Need some sig help..

ste_bla · 26 Oct 2006 at 03:57

Hmm, was a little bored so I tried making a picture sig using the faces of my two sons.. however its turned out pretty rubbish looking due to my noobism and paint! So the one i tried is bellow how do i get the pictures to look better quality??

If anyone wants to have a go the orginal files are..

Michaels Pic 1.4mb
James Pic 1.5mb

Tanks for any help.. i suck

Gilly · 26 Oct 2006 at 07:31

You'll get better responses in here

Brizzles · 26 Oct 2006 at 16:55

ste_bla said:
Hmm, was a little bored so I tried making a picture sig using the faces of my two sons.. however its turned out pretty rubbish looking due to my noobism and paint! So the one i tried is bellow how do i get the pictures to look better quality??

If anyone wants to have a go the orginal files are..

Michaels Pic 1.4mb
James Pic 1.5mb

Tanks for any help.. i suck

Any good for you ?

Let me know if you want any changes.

Mark

ste_bla · 26 Oct 2006 at 17:20

Thats brilliant just wondering could you go over the basics of how you did it or point me to a website that would tell me..

Cheers once again!!

Brizzles · 26 Oct 2006 at 17:59

ste_bla said:
Thats brilliant just wondering could you go over the basics of how you did it or point me to a website that would tell me..

Cheers once again!!

I used Photoshop to do it.

Let me know if you have photoshop , and i'll post what i did and send you the original photoshop file for you to experiment with.

Cheers,

Mark

joeyjojo · 26 Oct 2006 at 18:02

He almost certainly used photoshop. Make a layer on the bottom and fill it with that blueish colour. Copy and paste each photo on and shrink to fit (open it, crop it, shrink using transform -> scale, copy and paste). Add text using text tool. Easy

ste_bla · 26 Oct 2006 at 18:56

I got PhotoShop Pro 7 somewhere is that the same as Photoshop?

If so i wouldnt mind having the file to hae a play with if its not too much trouble

Brizzles · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:07

ste_bla said:
I got PhotoShop Pro 7 somewhere is that the same as Photoshop?

If so i wouldnt mind having the file to hae a play with if its not too much trouble

I'll send the file via your trust email. ( Edit - Sent )

If it's ( Adobe ) Photoshop 7, then it will work.

If it's Paintshop Pro 7 then it won't.

Have not heard of "Photoshop Pro 7" myself.

Someone else here may be able to enlighten me.

Cheers,

Mark

joeyjojo · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:18

Looks like paintshop pro (the pro is the giveaway

). Easy mistake to make. Not so easy to mistake the price tags though

ste_bla · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:50

Is it elements or the cs2 photoshop that people use?

Brizzles · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:59

Both !

Photoshop Elements is a "scaled down" version of Photoshop CS2.

Elements is cheaper but as good for photo editing and graphics , CS is just more advanced.

Mark

ste_bla · 26 Oct 2006 at 21:07

Elements is.. Ouch £65 !

Hmm didnt even pay that for windows xp!

Cheers again for the sig

Brizzles · 26 Oct 2006 at 21:16

ste_bla said:
Elements is.. Ouch £65 !

Hmm didnt even pay that for windows xp!

Cheers again for the sig

Or about £10 on a popular auction site

ste_bla · 26 Oct 2006 at 21:27

mrdbristol said:
Or about £10 on a popular auction site

Did see that but surely not legal?

Also had a go on PSP;

Better than paint lol.. but still not as good

Brizzles · 26 Oct 2006 at 21:53

ste_bla said:
Did see that but surely not legal?

Also had a go on PSP;

Better than paint lol.. but still not as good

The quality of yours may be down to the fact that you have over optimised / reduced the file size too much.

You sig has a file size of 7.59 kb

Mine has a file size of 19.87 kb ( The forum limit is 20 kb )

I don't use PSP , but is there an option when you save your image for web use to alter the quality ?

Mark

ste_bla · 26 Oct 2006 at 21:58

mrdbristol said:
Mark

Yet again seems your correct..

Still think i'll keep the other one for the moment

Brizzles · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:00

Try this ( Compression/optimization = same thing ) :
http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorial...eid=7953&subsectionid=781&subsubsectionid=743

Optimising JPEG Web images

1. While Paint Shop Pro 7 can save images directly in JPEG format, the default settings in the Save As dialog box leave a little to be desired in terms of options. For better results, select Export, JPEG Optimizer from the File menu.

2. When JPEG Optimizer opens, you'll see this dual-pane display, with your original image on the left and a preview of the compressed image on the right. Choose the compression value using the slider.. 35 works well with small file sizes.

3. Switch to the Format tab. This is where the JPEG encoding method is specified. Standard or baseline format JPEG images are displayed one chunk at a time as data is downloaded. Select Progressive for Web work, and the viewer sees a rough preview.

4. Once you're happy with the compression and format settings, switch to the Download Times tab. This shows the final size of your image before you save it and offers an idea of how long it should take to download at a range of modem speeds.

5. As an easy alternative to fiddling with options in the JPEG Optimizer dialog, you can click the Use Wizard button at any time to switch to the JPEG Wizard, which holds your hand right through the process by asking you a few simple questions.

6. Whether you use the Optimizer or the Wizard, saving the finished JPEG doesn't affect the original image you have loaded in Paint Shop Pro, so don't forget to save it in a lossless format, such as Paint Shop Pro's own PSP.

Mark

Chaos · 26 Oct 2006 at 23:39

You could always try gimp which is similar to photoshop and is free

http://www.gimp.org/windows/

also has lots of tutorials on the main site.