Signature Help/Tutorials

Originally posted by taft
ya...im thinking of make a video tut on how to make a sig like this and before i decide if i want to or not..... i was wondering if you guys would watch it....?

Originally posted by Lana
Check the file names, for PSP the extension should be .jbr. Usually you can just rename brushes to that and they'll work. I know you can do that with PS brushes because I've done that before.

I have a question how do you add 2px or 3px Borders?? Is there a special brush for that or something, if you could help me I would really appreciate it.

Thankx.
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How I do it, is make a new layer, fill it with a solid color (doesn't matter what), and put the fill to 0%. Then in the layer options, select Stroke, set it to Inside, and change the size and color to whatever you want.

Tutorial - How To Create A Teardrop Effect In Paint Shop Pro 7 And Above

1. Find an image of a person who does not look ecstatically happy - happy people don't look great crying. I am using this one: http://www.bitterepiphany.com/cpg133/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=1

2. Okay, zoom into the eye. Select the retouch tool - the little white hand. Select "Lighten RGB" and set to 25% opacity and size 2 pixel. Go along the bottom of the eye carefully. You can swap the mode to "Soften" and go over it if it looks too sharp. It should look something like this:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d118/-SweetAsLemons-/tutsteptwo.jpg

3. Create a new Raster Layer. Select the Picture Tube, and select "Water Drops" from the drop down menu. Set the scale to 40 approx - it mostly depends on the size of your image. Near the eye (duh) left click so you a have a water drop. You can undo and click again until you are happy with the shape. You should have something like this:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d118/-SweetAsLemons-/tutstep3.jpg

4. Select "Image - Rotate" and rotate the water drop approx 20 degrees. You should now have something like this:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d118/-SweetAsLemons-/tutstep4.jpg

5. On the layer palette (if you are using PSP8+ it might look a little different) lower the number to about 50 or less, or select the arrow pointing to the right and select "Soft Light" - keep it on 100 for soft light. You should now have one of the images on here:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d118/-SweetAsLemons-/tutstep5.jpg

You're done! Have fun with this, adjusting different bits and so on. Experiment. Hope this was helpful 🙂

~Diamonds

Another bordering questions, how do you make those borders that aren't attached to the outside?? that are about millimeters from outside??

Thankz
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I see some people with avatars that are bigger than 64 by 64 pixels and I was just wondering how you did it.

Originally posted by intangiblewarri
I see some people with avatars that are bigger than 64 by 64 pixels and I was just wondering how you did it.

Members under a Year are stuck with 64x64 Avatars. (disgust)

1 Year = 85x85

2 Years = 100x100

Ohhh Ok. Guess I'll have to wait a long time. Anyways thankz for the information.

Hey guys, this may not be the exact right place to put this but It IS pertaining to Jasc Paint Shop Pro and I didn't feel the need to start a new topic in the Help forums so here goes.
I own Jasc PSP versions 8 and 9 and for some reason when I click the open file, do you guys know how your view settings are set to thumbnails so you can see what you're going to open? Well when I am trying to open one through PSP some of the pictures will show up but some of them wrong, they're just kind of like what you would see when you see a broken link, do you get me? Well whether or not they show up, I'll click on a picture I want to open and PSP will automatically lock up it I try to open an image and I have to close it. This happens in version 8 and 9 so does anyone know what I can do? I mean do I have a virus or something?

I need help.

How can I get a gif animation down in file size? It's around 240KB and I need it at 150. I'm really only familiar with jpeg's so this is unfamiliar terriotory to me.

Originally posted by ILoveMyDaniel
Hey guys, this may not be the exact right place to put this but It IS pertaining to Jasc Paint Shop Pro and I didn't feel the need to start a new topic in the Help forums so here goes.
I own Jasc PSP versions 8 and 9 and for some reason when I click the open file, do you guys know how your view settings are set to thumbnails so you can see what you're going to open? Well when I am trying to open one through PSP some of the pictures will show up but some of them wrong, they're just kind of like what you would see when you see a broken link, do you get me? Well whether or not they show up, I'll click on a picture I want to open and PSP will automatically lock up it I try to open an image and I have to close it. This happens in version 8 and 9 so does anyone know what I can do? I mean do I have a virus or something?

Sounds like the picture files might be corrupt....dunno though.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
I need help.

How can I get a gif animation down in file size? It's around 240KB and I need it at 150. I'm really only familiar with jpeg's so this is unfamiliar terriotory to me.

By lowering the number of colors.

Originally posted by Lana
Sounds like the picture files might be corrupt....dunno though.

By lowering the number of colors.

Thanks guys....doesn't seem to be helping as much as it needs to (for my current duel) but I'll experiment with it some more nd maybe I'll get lucky. And I'm sure it'll be good for future reference too. 🙂

Originally posted by TOH
or the number of frames or both 😕

Yeah that too.

I usually try and lower the colors before getting rid of frames, though.

Originally posted by Lana
Sounds like the picture files might be corrupt....dunno though.

By lowering the number of colors.

Anybody know how I can resize my sig?Any help is appreciated.

You want it bigger (read that in Queeq's bar)...I suggest NOT doing that. The quality would be horrid.

I'd suggest getting larger images and redoing it altogether.

Resizing larger will destroy the quality.

Understood,thanks Lance,thanks Lana! 🙂