Zibl

It isn't the worst I've ever seen (first attempt). Though the background is horribly easy, and looks as if no brushes were used at all. Which is ok.... since you're new :) . The text is alright. It could use a few extra blends to make i flow in with the picture more. I also see quite a bit of cut/paste jobs (I don't mean renders... I mean cut & paste jobs), so the you can still see some background around the pictures. It LOOKS like you did the little transparancy thing to them (dunno name for it), which helped a bit. It is an ok first attempt. I've seen better and far worse. I suggest trying http://www.good-tutorials.com for some easy/difficult, fun, and very detailed tutorials. Trying out a bunch of different tutorials will get you familiar with how to use Photoshop, and may also teach you some tricks. Hope I have helped, even if it was just a little.

I like it lots. 7/10. Don't much like the fading stars though. I mean, I like it, just not that type of animation. A softer type of luminosity is probably what I'd use, but I still think it's quite cool. :)

.... what in the heck? You changed the color of "Rune" and "Scape", and added some green lines and some words. 2/10. Sorry. It could have easily been done in paint, and completed in no time.

Does it have to be a flash? Just asking. I'm sure I could attempt to whip something up. Won't be be a drop dead beauty though :) .

Thanks for all replies! I definetly agree with everyone, the text color for the 2nd picture doesn't fit at all. I basicly just left it like that though. I had fooled around with it for about 20 minutes, trying all different colors and layer effects, but I finally got fed up and just stopped on that. The first one started out REALLY good, IMO. But then I started to mix it up with a bit of grunge and tech. Needless to say, it went down hill from there. Last one is my favorite too. Moeziz, thx for the idea. Only problem is that I dunno how to do any other animation except the one that is on that sig. If anybody knows any website with tuts/guides about animation in Photoshop, post a link plz :) . Thanks for all ideas and comments guys!

Thanks. Surprised I got a reply :shock: :D . I think the last one is the best too. It's not that I hate the text, I'm just not good at deciding which text looks the best with the background, and what to do with it. IMO, I think my pixel/bitmap text always looks fine... but it is the other and bigger text (like where I type 'Zibl') that I don't know what to do with. Thanks for your reply though. :) .

A few ones I have fooled around with. Now I know... they aren't too great. But Is till see myself as a begginer/amature, because quit frankly I do just about the same thing with every sig I make. Only when I make a sig that is worth recognition, will I become anything more :? . #1 - Nothing much here. There IS a border on it (may be hard to see). Didn't take too long. I dont much like the text though; of course it isn't my strong point: #2 - Again, nothing too much. I personally don't think it's all that great, but I didn't think it was worth to just toss away. So I slapped some Text (which I hate yet again) on it: #3 - Now this one, I like. It is my first attempt at an abstract sig that is more... well... abstract :? . If anybody wants to be nice, they can resize it to fit here on Tip.It (but still have the animation) :wink: : Please, please, PLEASE leave any opinions or thoughts. If I'm not told I'm doing anything wrong (or what I'm doing flat sucks :shock: ), then I will just continue to do it and never become good at Photoshop. So all criticism(s), opinions, and ideas are welcome.

I gotta agree. I may be an amature to this stuuf, but that stuff is dirt easy. It doesn't even look too good either. In fact, with a couple good brushes, I'm sure you could make a better looking one by just fooling around... other than a step-by-step guide. Of course for people who don't know ANYTHING about Photoshop, I guess it the guides wouldn't be too bad for them to try out.

Looks pretty good. Especially for a first try. In fact, I'll give it a 9/10. You misspelled the word "what". Though... you probably meant to :shock: .

Agreed. Don't copy & paste in PS. Just Right Click>>Save As. Simple as that. If you try that and it doesn't work, then I suggest hosting it at http://www.imageshack.us .

I like it. I like the image inside the image ( :? ), the abstract looking one that is blue... it's purtty. 8/10 for now. Nothing wrong with it from what I can tell (course I am a PS neeb at the moment).

I dunno exactly what style my new signature is. In fact, I don't even think it can be defined as any 1 style. Basicly I fooled around with about 3 or 4 different brushes (all default brushes), and came up with this background. I didn't think it was horrible, but in no way did I think it was that good. CC is welcome: As you can see, most of my signature end up looking about the same. It's because I don't have a clue to what I am doing when it comes to backgrounds. If I knew how to whip up a good grunge/abstract background like lots of people I see around here, I think I'd be pretty happy with the way my sigs turned out. Oh well. Rate if you want. It is my 1st try at a background (i.e not Filter>>Render>>Clouds :roll: ), and my 4th ever sig.

Love it. Gawd dern, wish I was good with brushes/could find some good ones.

Well, since I am an A+ Newb with photoshop (for now anyways), I'm not exactly sure how to install them into Photoshop, if you even can. I suppose I could fool around with some default brushes, but quite frankly, I'm lazy :) . Thx though.

38 views, no help... I know 99.9% of the people on the media board are basicly experts with brushes (downloaded or not). Could someone please take the time to atleast direct me to a place where I can get help?

Sig looks great, to me. I don't much like those big cut outs on the left of it though :? . But whatever works for ya 8) .

Yes, it is just a buddy siganture. But I don't guess I can actually say much. The guy only has 4 posts (apparently new), and perhaps since he is "new" to the forums, means he just found out about buddies. Still pittyful, but I can't really complain, seeing as there is evidence which makes him look like he had no clue. :? .

Well, I downloaded some brushes. My problem is, I dunno really how to even use brushes. A breif walkthrough, or a link to a tutorial on how to load and use DLed brushes would be nice. Heck, I can't even get photoshop brushes to work. Lets say I start a new image. Filter>>Render>>Clouds (easiest thing to do). Now I go to Layer>>New>>Layer. However when I try to use a brush on the new layer, it doesn't work. Downloaded brush or not. Help plz? P.S - Made a new siggy. This time, is was actually for somebody. It is for another forum, and has nothing to do with RuneScape: (I was going to put scanlines on the sig {not the image}, but I didn't think it looked right)

What type font is that (Lea4Eva)? Just asking. Nice sig. Makes me smile and giggle, and fall out of my chair :? . 10/10

Thanks oh so very much everyone. So far, the Media Discussion board seems like something very helpful, rather than "oh meh gwad, you liek, suk@ cigz! that aint grunge, thatz crep!". I'll talk information I recive from everyone, and actually use it. Thx heaps. P.S - I wasn't sure oif it was really that gunge or not. Basicly, it is just a grunge preset (is that the word?), but I figured I'd ask for some help before I kept going.

Well, after seeing a couple "grunge" sigs, I figured I would attempt to make one myself. I didn't fool much with the coloring or anything, I just focused solely on making i look grunge. Please. CC only (if possible). I know it is quite basic, and probably isn't very good. I don't need to know those 2 very obvious facts. What would be helpful, is some advice/good techniqes and ways I can make it better.

Thanks everyone. I dunno exactly how to do much with backgrounds and stuff, I'll fool around with it mostly. I'd also like to ask how you "render" pictures. What I mean is, so there is nothing outside of the picture (everything is cropped out EXCEPT just the picture). Most pictures I find that I like, haven't been "rendered", and I dunno how to do it.

Hmm... good point. Now it is changed Lol.

Looks quite nice. I like it. P.S - I'm sure there are other, higher versions of PS off of Limewire. I got Photoshop 7.0 (with working serial #) off of there, so I'm sure there are others. P.P.S - It ain't legal, but it's cheap :? .

I looked at it. Nice sigs ya got there. Hopefully, I'll be able to do that in the near future.