Guest DJ Jeff Report post Posted October 2, 2002 Since I would like to get better at making banners, I'm going to take suggestions as to how I can improve. Post all your feedback here, and I'll use that advice when I make my next banner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kotzenjunge Report post Posted October 2, 2002 But we've... BEEN giving you advice. You just won't take it. Fo sheez, Kotzenjunge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DJ Jeff Report post Posted October 2, 2002 But we've... BEEN giving you advice. You just won't take it. Fo sheez, Kotzenjunge First, I do appreciate the advice, and I have been taking your advice, but for some reason, my banners still suck. *sigh* Maybe I just wasn't meant to be a great banner maker. Anyways, yeah, if you do have any other advice to offer, then post it here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KingOfOldSchool Report post Posted October 2, 2002 For one, use some variation in the background. Use pre-made backgrounds, if you have to. If were to look around the 'net, you could find plenty. All I've seen of your backgrounds is either a solid color or a solid color with a texture variation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest papacita Report post Posted October 2, 2002 I don't have a problem with most of Jeff's backgrounds. There's nothing wrong with a plain background, IMO, as long as it falls in with the color scheme. Sometimes less is more. If I had to give you some advice, it would be to pay attention to scale when you're enlarging your images (to avoid the stretching that people have been complaining about). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T®ITEC Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Yes. Stop stretching. The DAMN. PICTURES. That would help a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DJ Jeff Report post Posted October 3, 2002 So how exactly do I determine whether I've stretched a pic too much? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Midnight Express83 Report post Posted October 3, 2002 for starters. Use the resize feature before you cut out, or even after. It makes life easier. And makes the pic look good. Second: I could use this one too, change your fonts and colors. Make them stick out, not blend it or blur. Third: I can use this one too, change your background style. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Here's my advice: have more variety in your compositions. Practically all your banners are the same: Pictures of your subjects in the foreground, and faded versions of them in the background. They're not very interesting. Just look at various artists' sites so you can get ideas. So how exactly do I determine whether I've stretched a pic too much? Um, look at it. If it looks stretched, then you've stretched it too much. Here are some of the banners I've done for another message board: http://www.geocities.com/junimitsu/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Reverb Report post Posted October 3, 2002 The best advice I can give you is to take your time when you're doing a banner, splash, signature image, wallpaper... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Another thing---when you rescale a layer in Photoshop, there's an option to lock the proportions, so you don't get any kind of "stretching" effect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cynicalprofit Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Stop centering everything, try some cropping or really close up. Hell do that as a bg. take a close up of something, cut copy paste, resize to bigger, and boom, new background baby. If i was mean, id charge you for the advice, im a professional as of 2 weeks ago. Graduations suck kids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest papacita Report post Posted October 3, 2002 For Photoshop and a few other programs, I know that if you hold the shift key when you're resizing, it'll stay in scale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leena Report post Posted October 4, 2002 Since I would like to get better at making banners, I'm going to take suggestions as to how I can improve. Post all your feedback here, and I'll use that advice when I make my next banner. Stop posting, and concentrate all your time and effort on your banners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted October 4, 2002 I seem to detect some self-interest in that advice. Not that I'm complaining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T®ITEC Report post Posted October 4, 2002 So how exactly do I determine whether I've stretched a pic too much? Well, if the subject comes out looking just a *little* too wide, too hall, or not even close to what humans look like... Then it's too stretched out. Fo sheez, man, you must know what a stretched picture looks like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leena Report post Posted October 4, 2002 Fo sheez, man, you must know what a stretched picture looks like. Apparently, he doesn't. I haven't seen Jeffy around lately, maybe he did take my wise advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T®ITEC Report post Posted October 4, 2002 We could only hope, right Alina? I didn't mind him so much in the beginning.. I tried to encourage him with his banners, even. Too bad that he's Cutthroat II now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BifEverchad Report post Posted October 4, 2002 That guy only seems like he's looking for attention anyways. Be it good, or bad. Don't pay mind him anymore, eventually he'll just get the hint and disappear. *crosses fingers* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
