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Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 24 Apr 2007, 01:31

Well, I can't, but it would be good if you or someone else did make a matching avatar.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 24 Apr 2007, 02:23

*Magic.*

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 24 Apr 2007, 02:47

Wow, nice transparent edging. Any chance you could do that to my avatar (with the word Porsche and the logo)?

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 24 Apr 2007, 02:55

I can...

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 24 Apr 2007, 02:59

Well, if anyone can do it that would be great, but I'll probably just take the first one since there can't be much variety between them.

Driv2Slow · Post by **Driv2Slow** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:24

Wow nice Haz, thanks alot

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:36

Porsche-AG wrote:Well, if anyone can do it that would be great, but I'll probably just take the first one since there can't be much variety between them.

I got it half done, I just have to erase around the Porche letters.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:42

Ta-da.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:51

Well, it sure as hell looks better than mine... mine got disfigured when I resized it.

But my original size wasn't to bad...

Okay, ya it was. I suck.

Go Hazmat!

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:55

@ HaZ: Wow, your skill amazes me! Thanks, you even made the text thicker and kept the shadow!

@ Carcrazy: Lol, that first picture looked pretty funny. But thanks for trying anyways, I know it's pretty hard to get something like transparency correct.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:57

I used the same picture you did, what did you do to it? I just used the magic wand tool (with AA on) to cut out the white part and the shadow behind the emblem. I then took the shape of the emblem, added a layer behind it, filled it with black, set the opacity to 75% and feathered to edges to give it a soft shadow that will be transparent in the avatar. After that I resized it and voila!

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:58

Can you translate to GIMP talk?

Offtopic: I'm way too cheap.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 24 Apr 2007, 03:59

Oh, you're using the Gimp. Well, I'm cheap, too.

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 24 Apr 2007, 04:03

Lol, I would have to do the following on MS Paint to get the same effect:

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 24 Apr 2007, 04:04

What the heck did you do to it?

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 24 Apr 2007, 04:05

I just saved HaZ's picture and inverted the colors so it would show up like this.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 24 Apr 2007, 04:06

You must have done something else to it, what's with the pattern in the background?

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 24 Apr 2007, 04:10

Well the pattern appears like that because MS Paint is too simple to understand the complexity of a transparent background, so when I opened the file up using MS Paint for editing, I got the picture that I attached earlier except it was using inverted colors.

Try this test: Invert the colors of my inverted picture and open it up using a picture viewing program other than MS Paint. It should turn out the way you planned.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 24 Apr 2007, 06:31

Which signature should I use?

Black Background

Transparent Background

BKize_GT · Post by **BKize_GT** » 24 Apr 2007, 23:54

Black..transparent looks...bad

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 25 Apr 2007, 00:22

Ya, that's what I was thinking...

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 25 Apr 2007, 00:50

Your transparent would be good if you made all the black transparent, but most of it is still black.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 25 Apr 2007, 02:12

Like this? I removed the overlayer.

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 25 Apr 2007, 02:14

No, how come you drew a bunch of random blue lines on it? Honestly, I think that a plain black or white background would work very well. Easy to put text, easy on the eyes, easy to edit.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 25 Apr 2007, 19:02

Here is a good tip for making transparent backgrounds, Carcrazy.

First start your signature (120x550 px) with a transparent setting. Don't do anything to it yet.

Next get a car image for your signature (make sure its a clear image!) and use the polygonal lasso to tediously select the car from the image.

After the car is selected and placed into your signature, resize it to a size you like then ctrl + click on the layer of your car. Go to Select -> Feather and feather it by 2 or 3 px.

Invert your selection by pressing ctrl + i and then press delete on your keyboard once or twice depending on how much you want to soften the edges of the car.

Next put in your cool font and add some blending effects to it (the little black button on the layers palate or double click the font layer) then make a new layer and press ctrl + a to select all and go to Edit -> stroke and set it for black 1px inside and click ok. Then you have a nice simple transparent signature. Make sure though that you go to File -> Save for Web and set it to PNG - 24 with interlaced on.

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