Meh, I'll see. Everyone has GL sigs right now, and Alan is next on my to-do list for GL stuff.
But yeah, nice Guy pic. 👆
...and the thing with PS is, I never expected to get as good as I am now, and so I never really had any ambitions to be better. I only wanted to be able to make decent sigs for myself and not rely on others to make them for me. I realize PS would make me better in the long-run, but it would be paying for something that has been, to this point, a completely free hobby.
After taking the time to make it, I figured I'd bump these to this page so more people can see them. 🙂
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Finally got around to it. Once I went through the trouble of actually picking out a Top 10, it felt pitiful not to post it.Anyway, I'm not much for awards and ceremony and such, I'd rather just enjoy making sigs, but for anyone who cares, here's my Top 10 signatures ever (in my opinion, of course):
First, the Honorable Mention's:
For the animation: http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mario55bf.gif
For the background: http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=megaman15jl.jpg
For the badass concept: http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=samfischer16yy.jpg...
#8 - Nobody seems to like this one too much. But I do, so screw it.
#7 - I'll own this game in about a month. Can't. Freaking. Wait.
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1-5 to follow...
A request for Deathblow. Including myself, 5 Mods are wearing sigs by me right now (once DB puts his on). I'm fast becoming the Moderator sig-whore.
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...now if the US team could not embarass themselves we'd be in business (3-0 loss to the Czech Republic). Oh, and in a bit of irony, the gradient I used in the background for this sig was the French Flag. 😂
Since I just added the line under my sig, I might get some new people checking this thread out. If you're interested in a "free" sig, #'s 98, 99 and 104 are the only 3 right now that are up for grabs. Mr. V briefly wore 98, but he got another one, so someone else can have it if they want.
Also, this is awesome!
Originally posted by Rewmac
I like your current. I think it's nice one. Good work with I specially like the effects on it, good work buddy 😄
Thanks. Zero's a touch hard to make out, but I like it (honestly, I like the minimalistic one I did just before this with the same render even better). And props on the BP sig...it's wicked cool!
I was bored so I downloaded a bunch of free programs to mess around with from the "Resources" thread. So I guess here's my 'reviews' of them.
ArtRage2 is nifty for painting stuff, but impractical. It would take the full version and loads of time to make anything look good, and I can't save as anything but a pgt (?) which is problematic.
Vickman's Photo Editor or whatever is just not as powerful as Gimp or any of the programs people regularly use. A step up from Paint, but that's about it.
Couldn't get the PS demo to work. 😬
I downloaded Dogwaffle a while ago. Again, occasionally fun but mostly impractical. I've used it on a few random backgrounds for my sigs, but could certainly have done without it. It might be worth it for a few features for backgrounds, but little else.
Apophysis is cool. It creates hundreds of randomly generated fractal-style background images for use every time you use it. Getting it to save as a png for general signature use can be tricky (get the newest version available) but once you figure that out, it's a nice way to jazz up a sig. Limited, but useful.
Paint Shop Pro X was the only one I tried that seemed to have plenty of potential. Again, it was only a demo, so it was a bit neutered from its full version, but there were definitely some cool things I was able to mess around with in only about an hour or so. It's worth the download if you're curious.
Gimp's obviously as good as you're going to do for free, but the full versions of PSP and PS are undoubtedly better. I've also been told it has a steeper learning curve than many programs, though I'd disagree with this, as I picked it up faster than I thought I would and never really felt frustrated with the program.
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Does anyone know which is supposed to be better for different things, PSP or PS?? They probably both have strengths and weaknesses, but PS seems to be the overwhelming choice for forum members and sig-makers. I'm just trying to gather knowledge in case I decide to purchase something down the road. In the meantime, Gimp (along with occasional help from Apophysis and the PSP demo) is serving me well, but I might be interested in PS if I can find it for a reasonable price.
Originally posted by DigiMark007Thanks. I worked hard with it and even with the render. But this Zero sig is just crazy. I always liked these kind of effects. But #106 looks cool too 😄
Thanks. Zero's a touch hard to make out, but I like it (honestly, I like the minimalistic one I did just before this with the same render even better). And props on the BP sig...it's wicked cool!
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Does anyone know which is supposed to be better for different things, PSP or PS?? They probably both have strengths and weaknesses, but PS seems to be the overwhelming choice for forum members and sig-makers. I'm just trying to gather knowledge in case I decide to purchase something down the road. In the meantime, Gimp (along with occasional help from Apophysis and the PSP demo) is serving me well, but I might be interested in PS if I can find it for a reasonable price.
Having used both, Photoshop is much, much better. Remember: it isn't the industry standard for no reason. 😛
Originally posted by DigiMark007
One last question, CS2 or some other version? Which is supposedly better? 7.0 seems to be the newest (at least that I've seen) but CS2 is different from that. 😕
Nah, CS2 is the newest. There was version 7, then CS, then CS2 (just think of CS2 as version 9). I'd recommend getting CS2, if you can afford it. It has some things (such as additional filters and, if you want to smudge for a sig, more options for smudging) that would help in sigmaking.
However, I had version 7 for a looong time, and that worked just as well. 🙂
