trickman Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I don't know if this can be considered as a tutorial, so I posted it in GD. --- Here are some tips on "How to make a good avatar/sig": 1. Check if anti-aliasing is on. A good avatar or a good sig always have anti-aliasing. Example: 2. If your avatar/sig isn't a rectangle, use transparency (note that only PNG and GIF support transparency and Internet Explorer 6 doesn't support PNG transparency (my advise: use Firefox ) 3. Make sure your avatar or sig is in the center of the image (especially if it is a circle). Why? Imagine you filled a circle selection with black (or any other color or gradient or whatever). Circle selections aren't anti-aliased. So when you're going to radial blur it to become anti-aliased, and if the circle isn't in the center, this happens: 4. Never ever save your sig/av as gif or jpeg, because when you do that the colors turn poorer. 5. If your av is a circle, make sure the edges of the circle don't touch the canvas limit, because when you're going to save the image, the edges turn anti-aliased even if you radial blur. That's it! If anyone knows more tips, feel free to post them here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 A more descriptive example of aliasing: Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1lancer Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Good points, though I'd disagree with 4. I think that JPEG is ok as long as you save it as a high quality JPEG. My sig and avatar are saved as JPEGs, and they look ok I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickman Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 ok, but even with high quality the colors can turn poorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javert Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 One thing to remember is that if the board you have your sig on has more than one skin, a border around your sig is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Trickman: See Ian Albert's guide to jpeg and gif here: http://ian-albert.com/graphics/gifjpg.php Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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