Need a bigger folding logo.

Joe42 said:
...the image quality seems to deteriorate compared to the image i uploaded... no one else seems to have this problem so does it work best with certain image formats?
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Not sure. Have you tried playing with the quality setting on the General Settings page? Failing that I guess it must be a format thing, though I can't see why. Care to post the URL of the sig you are having difficulty with, I might be able to have a look? I really need to start work on updating/upgrading the whole FAHStat system soon...

Joe42 said:
I really must learn photoshop, as i struggle to even resize things in paint.
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Me too, was looking at a few tutorials yesterday but still haven't really learnt much. As you may have now guessed the Folding logo I did wasn't done in Photoshop - I used Pro Desktop (solids modelling). If anyone want to use the logo but want changes just let me know, I can very easily change the colour/apply textures/change the lighting/viewing angle if required.

null :)
 
How did you do your sig if you can't photoshop?

Thats just reminded me, i used to be able to use pro, think i've still got it somewhere.

Heres the url of the sig:
Code: 
http://fahstat.piggott.me.uk/?mode=user&urnk_col=FF0000&urnk_x=100&urnk_y=50&unm_col=FF0000&unm_pre=&unm_x=100&unm_y=10&pts_en=0&wus_en=0&tpts_en=0&twus_en=0&trnk_col=FF0000&trnk_x=100&trnk_y=70&avg_col=FF0000&avg_x=100&avg_y=30&gen_uid=Joe42&gen_canvas=folding%20sig%20template.PNG
See what i mean?

I didn't see any quality settings, so i'll go back and have another go.

Edit: With the quality set to 100 it still not as good as the original uploaded image.
 
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I didn't do my sig; I got it done in the design me a sig thread (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17587888) :)

I still don't know about your sig quality issues, I can see the problem with the logo, colours are a bit 'murky' aren't they. I guess you could try saving to a different format, jpg perhaps? The other problem I see is the choice of text colours, give them a little more contrast and the text looks many times better :)

null :)
 
White with a dark, but not black, border is a good look.

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Egads man! Get some anti aliasing!

I use the GIMP. It's cross-platform F/OSS due to its use of the free and open GTK+ environment. It's also free of charge, very much unlike photoshop. I like it very much. It pwns MS Paint and it doesn't pwn your wallet like PS does seeing as you want to some simple operations.

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BillytheImpaler said:
Egads man! Get some antialiansing! :p

I use the GIMP. It's cross-platform F/OSS due to its use of the free and open GTK+ environment. It's also free of charge, very much unlike photoshop. I like it very much. It pwns MS Paint and it doesn't pwn your wallet like PS does seeing as you want to some simple operations.
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I don't think any of these 'photoshoppers' actually paid for it ;)

I tried to download the gimp earlier, but my rule with software is if i can't figure out how to download/install it its not worth bothering with, and i couldn't work out how to download gimp.
Common problem with open source software i'm afraid, it just dumps you into an ftp with a massive list of versions and then goes on about binaries. I could work it out i expect if i had the time and patience but i haven't. I may come back to it in future, or i may have been missing something obvious, i don't know.
It helps to have a proper name, which 'the gimp' really isn't, another common problem with open source software. And they wonder why ordinary non techie human beings never use this stuff?

Thats a nice sig template btw, i might make use of it at some point. :)

Edit: Ohh and some more. Thanks. :p
 
Joe42 said:
I posted in the graphics forum and so far nothing. Anyone here fancy a go?

The thread is here.

Planning on using it for various things, would be very useful to have.

Ta
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Post in the sig thread if you want any changes

Cheers,

Mark
 
BillytheImpaler said:
:p

BTI's quick'n'easy guide to installing the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP):

Download, unzip, and run this: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gtk+-2.8.18-setup-1.zip?use_mirror=kent
I trust you can unzip the file because Windows XP includes an unzipper.
Next download and run this: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gimp-2.2.13-i586-setup-1.zip?use_mirror=kent


Done.
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Probably not their fault, but out of three mirrors one failed, one couldn't be found and one crashed dap and firefox.
But now that you've made it easy providing can get a download to work i will give it another go. :)
 
mrdbristol said:
Post in the sig thread if you want any changes

Cheers,

Mark
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Thats fantastic, thanks very much indeed. :)

I created this thread more for making a general purpose folding logo for all to use as well as to use that logo in a sig, in future i will use the sig thread. I'd forgotten it existed.
Didn't realise there were so many nice people willing to do things like this, its great :)
 
BillytheImpaler said:
The help files are massive and are distributed separately. If you'd like to install the help files use this link: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gimp-help-2-0.10-setup.zip?use_mirror=kent
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Another one of my rules of software. If i need the help file for even the simplest operations its probably going to be too much hassle. ;)

But i've been meaning to learn to 'draw' properly for a long time so i'm going to make an exception for this and learn it properly when i have time. Or photoshop if i can get hold of it, i did have a copy once. Although i'm all for open source software if its as good or better...
 
Joe42 said:
Thats fantastic, thanks very much indeed. :)

I created this thread more for making a general purpose folding logo for all to use as well as to use that logo in a sig, in future i will use the sig thread. I'd forgotten it existed.
Didn't realise there were so many nice people willing to do things like this, its great :)
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NP. :p

The problem with the quality of the sigs you have been creating is they are over optimised ( i.e the file size is so small that the qualty reduces )

Your sig is approx 7kb , mine is just below the forum limit of 20kb.

I made piggott ( Null ) sig and uploaded it to his stat generator without any quality loss.

If you want any more help, post in the sig thread or email me.

Good Luck.

Mark
 
SiriusB said:
Oof!

*Resists urge to make sig*

SiriusB
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Go for it. The poppies are out of season now ;)
My intention was for there to be some good logos for all to use, the more that use them the better.

Edit: There doesn't seem to be a link to Nulls sig generator anywhere, so i'm going to put one in the quick guide. I'll make a sigs section and link to the logos, the stats generator, the 'make me a sig' thread and the various other sig making tools and utilities out there. Needs to be done imo.
 
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