name and Airplane Banner.

[Reddisback]

Okay, here's a question...

i've been seein' all of the great looking Name Banners with their aircraft in it, and i was wondering if you could tell me were to get those or what program to make these?

thanks..;)

[dazz1971]

i make me own and i think a lot of other ppl do im using photoshop cs4 used to have (well still have cs2) and its a lot different so im still getting to grips with it :)

[Ancient Seraph]

You just mean the side-view of aircraft? I came across a hell of a lot of them just googling airplanes :rolleyes:.

[mattd27]

I use GIMP, it's free but very effective, almost as good as photoshop. I'd be happy to make you one for you if you wish. :)

[dazz1971]

red ive sent you a pm ;)

[mattmanB182]

I was wondering about this myself. I will have to play around when I guess when i get some time.

I have never heard of this GIMP you speak of. Is it hard for a novice to figure out?

[trk29]

I use photoshop and GIFfun for Apple ofcourse. ;)
GIFfun for the animation

[mattmanB182]

So you pretty much have to find a profile shot of your favorite plane, and put it on a nice background through a photoshop program?

Sory for the stupid questions, I am just terrible with that sort of thing.

[trk29]

So you pretty much have to find a profile shot of your favorite plane, and put it on a nice background through a photoshop program?

Sory for the stupid questions, I am just terrible with that sort of thing.


Yes you are correct.
Look at this thread and you will see a bunch of nice ones from a contest before the game launched.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=8248&highlight=contest

[mattmanB182]

Thanks for the link and advice.....now all I need is some skill:confused:.

[Ancient Seraph]

Thanks for the link and advice.....now all I need is some skill:confused:.

Haha. I have the artistic skill of a drunk rabbit, but still I managed to get something going here :). Just mess around with PhotoShop, look up some tutorials, it's not all that hard. I just can't create anything myself, The beautifull wings in my sig were shamelessly stolen and modified :eek:.:|

[Reddisback]

i make me own and i think a lot of other ppl do im using photoshop cs4 used to have (well still have cs2) and its a lot different so im still getting to grips with it :)

@Dazz1971
Hey Mate, thank you for this Lovely Banner! I appriciate it soo much, thanks again. I hope we Meet eachother in the sky one day?

Steven.


On/Off topic. Yeah i havent got any large experience with photoshop except Photobucket, you can do some cool tricks with that too!
If you look at the Link -> http://s587.photobucket.com/albums/ss317/Reddisback/

you can see that i'm a MASSIVE PertrolHead. It is even soo big that i'm not allowed to tell what car were seeing on the road from my Girl Friend?!
(... And she Drives a Porshe...Fantastic......) i even can tell what Year the Car is build and even the Engine or type of engine just by listening to it...

Yup... and some people collect Poststamps...My family? Cars...

[dazz1971]

no worrys mate :) im always messin around with photoshop cs4 when im bored so it gave me something to focus on ;)

[Tudorp15]

How do you add a picture to your sig? I threw together this one, but dont know how to add it to my signiture. By the way, I just noticed I typoed my screen name. It is supposed to be Tudorp-15, NOT 16... ops... I will have to try and fix that..


http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/picture.php?albumid=19&pictureid=77

[Ancient Seraph]

How do you add a picture to your sig? I threw together this one, but dont know how to add it to my signiture. By the way, I just noticed I typoed my screen name. It is supposed to be Tudorp-15, NOT 16... ops... I will have to try and fix that..


(picture)

First of all, I suggest you make it a bit smaller :P. I think a height of 200 pixels is a nice reference, else your sig will be bigger than your post, kind of annoying. Secondly, what I do is host my image on http://www.fileshack.com and just copy/paste the link in my signature. To get to your signature editor click on Qlinks, near the top of this (or any) page and click 'Edit Signature'.

[Tudorp15]

ok.. lets see if this worked..

[dazz1971]

ok.. lets see if this worked..

nice sig mate :)

[Tudorp15]

Thanks... I want to refine it some.. I kind of threw that together in about 3 minutes, kinda sloppy.. But, thanks...

[dazz1971]

Thanks... I want to refine it some.. I kind of threw that together in about 3 minutes, kinda sloppy.. But, thanks...

that a fine job for a 3 minute threw together siggy mate dont put ya self down
personally i think it looks fine but if you have to refine it what i would do is make the background to your name transparant so it sort of blends in with the background ? but still i think it looks great as is :)

[mattd27]

I'm keeping my current sig very plain. Don't need anything to take away from the good looks of the B-25. :)

And @Tudrop, that looks pretty good for 3 minutes work. :)

[Tudorp15]

Thanks, and yes, I do want to make the name transparent so it blends better. I am kinda partial to the patch. I have always loved pin up girls. Not just because they are sexy, but I just love the era art of them. I had to have one on the patch. Besides, it also gives Kudos to the Nurses of the era that worked to keep the boys alive to fly again. Because I have always had an issue with needles, a nurse once said to me when I was in the Air Force "Awe shut up you big baby. The louder you scream, the more we love it anyway...." Inspiring, lol.... Thought this patch kinda says it all with the same message, lol..

[Reddisback]

Thanks... I want to refine it some.. I kind of threw that together in about 3 minutes, kinda sloppy.. But, thanks...


And THAT'S just from a sloppy 3 minute work? .....:shock:.......

[Tudorp15]

Well, under 5 anyway. I didn't time it, but yeah, just a couple minutes, but in all fairness, I did NOT draw the plane in that time. I got that image off the internet. I want to clean up the background, make the name transparent, and do some more work with the patch.. But, yeah, I kinda like the jest of it...

Thanks for the feedback..



And THAT'S just from a sloppy 3 minute work? .....:shock:.......

[P-51]

Well, under 5 anyway. I didn't time it, but yeah, just a couple minutes, but in all fairness, I did NOT draw the plane in that time. I got that image off the internet. I want to clean up the background, make the name transparent, and do some more work with the patch.. But, yeah, I kinda like the jest of it...

Thanks for the feedback..

To be honest that is one good sig :D

[mattmanB182]

Are there any decent free programs I could download? I am not made of money at the moment. :(

[Raw Kryptonite]

GIMP is free:
http://www.gimp.org/

Excellent freeware for quick and easy screenshots would be Hoversnap.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hoversnap.html

[DannyBooze]

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album/index.php
tons of pix n profiles here!!!!!:cool:

[beaker126]

This is awesome, thank you!:grin:

[dazz1971]

@MATTMANB182 do you want me to make you one ?? tell you what ill make you one and if you like it you can use it if not no worrys :)

[dazz1971]

http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab309/DAZZ1971/mattmanb182fin.jpg

here you go mattman just as promised one siggy if you like it feel free to use it but if you dont want to use it dont worry i wont be offended :)

[mattd27]

^^That's a nice one. :) Maybe you can make me one at some point? I consider myself pretty good at photoshop but I don't have time lately to make something really good.

I'm happy enough with my current one for now though, I'll give you a shout if I feel like a change. :)

[dazz1971]

^^That's a nice one. :) Maybe you can make me one at some point? I consider myself pretty good at photoshop but I don't have time lately to make something really good.

I'm happy enough with my current one for now though, I'll give you a shout if I feel like a change. :)

ok no worrys mate just give us a shout if ya do :):)

[beaker126]

Hey Dazz would you mind having a go at one for me too? I've got a couple of ideas, I'll give you the details if you say yes.

[Ancient Seraph]

He should start asking money for that stuff.

[Reddisback]

He should start asking money for that stuff.

He should. thankfully i allready have one! :eek:

[Ancient Seraph]

He should. thankfully i allready have one! :eek:

Get his signature, it'll be worth a fortune in like.... umm.... a billion years or something :rolleyes:

[dazz1971]

get his signature, it'll be worth a fortune in like.... Umm.... A billion years or something :rolleyes:

lmao i wish !!!:):)

[dazz1971]

Hey Dazz would you mind having a go at one for me too? I've got a couple of ideas, I'll give you the details if you say yes.

just pm me with some details and ill start on it :)

i dont mind doing anybody one if they ask it gives me something to concentrate on while at home and drowns out the gf and her mate constantly bitching about her mates boyfriend :)

win win for me lol

[mattmanB182]

Thank you very much for making that Dazz! As I said in a PM I sent you, I was away for 4 days and I guess the thread got somewhat burried.

I will use your sig as I think its outstanding. I appreciate it!

[dazz1971]

no worrys mate :)

[Reddisback]

Thank you very much for making that Dazz! As I said in a PM I sent you, I was away for 4 days and I guess the thread got somewhat burried.

I will use your sig as I think its outstanding. I appreciate it!

It looks Fantastic, Matt!

Dazz, you really got some skill there!;)