yonman14 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 http://img39.echo.cx/img39/1536/hyperspacesig5cc.png How's it look? CC please0rz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageloser33 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 A few filters, a radial blur, zoom, on best..... Lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeraider70 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Very bland, needs something more happening. axeraider70.deviantART.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbeberg Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 hmm.. so cold hearted ppl.. i like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonman14 Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 A few filters, a radial blur, zoom, on best..... Lame. Who said I wanted anything more? I'm very new to Photoshop, and I'm just playing around. I posted the sig to see what I could learn from people's suggestions. Labeling it "lame" helps it in no way at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeraider70 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 A few filters, a radial blur, zoom, on best..... Lame. Who said I wanted anything more? I'm very new to Photoshop, and I'm just playing around. I posted the sig to see what I could learn from people's suggestions. Labeling it "lame" helps it in no way at all. Please dont start an argument by making a comment toward teen like that, its completely unnessecary, so just ignore him if you dont like what he said. axeraider70.deviantART.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageloser33 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I've been told a few times, if you can't take the criticism don't post, it'll make all our lives a lot easier. And being a filter [bleep] won't help, it'll only decrease your skill. I suggest learning how to brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonman14 Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 A few filters, a radial blur, zoom, on best..... Lame. Who said I wanted anything more? I'm very new to Photoshop, and I'm just playing around. I posted the sig to see what I could learn from people's suggestions. Labeling it "lame" helps it in no way at all. Please dont start an argument by making a comment toward teen like that, its completely unnessecary, so just ignore him if you dont like what he said. *Sigh* I can take critisism. I apologize, my post came out too harsh. Thank you teenageloser for the advice to learn brushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 like jake said, filter piles arn't the way to go. The only reason i'd suggest using them in the begining though (and NOT showing the sigs you make with them!) is to learn the program. Your first few sigs by any intent realy arn't going to look "good". So instead, take that opertunity and mess with the program. Mess with options you have never heard of, just go crazy basicly. In the end... if you pay attention you will learn more about the program, which is a very, very good thing. And the thing with brushing is, It doesn't work unless you can use the program. I would also suggest getting a Trial of a 3d program. Something like C4D probaly. Mess with it, create a render, and then work on brushing it, and i emphasize this, USE LAYER STYLES I.e Overlay, Soft light, ect. If you learn how they work (which is why i said go crazy for your first few sigs) then you can even create a nice looking sig with only a render, and multiple copies of it, on different layer styles, maybe with effects added to them, maybe slightly gaus blured, ect. ect. So good luck in the future. And do try and stay away from showing filter pile sigs. They arn't the devils work like some people think (but if you use them too much, than yes. But if you use them just to learn the program, ok) Than you will be fine. ~Nadril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonman14 Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 Thanks for all that advice Nadril. Anyway, could you (or someone else) explain what the different Blending Modes are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Thanks for all that advice Nadril. Anyway, could you (or someone else) explain what the different Blending Modes are? hmm... Kind of hard to explain i guess. I'm not going to try and go into detail, but the very "basic" part of them is this. (note, i said basic, if used corectly they can realy bring out a piece, but since i cant even be on right now, i'm going to shorten it up) Screen: Basicly brightens up the scene, like you were to shine a light in the shape of your layer on the bottom one. Linear dodge: "basicly" a more powerful version of screen. Soft light: It basicly slightly ups the contrast of the piece. Realy, kind of sums it up. Overlay: "basicly" a more powerful version of Soft light, but with some differences. Mulitply: It basicly will darken your image a ton, kind of burning the layer its set to into the one under it. Color Burn: does what it says. It REALY burns the color. Kind of like taking the burn tool, and going over your piece in the shape , ect. of the layer its on. (Those are the most common ones used. Don't be afraid to use others though.) Now of course, these are a lot more advanced than this. i'd sugest either looking it up (in a manual perhaps) or playing with them for your self. i can say that in some of my works (abstract for example, sometimes space) a good 75-80% of the effects come from using layer styles properly. Basicly said, I brush the scene, get it looking nice, and then realy touch it up with layer styles. also, a few good "hints" for if your messing with is this. When you have it, lets say its just a silvery color. Duplicate it, Colorize it to what you want, then choose color ballance (Ctr+B) to further the color. Set it to Soft light/overlay, and you have a nicely colored piece. Then maybe copy merged both layers, paste on the top, and guas blur like 3-5px , and again set to soft light or something, or maybe screen if you need some brightness. So again, good luck :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabraulter Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Filters are good to a point. On some of my abstracts.......now mind you, im not all that great at them.........i do start with 'Render-Clouds'........but then atop that layer i add brushing, lighting variations like nadril said, colro burn overlay etc. and dont think you need to overflow the sig. dont overwhelm the eyes of your critiquers. you're on the right track right now, i'd say at least. at least for my style of abstracts. simple=good in my eyes. simple meaning, not grunge and with lots of solid colors and minimal hard edges. just smooth. keep working and experimenting. you'll pick it up soon enough. take some online tutorials too those are great help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonman14 Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 Fooled around with a few brushes and blending modes. http://img250.echo.cx/img250/1286/firstgrungesig0cy.png I like it :) How can I reduce its size? I know you go to save for web, but what after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Fooled around with a few brushes and blending modes. http://img250.echo.cx/img250/1286/firstgrungesig0cy.png I like it :) How can I reduce its size? I know you go to save for web, but what after that? a HUGE Improvement! Go to save for web, and mess around with the .gif settings. Lower the ammount of colors (normaly 256) untill your sig is under size :) Good job. Now just start working wtih renders and stuff, work with them, and your set. also , don't get too used to "grunge" also, don't rip images (like video game ones, ect.) to put into your sig, as it makes it look realy bad. So a major imporvement (like... 1000% better) Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonman14 Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 I downloaded C4D, the only problem is that you can't save renders. Any other options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeraider70 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Wow thats cool, nice looking sig :P axeraider70.deviantART.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 I downloaded C4D, the only problem is that you can't save renders. Any other options? Print screen the render after you "render" it :D . Works for me when i used the demo for a bit :P ps: glad to see after all this time, my C&C actualy helps someone :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonman14 Posted April 29, 2005 Author Share Posted April 29, 2005 Another try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 not bad, but i like your other try better. The colors are getting there, but its way too pixelated in some parts, and the grey blurb by the text ruins it imo. :) Get that C4D fired up and start working with renders as well. Also, don't feel the need to over pile your renders with brushing. Usualy i use mine as a focus, than other times as just a starting point :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonman14 Posted April 29, 2005 Author Share Posted April 29, 2005 I'm still confused to just how you utilize a render. Do you make layers beneath it and then brush those? Or what? I'm just sorta confused. EDIT: I think I got the idea. Makes me all giddy inside to get the hang of this :D One problem: I can't reduce the attributes to make it below 30k without effecting the quality. Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 I'm still confused to just how you utilize a render. Do you make layers beneath it and then brush those? Or what? I'm just sorta confused. EDIT: I think I got the idea. Makes me all giddy inside to get the hang of this :D One problem: I can't reduce the attributes to make it below 30k without effecting the quality. Any other suggestions? Hmm.... its going to be hard for a while with out jpeg's alowed, so you will probaly have to deal with .gif's. Just try reducing colors untill you have it bellow size, hopefully it will work. by the way, looking good, looking good. Your getting better :D . You have the right idea on what to do, infact a very good idea realy, just make sure that a render isn't totaly covered up, i'd have to say you have a good ballance between brushing and your render :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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