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edited April 2011 in Ten Forward
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Could be worse....Remember I am the ship's Hood Ornament......
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Could be worse....Remember I am the ship's Hood Ornament......

    Well not anymore, I mean that ships journey ended quite awhile back. Wait..your still attached to it? Oops! I'd better find it and untie you.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    How do you make those sig pics anyway? It appears that anyone who's somebody on these forums has to have them ever since those updated forum rules came out.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    How do you make those sig pics anyway? It appears that anyone who's somebody on these forums has to have them ever since those updated forum rules came out.

    Woot, I'm a somebody!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Could be worse....Remember I am the ship's Hood Ornament......

    Did we ever get you down? :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    How do you make those sig pics anyway? It appears that anyone who's somebody on these forums has to have them ever since those updated forum rules came out.

    Usually Photoshop, or similar tools.

    With a bit of practice, and looking at some tutorials online, you should be able to do pretty much anything with it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    How do you make those sig pics anyway? It appears that anyone who's somebody on these forums has to have them ever since those updated forum rules came out.

    I have been wondering this too. Gonna see what TRIBBLE I can come up with tomorrow :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Firix wrote:
    Usually Photoshop, or similar tools.

    With a bit of practice, and looking at some tutorials online, you should be able to do pretty much anything with it.

    what he said
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    How do you make those sig pics anyway? It appears that anyone who's somebody on these forums has to have them ever since those updated forum rules came out.

    @zona all i did was cut down one of my pictures, i didn't want a fancy over the top picture
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Bird still needs a Pirate hat.

    But yeah a program like GIMP which is free is a good choice for makin' sigs.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Bird still needs a Pirate hat.

    But yeah a program like GIMP which is free is a good choice for makin' sigs.

    Yup, my sig and the one of the quoted poster could have easily been made in GIMP, even though I used photoshop for them anyway. I'm going to have to switch back to GIMP in about a week though once my trial ends on photoshop.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Sigs really are easy. Just a little patience and practice as stated before. I used photoshop 7.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Bird still needs a Pirate hat.

    But yeah a program like GIMP which is free is a good choice for makin' sigs.

    I downloaded GIMP last night to try my hand at this. Not that hard, though as another poster pointed out, an online tutorial would probably help. My only issue is, with the sig dimension limits on this site, the image I wanted to use ended up too small...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Here is what I did.

    1. Took in game screenshot.
    2. Open screenshot with photoshop (Gimp will work as well).
    3. Resized the image to the largest value (500 pixels)
    4. opened new image at the size of the sig (500x150) note: size measures as width x height
    5. create a selection box of the entire sig sized window.
    6. Drag the selection box to the original image and place it around the area of the image you want.
    7. do either of the following
    a. go to edit tab, click copy. Go to sig image window. go to edit tab, click paste.
    or
    b. change to your move tool and drag the selected area of the image to your sig window.
    8. Add text if desired
    9. save as jpg file. Note: I also save as psd file so I can make any adjustments later.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    v My attempt at an image sig via MS Paint, which is all I have access to at work. Bracing for the worst. >.<
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    10/10

    ms paint WINS! Is the ship on the left like a transformer? Transformers! Advanced Escorts in Disguise!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    bigduckie wrote:
    10/10

    ms paint WINS! Is the ship on the left like a transformer? Transformers! Advanced Escorts in Disguise!

    No, that would be the first ship called Kearsarge. It was the ship that sank the Confederate raider Alabama in 1864.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    10/10 for that famed ship :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    While you're all busy tinkering with the new goodies, a friendly reminder:

    The rules state five lines of text or 500x150 pixels image.
    If you use more then 5 lines or more than 500x150, you may wake up one morning without a siggy at all. *points at bigduckie's sig*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Hey Wishy, while you're here, what's the unofficial stance on a single line of text below the picture. A lot of people are going like me and having just a link or two below the pic. Is that okay? :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Good to see wishstone making his presence down in here. If you guys need any help or dont understand on how to get your sig fixed, dont be shy and pm me :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Good to see wishstone making his presence down in here. If you guys need any help or dont understand on how to get your sig fixed, dont be shy and pm me :)

    I might take you up on that offer. ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    hort_wort wrote: »
    Hey Wishy, while you're here, what's the unofficial stance on a single line of text below the picture. A lot of people are going like me and having just a link or two below the pic. Is that okay? :confused:

    Yep it's perfectly fine. Let me see if I can find her previous response to the matter..

    Edit: Source - http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3476373&postcount=75
    WishStone wrote:
    Also, I have already seen posters use the full signature image size PLUS text. Stormshade said "Yeah, you can have both if you can keep it small", but we are already having walls of text. Please try to keep it small, else we'll do what we had to do on the "30 days rule" and just bluntly enforce it. :(


    I personally have a 500x100 image sig with two lines of text, so that seems fine.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Archanubis wrote:
    I might take you up on that offer. ;)

    for sure, if you have any questions just let me know :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Thanks Sonaos. :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    No prob, Bob. I mean Hort. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    WishStone wrote:
    While you're all busy tinkering with the new goodies, a friendly reminder:

    The rules state five lines of text or 500x150 pixels image.
    If you use more then 5 lines or more than 500x150, you may wake up one morning without a siggy at all. *points at bigduckie's sig*

    So they only remove sigs in the wee morning hours. Good to know ^_^
    Good to see WishStone making her presence down in here. If you guys need any help or don't understand on how to get your sig fixed, don't be shy and pm me :)
    Fixed that for you. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    woot, got mine into regulation size before the night.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    thnx capy, i keep forgetting :( sorry wishy
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    So I created my picture sig, and uploaded it Flickr, but I can't seem to get the image to take. anyone got a step by step procedure to make sure I am doing this right. I tried putting the link in between the things, but that's not working.  thanks
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