How do I?

[Timmah]

Hoping this will become a mainstay thread for budding graphic artists.

I myself would like to kick it off... I'd like to know how to get solid borders around things for that added effect. Half used to do it a lot I think... actually... example:

Suity's sig - the white around homer... how is it achieved? I've seen it done with club logos here and there too :crazy:

 

[Samwise]

Right click on the layer and go to blending options. Play around with the outer glow options for colour, spread etc. Looks like he's dropped a shadow as well.

 

[[furrycat]]

Thats if you're using photoshop btw :lol:

 

[Samwise]

oh yeah. what furrycat said.

 

[Twizzle]

Suity's was done by Noyd I think

 

[brooksy19]

Yeah defintley a blending option, unless he did it the hard way and drew a white oultline and feathered it.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

i have a couple of questions about the image files

i recently got photoshop (downloaded it via limewire) and have started tinkering with some banners. I am however very new to drawing on the computer (i can draw with pencil and paper alot better) from what i have seen in the image properties of the banners in here (twizzle's, samwise's banners) they are JPEG images.

im not too sure but i think that photo shop images are not JPEG's.

in microsoft paint they are created as BITMAPS or something.

so here are my questions

What is a JPEG?
What is the difference between a JPEG, GIMP, GIF ect image?
Does the banner have to be a JPEG in order for it to be displayed?
will i lose picture quality by converting the file to JPEG?


any help would be much appreciated.
cheers

 

[Timmah]

jpg's are basically compressed images. BMP's don't lose anywhere near as much quality when saved and therefore are larger filesizes.

 

[brooksy19]

Photoshop will alo\low you to save your artwork in a vast range of file formats, depending on how they are to be used.

When working on a file Id save it firstly as a .PSD, so you can keep your layers editable at a later time and for the image you want to be uploaded to the net, save them as with a .jpg .gif or .png, though Id reccomend .jpg (JPeg)

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

When working on a file Id save it firstly as a .PSD, so you can keep your layers editable at a later time and for the image you want to be uploaded to the net, save them as with a .jpg .gif or .png, though Id reccomend .jpg (JPeg)

and then when they are converted to JPEG they can be uploaded via a site like photobucket or something?

 

[El Coconuto]

Dodger, all you have to do to get the white part around something -- and this is for those using photoshop -- is stroke the layer by about five pixels. Stroking is the function you're looking for, and you can make the outline any color you want.

Step by step guide: (In this case we're stroking the Titans logo)

And valla...

Very simple technique that adds a nice look to a lot of things...

 

[El Coconuto]

and then when they are converted to JPEG they can be uploaded via a site like photobucket or something?

Yep, and it's better to save things as jpegs because they are higher quality images.

 

[El Coconuto]

i have a couple of questions about the image files

i recently got photoshop (downloaded it via limewire) and have started tinkering with some banners. I am however very new to drawing on the computer (i can draw with pencil and paper alot better) from what i have seen in the image properties of the banners in here (twizzle's, samwise's banners) they are JPEG images.

im not too sure but i think that photo shop images are not JPEG's.

in microsoft paint they are created as BITMAPS or something.

Incase you haven't worked it out yet RCB...

When you have finished doing what you want to do and want to save a file as a jpeg.

Go to: (1) "Save As For Web."

After that (2) go to the "Settings" drop down menu and change the format to anyone you would like (photoshop allows you to save it as gifs, jpegs or pngs) and you've changed the output type.

Two step process that you can change each time you save something...:thumn

 

[Timmah]

I'm using Paint Shop Pro

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

Incase you haven't worked it out yet RCB...

When you have finished doing what you want to do and want to save a file as a jpeg.

Go to: (1) "Save As For Web."

After that (2) go to the "Settings" drop down menu and change the format to anyone you would like (photoshop allows you to save it as gifs, jpegs or pngs) and you've changed the output type.

Two step process that you can change each time you save something...

cheers mate
much appreciated

 

[Timmah]

Huge thanks for the advice though El Coco - awesome stuff.

Might try and lay my mits on a copy of Photoshop one day soon.

 

[[furrycat]]

Legally I hope Timmah.

 

[Timmah]

As soon as I saw that you made the latest post I knew that's what you'd ask.

Yus, legally. I are 21 in under three weeks so I can ask for it as a Berfday pwesent

 

[Tom Shines]

I'm using Paint Shop Pro

Me too.

 

[McLovin]

What programs do you guys use?? I want to get a free one off the net btw...

My sigs look crappy with little old paintbrush...