...

Consider it an excuse to play with the editing tools.

StoneCold Skywarp · Post by **StoneCold Skywarp** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:17 pm

Thought I'd try my hand...see attached.

I can upload for use if needed

Zeeks · Post by **Zeeks** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:28 pm

Yep, Zeeks 'been licked on this one.......

Honest to God, I still can't figure out how to use the "alias" feature for type- If I uncheck it when i am placing text in an image, it looks crappy. If I check it, it looks great as I'm working on it, but then loses the clean crisp edges somewhere in the translation to either photobucket or this place. Whats up with that?
Denyer, I know you suggested a while ago that I should always start out making an image at twice the size of what it will eventually be- i.e. if I want to make a sig that will be 225x500pixels, I should start it at 450x1000, then when I am finished, shrink it to desired size, but that still doesn't seem to work.
Maybe its just the crappy psuedo photoshop software I'm using?

Any help would be appreciated.

Oh, and thefallenone, definitely go with 'Warp's sig. Waaaay better than anything I could ever come up with.

Post by **Denyer** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:15 am

It's the JPEG compression. Makes edges blur and colour bleed, because you have solid areas of low-contrast colour next to each other.

Here, let me illustrate using a lossless image... the top half is before saving, the bottom half is after saving (even with hardly any JPEG compression applied at all):

Notice that the second piece of text has blurred every-so-slightly, but still looks roughly the same? Whereas the first piece is a total mess.

Edging provides high contrast within a small area, so it doesn't blur/bleed as much.

A little bit of sharpen tool can also sometimes help, but don't overdo. It won't work miracles on the low-contrast text used in the example, either.

Thefallenone · Post by **Thefallenone** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:10 am

yeah i would like the head shot of The Fallen as my Avatar/or my image at the bottom not pick really thanks for the results Kremzeek75

StoneCold Skywarp · Post by **StoneCold Skywarp** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:14 am

URL - http://tfarchive.com/sigs/thefallenone.jpg

Image is available for hosting on this message board only

Have a nice day!

Thefallenone · Post by **Thefallenone** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:28 am

i shall have a nice day:)