Trying to make a new sig

Styles · 6 Mar 2007 at 12:50

Hi,
Trying to make a new sig in photoshop, can get a 400x75 pixel blank canvas, but when i try and put my picture i want to use in there it only shows the tiniest part of it. Now this must be cos it's too big.

So i tried it another way, I started with the image i want and then re-sized it down to 400x75 pixels and it just makes it very blurry? Any ideas what i'm doing wrong, as i'm rubbish at this stuff.

Priapus · 6 Mar 2007 at 13:28

Your best bet would be to post in HERE. :cool:

Styles · 6 Mar 2007 at 16:06

Oops, didn't see that one

Possible to move the thread dons?

WotDa · 6 Mar 2007 at 16:35

CTRL+T with the image you want in a seperate layer and selected.

tedaC · 6 Mar 2007 at 16:37

yeah ctrl + t which is the same as edit transform, then grab it by the edges " hold shift down to keep proportions" and shrink it as you like

Styles · 6 Mar 2007 at 18:31

excellent cheers. managed to do it from these instructions

WotDa · 6 Mar 2007 at 19:24

Before this thread dies...

http://www.good-tutorials.com/
http://revision3.com/pixelperfect

Shure · 6 Mar 2007 at 19:38

WotDa said:
Before this thread dies...

http://www.good-tutorials.com/
http://revision3.com/pixelperfect

Bookmarked those for further reference! Cheers

What would be the best way to reduce the storage space of a pic? Lowering the quality of the picture doesnt have the desired effect...

WotDa · 6 Mar 2007 at 19:44

chrisstevens said:
Bookmarked those for further reference! Cheers

What would be the best way to reduce the storage space of a pic? Lowering the quality of the picture doesnt have the desired effect...

Np.

I normally either save it in a different format, or .zip, .rar, .gzip or whatever it up.

Edit: PixelP is HD quality if you click the 'Download now' button. (The small one is HD too, but not as large, obviously.)

Shure · 6 Mar 2007 at 19:47

That would be fine for compression just for storage but for example on this site where your sig needs to be 20kb or less how would you trim that down without affecting quality? In the past I've been using .JPG I suppose I should try some different formats but I thought JPG was one of the best with regards to qulaity vs size?

WotDa · 6 Mar 2007 at 20:00

For this site I changed an old sig down from a 400x130 and 101kb .png to a 400x75 .jpg @ 16ish kb.

The quality setting was on 7, iirc.

My current sig is 31.6kb @ quality 12, but only 17.7kb @ quality 7. It's 67kb as a non interlaced .png.

Also try out the save for web option, I think that shaves a few more off, not sure though.

Shure · 6 Mar 2007 at 20:04

WotDa said:
For this site I changed an old sig down from a 400x130 and 101kb .png to a 400x75 .jpg @ 16ish kb.

The quality setting was on 7, iirc.

My current sig is 31.6kb @ quality 12, but only 17.7kb @ quality 7. It's 67kb as a non interlaced .png.

Also try out the save for web option, I think that shaves a few more off, not sure though.

I'll have a play around with the different options.

cheers mate