ok i have a few questions to ask most likely easy to answer please answer them as if i was a stupid idiot so i get them clearly and dont mess up the first time ok here goes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. what program do i need to make some of those cool background...also how do i use them.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. where do you guys get some of those nice looking font types for the words and and how do i make some of them animated like....have a light flash over them or something.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. how do i host a sig or something thats big but dont have it where the picture turn small every time i host it on imageshack.us and also how do i get rid of the numbers they put at the bottom of it?

Well, to animate a sig and avatar I use Macromedia Fireworks MX and there's a 30 day trial for the newest one out there so you can get that. I also use that for font texts,styles, etc.

i believe u can make good abstract backrounds with photoshop (theres a free trial on http://adobe.com

thanks but how do i host them without it shrinking them and putting the numbers like 200 x 150 21kd at the bottom?

use http://www.imageshack.us

 

 

 

Instead of taking the Thumbnail Link, use the Direct Link and put tags around it for posting it here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for animations, Imageready (should come with photoshop) works fine. Flash is also great, but its better suited for movies or clips, or interactive games etc, and if all you want to do is make a small animated GIF (sig/av) there is no point in getting it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool fonts would usually come from http://www.dafont.com/

thanks but how do i host them without it shrinking them and putting the numbers like 200 x 150 21kd at the bottom?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imageshack.us shouldn't resize your images considering they can be up to 1024 kb I believe. If the image has a large resolution to begin with then they give you a preview image that will link to your real image. After you upload it's very clear where you should click to see the full size image. If you're still having trouble upload an image and then print screen the the resulting page on the site that gives you a bunch of addresses. It's very easy.