What program to use for sigs ?

[Dr. Geekstar]

im currently using Paint Shop Pro 6,
or me or psp6 sux cuz i made my last sig with it and it sucked pretty hard (believe me, i tried)

so now my question is, what program ???? (plz dont say photoshop, cuz im having BIG problems with it)

im thinking about a request on AC's forum...

i have loads of images i could use for my sig, but im that gay with psp6 that i cant combine them in some NICE way....

if anyone is psp expert or has some godly sig-maker pls tell me =.=

[Demosthenes]

You could try gimp.

[Dr. Geekstar]

just downloaded it, ill post someting soon :)

edit: it looks awesome, its even available in DUTCH !!!! :D

[Dr. Geekstar]

i made some testing sig but have a little problem:
i want the background to become an image (mayb blurred/faded)


edit: i cant upload it now because of my loser-status :'(
try this link

First attempt with GIMP (http://www.free-webspace.biz/clands/pics/testorz.htm)

[WetWired]

There's nothing wrong with using PSP to make sigs. It takes a while to learn is all. It wasn't untill I took the time to read the reference manual that I was able to fully utilize the tools it provides. All my sigs are PSP sigs.

http://zelaron.com/sigs/wwusig.gif
http://zelaron.com/sigs/wwusigsmall.gif
http://zelaron.com/sigs/wwusig2.gif
http://zelaron.com/sigs/wwuceiling.jpg
http://zelaron.com/sigs/pingsig2.jpg
http://zelaron.com/sigs/pingsig.jpg
http://wwuzone.com/bitbin/symnz.gif
http://wwuzone.com/bitbin/zhenyasig.gif
http://www.iownjoo.com/penguinsig.gif

[Dr. Geekstar]

nice, but i dont have any manual and im dutch :(
(and yes i searched for tutorials in the past)

[undeadzombieguy]

I use photoshop CS, for everything. Lots of tutorials and stuff out there on the internet, not hard to learn.

[Dr. Geekstar]

cant find any good dutch ones... or they explain EVERYTHING.... and i need like only 1% of all the options

[Dr. Geekstar]

k im combining PSP with GIMP and in 10 minutes i made something... i dont know if im gonna use it as sig but its 90% testing =.=

http://www.free-webspace.biz/clands/pics/testorz.htm its the second pic

i think the background is too... plain.... any suggestions ?

[WetWired]

Things to fill backgrounds: A component already used in the work, but enlarged and faded/blured Noise. Choose a color and noise it up a bit to give it texture. Blured noise which is then modified to reduce the color variance can make a very nice background
Texture. Apply one of your painting programs fancy textures to either the background layer or the whole work
Whore the filters. Use all those stupid filters to make a fancy background. Just make sure that you reduce the contrast of the background so that the forground elements stand out
Of course, none of these can compare to actually generating a unique, fitting background for the work

[Dr. Geekstar]

Things to fill backgrounds: A component already used in the work, but enlarged and faded/blured Noise. Choose a color and noise it up a bit to give it texture. Blured noise which is then modified to reduce the color variance can make a very nice background
Texture. Apply one of your painting programs fancy textures to either the background layer or the whole work
Whore the filters. Use all those stupid filters to make a fancy background. Just make sure that you reduce the contrast of the background so that the forground elements stand out
Of course, none of these can compare to actually generating a unique, fitting background for the work


well thx for the advise... but i have one little problem:
it might sound nooby, but i promoted my background to layer and when create a new layer and draw a pic in it im having HUGE problems because the pictures used in it arent the same size as the actual sig... that makes corners and stuff like that appear in the middle of my sig... ill post an example if u dont understand. Mayb the only solution is saving it as jpg and create a new sig with 2 layer: background and the .jpg ??? my head hurts

[WetWired]

Yeah, if you havn't been keeping your work transparent, adding a background will be hard. You may need to cut out what you've made with some feathering, then paste it as a transparent layer in a new image.

[Dr. Geekstar]

well thanx alot, uv been really helpful, ill post my experiment on the site and ill pm u if im stuck again =.=

[Dr. Geekstar]

whats the maximum size for avatar ???? cuz im afraid u wont be able to read my nickname if it gets resized too much :(

[‡AC‡]

whats the maximum size for avatar ???? cuz im afraid u wont be able to read my nickname if it gets resized too much :(
avatars are 80x80 pxls

I use MSPaint, Gif editer, and a file converter.