Micky Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 Gotta say I like B Rabbits effort, but none of the others are that far behind either. Can anybody tell me what software you are using to produce these banners please?
Crab Lungs Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 Gotta say I like B Rabbits effort, but none of the others are that far behind either. Can anybody tell me what software you are using to produce these banners please? Photoshop for me, you should be able to, ahum, get it on the internet if you're a bit savvy. That said, GIMP is a free software facility which is very similar to PS.
Micky Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 Photoshop for me, you should be able to, ahum, get it on the internet if you're a bit savvy. That said, GIMP is a free software facility which is very similar to PS. Cheers CL - I actually already have GIMP installed so I may have a play around with that. My problem is that I dont understand the basics of imaging software, layers, floating layers and the like so this could be a bit of an uphill battle. Thanks for your help though.
B Rabbit Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 Photoshop dude. Lung...like your first one! Not bad for a noob
Crab Lungs Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 Cheers CL - I actually already have GIMP installed so I may have a play around with that. My problem is that I dont understand the basics of imaging software, layers, floating layers and the like so this could be a bit of an uphill battle. Thanks for your help though. It's hard to learn from scratch I found and I'm by no means an expert but once you crack the basics, you start to experiment and learn more and more. It's also quite fun too. There are many tutorials online both on PS blogs and on YT which are extremely helpful so it might be worth just cracking a few tuts and when you're confident, start applying your own ideas
Matthew Le God Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 The 125th Anniversary badge should be used. Which none of the designs have so far!
B Rabbit Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 I dont understand the basics of imaging software, layers, floating layers and the like so this could be a bit of an uphill battle. Thanks for your help though. Layers...simples.... just imagine each layer is like a piece of tracing paper...each piece of tracing paper has something on it..and when you put them all together on top of each other, they make a picture. You can move some layers to the front, some to the back....remove bits from certain ones etc etc. Essentially each component you have to a drawing, put it on a different layer...sky, grass, people, tree, car...one for each.
B Rabbit Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 The 125th Anniversary badge should be used. Which none of the designs have so far! Firstly...it's one of the worst pieces of graphics i've seen...yuck! Someone on here did a FAR better version of it...worst of all..someone probably got paid a fortune to make that badge... Secondly, it would be out of date within a year....although thinking about it...might not be a bad thing as it means there could be a banner competition each year :minigun:](*,):smt089:rolleyes::cool:
Matthew Le God Posted 28 May, 2010 Posted 28 May, 2010 Secondly, it would be out of date within a year I doubt the club will be returning to the current badge in 2011/12 and will have a new badge after the anniversary season. So makes more sense to use the 125th badge in the banner. p.s. that orange colour is horrible to read
Saints foreva Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 Tried to do one with a transparent end to it, but don't quite know how to do that on PS.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 A quick Friday night effort.... :smt023 I Likey...! I Likey Alot.
Micky Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 (edited) OK, it ain't great but I'm entering the novice class: or ... still workin' on it though, and learning as I go...! BTW - thanks to B Rabbit for the layers advice. Any way of getting rid of the green and blue channels in GIMP...?? With new club crest - and that's me done for now: Edited 29 May, 2010 by Micky
Dr Octopus Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 Just a quick go: Uploaded with ImageShack.us No offence but that looks a bit like a dildo.
B Rabbit Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 (edited) Quick Saturday morning effort... ...and Friday's as a comparison ....and one final one Edited 29 May, 2010 by B Rabbit
alehouseboys Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 Some good ones already but for me these 3 edge it so far... Quick Saturday morning effort... ...and Friday's as a comparison
JibMcdo Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 The 125th Anniversary badge should be used. Which none of the designs have so far! Maybe that's because the OP says the original badge should be used.
Saint_clark Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 Are people actually emailing these to the address they were told to?
Minty Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 For a mockup of the webpage with a 100-pixel depth banner area, download the following and then you can see how it would look in situ:
miserableoldgit Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 A quick Friday night effort.... This is a cracker! Best so far, although nobody is a loser of course.
suewhistle Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 No offence but that looks a bit like a dildo. Not like any of mine, it doesn't.
hamster Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 A quick Friday night effort.... I like this one B, should the text nt be in a brighter colour though, orange for example? That is the benchmark imho. Layers...simples.... just imagine each layer is like a piece of tracing paper...each piece of tracing paper has something on it..and when you put them all together on top of each other, they make a picture. You can move some layers to the front, some to the back....remove bits from certain ones etc etc. Essentially each component you have to a drawing, put it on a different layer...sky, grass, people, tree, car...one for each. Thanks for explaining 'layers' B, seriously I have never gottten my head around the lingo before. Not that I shall be trying but at least now I know how they are buily up. Great goal btw, I really wanted you to score mate although Spades was motm, you by far displayed the greatest 'Spirit of Southampton' on the pitch.
RonManager Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 (edited) Being basically an ideas man , and not in a position to design anything of any real competency just at the mo, could I venture a few suggestions that some of you may want to think about playing with. 1. Moving GIFs? 2. A selection of the club badges (moving across the background), including those developed by forum members over the past few weeks? 3. A little bit of yellow and blue in there somewhere? 4. Bobby Stokes and the FA Cup. Edited 29 May, 2010 by RonManager
Danny Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 (edited) I emailed it in earlier, but sod it, if everyone else is doing it on here: http://twitpic.com/1s4ick Edited 29 May, 2010 by Danny
Giamlarrahan Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 No offence but that looks a bit like a dildo. :') It does haha
theyin Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 the current banner has class, everything else is a step backwards tho Rabbit's Friday attempt is by far the best of what's on offer at the mo
Micky Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 (edited) I like that, but haven't you extended the boundaries there? I thought that we were limited to a 400 x 100 banner, which would sit something like this: After Minty posted the mock up, I thought that there was probably room to spare, I just wonder if there is some other reason as to whether it's usable or not. Edited 29 May, 2010 by Micky
stevegrant Posted 29 May, 2010 Author Posted 29 May, 2010 The main reason I've limited it to 400px wide is because there isn't a fixed width of the red header, it depends on the available width on the user's screen. If the available width is 800px (the vast majority of users, except some mobile users, will have at least this amount), the user menu on the right covers almost half of the available width, hence leaving 400px to play with. I can increase the space vertically by as much as required, but it starts to take up too much room after a while.
Micky Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 The main reason I've limited it to 400px wide is because there isn't a fixed width of the red header, it depends on the available width on the user's screen. If the available width is 800px (the vast majority of users, except some mobile users, will have at least this amount), the user menu on the right covers almost half of the available width, hence leaving 400px to play with. I can increase the space vertically by as much as required, but it starts to take up too much room after a while. Aaaaahhhh right - cheers Steve - even to the non pc literate, it maketh sence now.
B Rabbit Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 I like that, but haven't you extended the boundaries there? Just thinking outside the box
JibMcdo Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 What about this? Computer novice right there! You need to upload the image to a hosting site. So maybe http://www.imageshack.us. Once you've uploaded it, it will give you a link to your picture.
itchen_dan Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 I though i'd have a go. Which one looks better?? The one with the white border or the one without??
Micky Posted 29 May, 2010 Posted 29 May, 2010 What about this? Ahhhh I see you are competing in my novice category as well....! Nice banner though - I like it...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 30 May, 2010 Posted 30 May, 2010 Go easy on me... I have just broken my Photoshop Virginity!
saintscottofthenortham Posted 30 May, 2010 Posted 30 May, 2010 Had to have a wee tweak, last one looked like it belonged at a funeral.
Saint_lambden Posted 30 May, 2010 Posted 30 May, 2010 Had to have a wee tweak, last one looked like it belonged at a funeral. Liking that :smt038
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