Domi Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Well, that's a boring one I can cook up. Please, feel free to make a far, far better one! Link to comment
Garfield Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I gave it a try. The animated banner is kinda OK, but if I reduce the size, it becomes unreadable (all background images are restriction free stock from http://www.sxc.hu/ ) I'll try again with another font... Link to comment
berelinde Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 That is so cool. I need to learn how to do that. Link to comment
Garfield Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Sure you do! Gavin needs one too Link to comment
Domi Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 Belerinde, if you have Adobe Image Ready, it's relatively pain free, if you get a decent tutorial. It relies a lot on tiny buttons, so it's cool to just follow the steps. I really liked the tutorial I used in the morning, to make this one, but I can't find it again in the wastness of the web @Garfield: It's very nice, and I wouldn't squish it to 50K - Just keep it as a sig banner. All the charcaters are nicely integrated, appart from Nord. You might want to try to 'feather' him before pasting on the background. Link to comment
BigRob Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Nice banners! If I might suggest using the dark blue used in Domi's banner for all the writing though, reading white text on a whitish background might be a little tough for someone watching the frame flashing by. Link to comment
berelinde Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Yeah, dark blue is better on the eyes. Also, you have a choice between cool font and breathtaking background. It's impossible to focus on both. If it were me, I'd opt for the more mundane font and let the background speak. That is, after all, much of the spirit of IWD2. Link to comment
berelinde Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 And I'm cranky. I don't have anything on my computer by Adobe but Reader and Writer. So I'm stuck with sub-optimal gif creation tools. I wish I knew how to do that. Link to comment
Domi Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Damn, the board is just fighting me today! Garfield, I didn't mean to delete your message, I wanted to delete mine, cause it stuck in the edit mode. Thousand appologies! Berelinde, if you send the graphics 'for assembly" and tell me what you want done, I'll gladly give a shot to animating a banner for you. It's really very quick The backgrounds steal size though. In Garfield's case it does not matter, but for PPG rotation it's a concern. The backgrounds I am using are actually the 3 IWD2 world-maps, but through numerous "less perfection for smaller size".... I'm toying with the idea of making a very quick assembling-dissassembling mosaic from character faces by doing a sequence of a few quickly changing frames. Link to comment
berelinde Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Edit mode is sticky tonight. Haven't been able to edit anything at all. I wonder if something is going wrong with the forum. Link to comment
Domi Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 I think so, yes. I am unable to use Fast Reply as well. Link to comment
sirthaddeus Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 sweet! I am a graphic designer and will give you some ideas! I mean if the designing of a banner(s) is still open?! Link to comment
Domi Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 I sent the small one to JC for PPG hosting, since I want to start rising awarness about the mod, but I don't think it would be a great problem to ask them to change the banner if we have something particulary striking. But we don't want too many either I also will not say no to a stunning portrait of a drow warrior (waste-length) with a nice bastard sword if anyone is interested in graphical side of things Link to comment
icelus Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Poke me as this weekend approaches and I'll try to whip something up. Otherwise I'll forget. Link to comment
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