Signature Help/Tutorials

Originally posted by Lana
That's great, but that's not the purpose of this thread.

If it's called HELP, doesn't that mean people state the problems that have something to do with a signature, and then other people solve it? And i'm sure that Renders do a great part in making signatures.

Originally posted by Spidervlad
If it's called HELP, doesn't that mean people state the problems that have something to do with a signature, and then other people solve it? And i'm sure that Renders do a great part in making signatures.

Technical help. As in, how do I get a particular effect, how do I do this sort of border, how do I save it under the file size, etc.

Not "what render should my next sig use". Save that for your own thread.

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What is a transparency

A transparency is when something is "see through"
In signature terms, a transparent signature is when a part of the signature blends in with whatever background there is on Internet explorer 😉
However, this can only be achieved in GIF format, as in JPEG format it will come out white.

When only a render comes out of a signature and the background of the render is transparent, yes the signature near his feet has a background, thats called a POP-OUT signature, as it looks like the render is popping out.

So if I am in a duel and they say Bonus: Transparency all I really have to do is make a pop out

Originally posted by trademark
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What is a transparency

Originally posted by trademark
So if I am in a duel and they say Bonus: Transparency all I really have to do is make a pop out

Eg.

the parts inbetween each of the segments have nothing in them, achieving transparancy.

Originally posted by Spidervlad
A transparency is when something is "see through"
In signature terms, a transparent signature is when a part of the signature blends in with whatever background there is on Internet explorer 😉
However, this can only be achieved in GIF format, as in JPEG format it will come out white.

When only a render comes out of a signature and the background of the render is transparent, yes the signature near his feet has a background, thats called a POP-OUT signature, as it looks like the render is popping out.

GIF is not the only file format that can support transparency; PNG can as well. Hence while nearly all renders are saved as PNGs, it's a much higher quality file type, but is also much larger in file size.

It's impossible to make a good transperency sig with PNG here. The max size limit is 55kb

I have done so, on multiple occasions.

That aside, its possible to get good edges on gifs too.

Originally posted by Spidervlad
It's impossible to make a good transperency sig with PNG here. The max size limit is 55kb

It's 50kb actually. And people have done it on more than one occassion. Hell, people managed it before the size limit was raised and was still 30kb.

Originally posted by Spidervlad
It's impossible to make a good transperency sig with PNG here. The max size limit is 55kb

Apparently.

Stalkero mucho?

Barker version sig? Okey, it was a white background with sticky tape on it. Maybe it's humorous, but I didn't really find it amazing in graphical ways.

That was my "Bloigen has a small" sig.

Originally posted by Barker
That was my "Bloigen has a small" sig.

jam

I might sound like a noob, but under which category are the chalk brushes? I used them like yesterday and cant find them now 🙁

How do you find out the KB size of you sig?

Originally posted by trademark
How do you find out the KB size of you sig?

save it then hover your mouse over the actual file, or got to file-save for web/devices (it might just be web) and from there you can save it small but with good quality, and it tells you the file size there aswell. Remember, PSD is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger then JPG.

Can anyone tell me how to make a really cool looking grungy back ground?

Originally posted by Lana
It's 50kb actually. And people have done it on more than one occassion. Hell, people managed it before the size limit was raised and was still 30kb.

welll, if yu made one now, you are kind of semi cheating, seeing has you have no max limit. Thats the only reason i would become a mod, too much hard work without that benefit.