Folding sigs...idea

[LawnMM]

We've seen lots of custom folding sigs around lately, well, we did before IC went down. Pictures with the stats displayed in them and what not. Why not take it a step farther? Have a little design/photo contest or something, throw up a bunch of ideas for a new sig, or series of new sigs, to use?

Thoughts, comments, criticisms?

[Lincoln]

LawnMM said
We've seen lots of custom folding sigs around lately, well, we did before IC went down. Pictures with the stats displayed in them and what not. Why not take it a step farther? Have a little design/photo contest or something, throw up a bunch of ideas for a new sig, or series of new sigs, to use?

Thoughts, comments, criticisms?
We need new sigs, and we need new banners as well. Hopefully the two will match in some way:)

Well I guess we'll do it here, then! :D Let's see those entries... :cool:

[LawnMM]

Was goofin around earlier in photoshop...

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/sm1.jpg

[mmonnin]

I am not artist so dont expect anything from me.

We need banners to go our team page at stanford and the team page that will be coming up.

[LawnMM]

mmonnin said
I am not artist so dont expect anything from me.

We need banners to go our team page at stanford and the team page that will be coming up.

A set of dimensions would be good, so anybody interested in taking a stab at it had some guidelines to adhere to.

[Lincoln]

Oh dude, for a first attempt, that was really sweet!

thoughts: less free space around the words... like trim it down slightly I guess; and maybe make "shorty" aqua (like the far right) or something so it doesn't get lost in the effect.

Awesome! :)

[LawnMM]

General Keebler said
Oh dude, for a first attempt, that was really sweet!

thoughts: less free space around the words... like trim it down slightly I guess; and maybe make "shorty" aqua (like the far right) or something so it doesn't get lost in the effect.

Awesome! :)

I'll trim it a bit, I tried making shorty aqua but it didn't look as good.

[LawnMM]

Here we go, condensed it a bit and found a way to keep the "short" from getting lost in the effect. Again, a set of dimensions to work off of would be good.

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/sm2.jpg

[LawnMM]

Another revision, trying to hit closer to home on the colors. Unfortunately the filter won't let me enter the color code numerically, I have to do it by sight :(

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/sm3.jpg

[Zorki]

I'll see what I can come up with. :)

[LawnMM]

Zorki said
I'll see what I can come up with. :)

Sweet! I was beginning to think I was gonna be on my own! :eek:

[TBonZ]

Great start Lawn, add Team to it and we have the first short-media folding sig.:)

I wish I was better with photoshop and similar programs, who knows, maybe I'll surprise.

[LawnMM]

TBonZ said
Great start Lawn, add Team to it and we have the first short-media folding sig.:)

I wish I was better with photoshop and similar programs, who knows, maybe I'll surprise.

Will do.

[LawnMM]

Your wish is my command...:D

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/sm4.jpg

I was thinking put the name and stats on both sides of "folding team" on the bottom...put the folder name on the left, score on the right, something like that.

I'd take it all the way if somebody wants to explain or point me towards a tutorial for how to impliment the stats into the pic...

[Shorty]

Lawn :)

I got the exact colour codes here. Drop me an email to my addy (you should have it) and Il send you them.

Looking good.. Im about to start doing things towards the team site.. so this is a good start!

[LawnMM]

Shorty said
Lawn :)

I got the exact colour codes here. Drop me an email to my addy (you should have it) and Il send you them.

Looking good.. Im about to start doing things towards the team site.. so this is a good start!

Heh, I know bro...what I'm saying is, the photoshop filter uses a color palette, it won't let me use RGB or CMYK codes for color, I have to eyeball it.

There's an easy photoshop trick to finding the color codes I could have used, it just does me no good, damn filter...you'd think the "number one photoshop filter" would use color codes :(

I know you've made some custom folding sigs though, so I am gonna email yah about that :D

[Lincoln]

[eyes get wide] whoooooaaa.... coooooooool.....

likin' that banner, Lawn :cool:

[LawnMM]

I aim to please :)

I'm thinkin this first one here might make a nice stanford banner. I wanna come up with somethin a little more compressed and space efficient for a sig...

[MediaMan]

I'll make an offering. The dark green area is for code if anyone can figure that out.

[LawnMM]

Looks good MM! I think we're on a roll!

[MediaMan]

You inspired me. You know what it does need though? Some sort of background to blend into the light green. I need some sort of protein or folding image that is "larger than life" and looks "techy".

I can work more on it later.

[LawnMM]

What kind of folding slogans do we have? "Folding for a cure"? Toss em out...tryin to come up with somethin spiffy lookin'

[Shorty]

MediaMan said
I'll make an offering. The dark green area is for code if anyone can figure that out.

lsevald is on the code :)

I will nick that banner for the team site if that is ok with everyone?

[QCH]

My two cents... MediaMan's is a more professional/ Advertising company design (Very nice). LawnMM is more futuristic and tecky.... I guess the choice is between mainstream Professional or cutting edge techy...

[LawnMM]

Gimme a min to mess with mine a bit more...

[Film]

im making one :P

[Film]

and as soon as i say that i finish... :P

anyways its not too great i just messed with the header graphic a bit, but i like it :)

[LawnMM]

I think this is a bit cleaner looking and more stanford banner worthy...

Naturally the choice is up to you, just from my perspective it gets better and better the more I screw with it :cool:

I think I could look back at this one with pride for a long time though...

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/sm5.jpg

The thing I didn't like about the last revision was how seperated the two different erm, light waves, were...doesn't look as good. This way they're more blended, looks more futuristic and sweet lookin, IMO anyways.

Still...a slogan would be a nice touch? I can add that easy I just need some ideas for one.

[mmonnin]

I still happen to have this banner from Icrontic if anyone wants to change the name. Sev made it.

These can all go into the sig generator for later use. I am saving them all.;)

[Film]

should i remove the extra text so itll be blank ready to use?

[mmonnin]

Do w/e you want with it. Replace it with something else or remove Icrontic.

[LawnMM]

mmonnin said
I still happen to have this banner from Icrontic if anyone wants to change the name. Sev made it.

These can all go into the sig generator for later use. I am saving them all.;)

Thats pretty difficult to do once its been saved as a jpeg and all the layers merge. If you still have the .psd file you can edit individual layers so adding text, changing it, moving lens flares, stuff like that is easy because you can individually select them independant of the rest of the image...

Once they merge to jpeg though, you can move stuff, but you get color problems when light creates glare and you move the object that created it...the glare stays :(

Thats kind of a cool lookin sig though...I'm workin on a different size for a sig. I'm gonna offer up the above as a standford banner.

[Lincoln]

I like MM's theme to be used for the top of the folding site, and LawnMM's theme to be used as a Stanford banner. Use the flashy one to draw 'em in, and the clean one to fit with the [eventual] main page since they will likely be more interoperable then the previous team site and main page.

In any case, we can just throw one up for now and continue the discussion and competition as more people find us and/or people have time to get working on it.

[edcentric]

I like the 'jet engine exhaust' look of Lawn's first one.
Clean and crisp is OK for a sig, but for the header I favor hte more radical look.:wow2:

[LawnMM]

General Keebler said
I like MM's theme to be used for the top of the folding site, and LawnMM's theme to be used as a Stanford banner. Use the flashy one to draw 'em in, and the clean one to fit with the [eventual] main page since they will likely be more interoperable then the previous team site and main page.

In any case, we can just throw one up for now and continue the discussion and competition as more people find us and/or people have time to get working on it.

Sounds good to me...

Heh, kinda funny, I started this going for sig ideas and we wound up creating a stanford banner instead. I am working on a sig too, should be sweet lookin when I'm done! :mullet:

[Thrax]

I always liked the x-small blue on Icrontic, so here is my rendition of its replacement.

[LawnMM]

Thrax said
I always liked the x-small blue on Icrontic, so here is my rendition of its replacement.

Agreed, the sig definitely needs to be closer to that size. I likey...looks good Thrax

[Shorty]

Thrax, Lawn, MM and Film :eek:

Wow! What a selection.. hell.. we gotta find a use for them all! They are wicked! :D

[LawnMM]

Shorty said
Thrax, Lawn, MM and Film :eek:

Wow! What a selection.. hell.. we gotta find a use for them all! They are wicked! :D

Just pitchin in where we can.

[Thrax]

Yep.

[tycho]

oooo i like what i see here guys
we should definitly keep them all around and we can allow everyone to choose which ever they would prefer, just like the old icrontic sigs were like

[GHoosdum]

I like them all a lot... but I think I like Lawn's the best because of the radical look.

[LawnMM]

Okay, here's my first stab at something forum signature size...should be plenty of room above and below the text for user names and stats and what not.

We need the code king to clue us in on that!

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/smsig1.jpg

[tycho]

Lawn, that is beautiful

[LawnMM]

tycho said
Lawn, that is beautiful

Gracias!

[Necropolis]

Lawn,

Top marks man, that looks cool.

[TBonZ]

Very sweet guys, I'll make sure to change our stat page logo's with one of these.:vimp:

[Thrax]

Updated my sig to get rid of the text placement ideas.

[mmonnin]

I have the pic saved as a bmp but saved it as a jpg to get it to show up on the forums. I dont know much about those file formats but I dont think bmp would help much either.

The x-small ones were smaller than any of the ones so far.

shorty, MM: Is this the final colors of the forums or will there be more color changes. I would like to have everything match the forum.

Lawn: DAMN. Lookin better and better each time.:D

[LawnMM]

Necropolis_uk said
Lawn,

Top marks man, that looks cool.

:D

mmonnin said
I have the pic saved as a bmp but saved it as a jpg to get it to show up on the forums. I dont know much about those file formats but I dont think bmp would help much either.

Lawn: DAMN. Lookin better and better each time.:D

;)

No, BMP is just as useless as far as seperating the elements of the picture. The original psd files that keep track of seperate layers are the best backups! Though you can still work some wizardry with jpegs and bmps...its just a real pita :mad:

[Zorki]

I will have something in about 12 hours, I am stuck at school right now and then I have graduation practice and then a party I don't want to go to. :( Your ideas are great!

[LawnMM]

Zorki said
I will have something in about 12 hours, I am stuck at school right now and then I have graduation practice and then a party I don't want to go to. :( Your ideas are great!

We'll be eagerly awaiting your ideas Zorki! Don't rush it, we're not goin' anywhere!

In the meantime, I was messin' with one of my earlier ones and I managed to get the aqua to shine back through instead of getting drowned out by the light waves.

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/sm6.jpg

[TBonZ]

Added your latest banner to our Stanford team page which is already up and have MM's banner slated for display on our Statman page anytime now.:)

Make sure to keep'em coming though, maybe we'll have a rotation for the banners.

[LawnMM]

TBonZ said
Added your latest banner to our Stanford team page which is already up and have MM's banner slated for display on our Statman page anytime now.:)

Make sure to keep'em coming though, maybe we'll have a rotation for the banners.

Coo! Now all we need is the info on how to implement the stats into the images and we'll be ready to rock with sigs too!

[fatcat]

i know this might be off topic...but was just wondering when the stats gonna work in muh sig again?...shorty?...thx

fc

EDIT> nevermind i know why....http://www.teamicrontic.com/sigs/stats.php...

SHORTY!!...:halfcog:

[TBonZ]

It'll be a few days for the scripts to be in order, just a little longer.:)

[LawnMM]

TBonZ said
It'll be a few days for the scripts to be in order, just a little longer.:)

How do you get the script working with the image though? I'm not impatient, just curious as to how it works.

[TBonZ]

It's a matter of standardising where the text is programmed to position itself on the banner, lsevald is the architect and I have asked him to drop on in to try and give specifics.

[LawnMM]

TBonZ said
It's a matter of standardising where the text is programmed to position itself on the banner, lsevald is the architect and I have asked him to drop on in to try and give specifics.

Sweetness :D

[Lincoln]

LawnMM said
Okay, here's my first stab at something forum signature size...should be plenty of room above and below the text for user names and stats and what not.

We need the code king to clue us in on that!

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/smsig1.jpg


/me wipes trickle of drool from corner of mouth

[Lincoln]

/me whistles innocently while editing his profile / sig

[LawnMM]

Heh, looksa good keebs! :cool:

Should have the stats going pretty soon then we're set. The code boys are already on it. Just a matta' of time.

[TBonZ]

Yup that is a sweet banner.:vimp:

Ok so just trying to coordinate all this, lsevald is working like a dog until Sunday but we should be getting started then. I don't forsee too much trouble in the changeover of the scripts though but realistically it looks like it'll be early next week before it's all converted.

Stick with us guys.:)

[QCH]

It nice to see our Team already regrouping to continue Folding... Keep the ideas coming.

[IPsoldat]

I am away in Arizona so wont be able to sit at my puter till around June 19th. So no entries from me on this one till I get back home.

Meanwhile they are sitting there cranking away at the WU's think I will be past the 2000 score when I get back :fold: :fold: :fold:

[danball1976]

A good one would be like the small one that Icrontic had. It was something like 30x200 or 40Hx300L

Like the size of IPSoldat's sig

[Necropolis]

I had a go at making one, but it was crap so I bined it. Great work guys, looks like it is coming along nicely. Cant wait for the stats to be sorted so I can get my sig going again.

[GHoosdum]

Every time I look at this sig now, I think: "COOL"

LawnMM, veeeeery nice work.

[LawnMM]

GHoosdum said
Every time I look at this sig now, I think: "COOL"

LawnMM, veeeeery nice work.

Thank yah!

[seversphere]

I'll see if I can come up with a newer donated parts themed banner. LawnMM that is a very good banner!

:fold:

[LawnMM]

seversphere said
I'll see if I can come up with a newer donated parts themed banner. LawnMM that is a very good banner!

:fold:

:D

[seversphere]

LawnMM: my general idea for this theme - I'm not a photoshop pro so if you could change it up and add the cool graphics you got. The space on the right end would be for the stats and replace the circles with proper ones :D

[danball1976]

serversphere, that looks good:

[LawnMM]

seversphere said
LawnMM: my general idea for this theme - I'm not a photoshop pro so if you could change it up and add the cool graphics you got. The space on the right end would be for the stats and replace the circles with proper ones :D

Looks good dude! I'm not a photoshop pro either! What is it you want me to add? Or better yet...what can I show you how to add yourself? ;)

[seversphere]

how about help sites for photoshop 7.0 that deal with more of the basics - adding/cut/paste/copy/ making and manipulating circles (ellipse tool annoys since I really can't tell if it's a perfect circle)

I have trouble even adding stuff in - like chopping from other pics or creating the circles with an easier program then using it in PS7.0 - those circles were made best I could in PS7.0


a tut list: http://www.hardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=550795

but lots of these are for older versions - if you know which ones have some tuts for basics . . .

added you to icq for IM if you wanna walk me thru - thanx

[LawnMM]

seversphere said
how about help sites for photoshop 7.0 that deal with more of the basics - adding/cut/paste/copy/ making and manipulating circles (ellipse tool annoys since I really can't tell if it's a perfect circle)

I have trouble even adding stuff in - like chopping from other pics or creating the circles with an easier program then using it in PS7.0 - those circles were made best I could in PS7.0


a tut list: http://www.hardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=550795

but lots of these are for older versions - if you know which ones have some tuts for basics . . .

added you to icq for IM if you wanna walk me thru - thanx

Send me an authorization request, haven't seen yah yet. As for help sites and such, I can't really help yah there because I don't really know any. I think you usually learn how to do things at a quicker pace or at least one thats more in sync with your own learning habits if you just tinker with it.

I can give yah tips and stuff on icq, just make sure yah send an authorization request, if I don't respond pretty fast send another, they don't always go through on the first shot.

[seversphere]

:fold:

http://www.leetsauce.net/~seversphere/smxa%20copy.jpg

http://www.leetsauce.net/~seversphere/smxc%20copy.jpg

http://www.leetsauce.net/~seversphere/smx17a.jpg

[mmonnin]

Awesome Sev.:) That has some space for text for stats too.

[LawnMM]

mmonnin said
Awesome Sev.:) That has some space for text for stats too.

Agreed!

[danball1976]

seversphere said
:fold:

http://www.leetsauce.net/~seversphere/smxa%20copy.jpg

http://www.leetsauce.net/~seversphere/smxc%20copy.jpg

Both of those are really good.

[TBonZ]

Great stuff guys and keep them coming.:beer:

The wheels are turning on the Team site and the sig generator, the front page of short-media has been the focus but time is starting to open up for the work to be done.:)

BTW - I had a sneakpeak of the new sig generator 2.0 and I must say it's awesome. The versatility is much improved over the old.:mullet:

[LawnMM]

I did too, it is quite nice! Things are definitely on the road back to normalcy at an autobahn pace.

[csimon]

TBonZ said
BTW - I had a sneakpeak of the new sig generator 2.0 and I must say it's awesome. The versatility is much improved over the old.:mullet:
Ok you opened up a can-o-worms now!!!
When will you be flauting a sample in your sig?:nudge:

[LawnMM]

csimon said
TBonZ said
BTW - I had a sneakpeak of the new sig generator 2.0 and I must say it's awesome. The versatility is much improved over the old.:mullet:
Ok you opened up a can-o-worms now!!!
When will you be flauting a sample in your sig?:nudge:

Sample...be thankful for it, it cost a spy his life to get the info out to you boys! :p

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/teaser.jpg :eek:

I'm learning what I can on the fly with lsevald's help when he's not working like a madman! The HTML is extremely customizable, so I'm messing with the alignment and what not trying to get it lookin' spiffy for yahs.

[mmonnin]

Great Lawn. I cant wait to add mine into my sig.

[profdlp]

Can't wait to glitz up my sig a little.:cool:


Prof

PS: New high for me - EIGHT processors turned in WU's this week. Getting ready to break 10,000 in a few days!:)

[LawnMM]

mmonnin said
Great Lawn. I cant wait to add mine into my sig.

Gonna mess with the color a bit but I think thats pretty much one folding sig that's about ready to be set up in the generator. I know there's some kind of flash sig in the works, and of course a table so you can plug your stats into a custom image if you want.

[danball1976]

LawnMM said
csimon said
TBonZ said
BTW - I had a sneakpeak of the new sig generator 2.0 and I must say it's awesome. The versatility is much improved over the old.:mullet:
Ok you opened up a can-o-worms now!!!
When will you be flauting a sample in your sig?:nudge:

Sample...be thankful for it, it cost a spy his life to get the info out to you boys! :p

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/teaser.jpg :eek:

I'm learning what I can on the fly with lsevald's help when he's not working like a madman! The HTML is extremely customizable, so I'm messing with the alignment and what not trying to get it lookin' spiffy for yahs.

Do you think that the sig generator can make a smaller one that will fit nicely within the area where I want mine to go?

[mmonnin]

There was a smaller one last time and there should be another one for Short-Media.

[LawnMM]

It needs a background to display the stats on. Thats difficult to do without a set of dimensions to work offf of. How small do you want it.

[mmonnin]

Well that one is 500*60. The last ones were 400*X werent they?

I was thinking 60 or 90 but even that looks bigger.

[LawnMM]

Its the width thats bothering you? I figured it was the height...

[profdlp]

LawnMM said
Its the width thats bothering you? I figured it was the height...

If the width is bothering anyone they must be running a very low resolution.

The only complaint I would have about height would be if I had to scroll for eternity to get to the next post, but none of the examples I've seen here come even close to that.

Nice work - I'm going to have to get a newer version of Photoshop so I can try my hand. (I've got 3.0 now - basically a box of crayons and some construction paper :D )


Prof

[LawnMM]

profdlp said
LawnMM said
Its the width thats bothering you? I figured it was the height...

If the width is bothering anyone they must be running a very low resolution.

Nice work - I'm going to have to get a newer version of Photoshop so I can try my hand. (I've got 3.0 now - basically a box of crayons and some construction paper :D )


Prof

Agreed...low res weenies! :nudge:

Yeah, you need a new version of photoshop...3.0 is like, wow. Can you even cut and paste in that version? :p

[mmonnin]

Width is fine and I running at 1024*768.

I was just trying to remember what the dimentions of the x-small sigs were.