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[saunders73]

been making quite a few sigs lately trying to find the perfect one... now here it is

c&c plus rate out of 10 thanks

[Hazanko]

it's hard to determine how this sig would look in FF(i'm currently stuck with IE). but i would have to say it looks pretty good, you did a great job rendering Homer, i can't really see any flaws with him currently. the only two complaints/suggestions that i really have for you are:



1. if you are using photoshop, make sure that you change the text mode from "none"(i believe that is what the option is called, it's whichever one is on the top of the drop down boxe's list), to the second option on that drop-down box. i do believe that the second option is "crisp", setting it to this text mode should eliminate all of the aliasing that you can see going on with the text here.(it's really noticable in the stroke).



2. i would also make sure that when using a png for transparency, you never have any run-off. by run-off i mean make sure that none of the image goes outside of the image's boundaries, i can see right now, that the reflection reflects off the images dimensions. fixing this problem would involve selecting the reflection layer, and taking the eraser tool(shortcut key "E"), with a soft brush on size ~30, and just do a quick run near the bottom of the document. so that it "fades away" before reaching the bottom of the image. in my opinion, you could also lower the opacity on the reflection's layer, since it would normally take quite the refective surface to produce that strong of a mirrored image to be seen.





sorry for the long post, i've been finding myself posting posts alot longer lately for some reason

i hope i helped a little bit.

[socalx]

=/ i just dont like the reflection thing on homer it makes it look a little weird and what haz said about the text too but other than that i like great job =]

[awal]

yea what hazanko was talking about. Make sure you have anti aliasing on.

[saunders73]

thanks for the comments guys, yes i haz i am using photoshop cs, but the problem is the simpsons text isnt that bold so i had to rasterize the layer then expand the selection to make the text bigger. When i do that i lose the option to make the text crisp, strong, bold etc. so what can i do?

[Hazanko]

you COULD possibly go the and instead of rasterizing, you could convert the text to a path, THEN expand it on a new layer, or what have you. did you set the font layer on crisp before rasterizing tho? even after expanding it, it shouldn't rasterize at all.

[socalx]

cant you just free transform the text to make the text bigger and when you do that doesnt it fix it for you?

[saunders73]

u can expand it until you razterize it but i followed what u said haz and set it to crisp then rasterized followed by expanding it and it worked great.

thanks guys, can u rate it out of 10 please

V2

[I Want More CowBell]

looks good, but eas up on the "ground reflection" lower the opacity just a little more...its still to hard

[saunders73]

V3


lol please rate it out of ten thanks

[I Want More CowBell]

looks good, but eas up on the "ground reflection" lower the opacity just a little more...its still to hard

lower more! 4

[b15ginz]

lower it so you can barely read it. but its there. i think thatll look best. when looking into water at a reflection..its never that powerful hope that makes sence.

[saunders73]

the reflection looks so much weaker with nothing behind it but when it gets on the forums its stronger so...fixed that
V4

[LiL WiLsoN]

i love the simpsons and ur sig i give it 8/10

the reflection looks kind of odd make it more like ur saunders sig u have now

This post has been edited by LiL WiLsoN: Aug 20 2006, 02:55 AM

[b15ginz]

your having the reflextion cut short. if you want to send me the psd at ginsberg.m@gmail.com i can show u what i mean.