april
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Mar 7, 2004 20:16:39 GMT -5
Post by april on Mar 7, 2004 20:16:39 GMT -5
Faithy, I am just wondering, what program do you use to make your banners? I'm thinking of trying to make one of my own and I'm not sure how to do it so maybe knowing what you use to make yours would be a good start for me?.... Thanks in advance...
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Post by Faithy on Mar 9, 2004 0:12:37 GMT -5
Well I use this program called Photo impression. It’s pretty basic, nothing like photo shop, or paint shop from what I have heard, I want to try some better programs, it’s just that they cost so much, lol. So right now I just use paint and that photo impression thing. Anyways, let me know how it goes. Banner making can be really fun. I’m sure you’ll be good at it. ciao
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Post by Faithy on Mar 9, 2004 4:07:22 GMT -5
Hope you don’t mind April, but since this is called Banners, I am going to post the banner I made for Xan here, lol. Seems appropriate. Anyways, here’s a Ginger Snaps banner Xan, hope you like it, I know it’s different, but sometimes the banners kinda make themselves, so I hope it’s ok, if not I can make you a different one. Take care all. Ciao ~ Faithy
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Post by Xander Snaps on Mar 9, 2004 4:16:10 GMT -5
:oOmg that is awesome, that is like totally way cool, thankies Faithy, youre way awesome. ;D ;D That is awesome. ;D Way cool. ;D
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april
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My Core: Isolated. You fear love. Though you are love itself. Does that mean I fear myself?
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Mar 9, 2004 13:08:44 GMT -5
Post by april on Mar 9, 2004 13:08:44 GMT -5
No I don't mind, Faithy. You can use this thread to post any banners.. the banner I have at the bottom is my first attempt at making one on my own.. the images aren't mine but I put them together like that.. let me know what you think (anyone who sees it), I know it's not very good.. lol but it's my first attempt..
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Mar 9, 2004 19:49:21 GMT -5
Post by Xander Snaps on Mar 9, 2004 19:49:21 GMT -5
That is awesome for a first attempt. You are great at making banners to, if that's your first attempt I know you gonna make way way awesome stuff. Very good. Lol, I need to get a better picture editing program so I can make some better banners.
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Mar 10, 2004 15:03:16 GMT -5
Post by Xander Snaps on Mar 10, 2004 15:03:16 GMT -5
Hiya , I was wondering if you banner making skilled people could tell some of us non-banner skilled people how you make banners. You've told us what programs you use but I wanna hear about like the process, like how you go through making your banner, what kinda stuff do you do to it to get them looking so awesome. Maybe give all us other people a better understanding of how to make banners. Any help would be great. ;D
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april
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My Core: Isolated. You fear love. Though you are love itself. Does that mean I fear myself?
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Mar 10, 2004 18:13:03 GMT -5
Post by april on Mar 10, 2004 18:13:03 GMT -5
Thank you Xan! hehe to be honest, I wasn't expecting such a good compliment about that banner. It's really easy to make what I did. I'm not sure how Faithy does hers, they look so much better than mine. But what I did.. in my editing program there's an option to soften the edges of the pics (fading the edges) and then i just grouped them together. lol that probably doesn't help you much but maybe Faithy can explain it better.. I altered the banner I made a little bit.. not much but just enough to make a difference. Click on the banner to see it if you're interested.
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Mar 10, 2004 18:35:26 GMT -5
Post by Xander Snaps on Mar 10, 2004 18:35:26 GMT -5
You deserve good compliments for making a great banner, I clicked on it to and saw it changed, also very cool. ;D And thankies for telling me how you made your banner, every little bit of info helps us to learn. ;D
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april
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My Core: Isolated. You fear love. Though you are love itself. Does that mean I fear myself?
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Mar 11, 2004 13:37:19 GMT -5
Post by april on Mar 11, 2004 13:37:19 GMT -5
thanks again.. and you're welcome. I'm still learning also, I just got into making banners probably like two days ago.. lol. I think the hardest part about it is finding images and stuff and making it all fit together. At least that's the hardest for me..
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Mar 12, 2004 0:40:10 GMT -5
Post by Faithy on Mar 12, 2004 0:40:10 GMT -5
Yeah fitting them can be a pain in the but, that’s one of the hardest things, that and proper cropping, and well blending, lol. You should see what some of the people have done at Buffy Boards, some of their banners are amazing. I’ll post the one Angel made for me..
Anyways, to expand on my banner making process, I start with a size, then I will get a bunch of pics, like a dozen or more, more for Frenchy’s banner. And then I pick a background color, or pic. For Xan’s banner it was a color, gray, and for Frenchy the pic of Wendy and Peter in the woods. After that I resize all of the pics to fit into the banner, so I get a feel for how they will look that small, then I start cropping them, cutting out the backgrounds and layering them over the background, once I have a few ideas I delete some of the pics I won’t use, and start blending the pics I like together, I don’t delete all the pics cause sometimes when your blending, one pic just doesn’t work, and you have to replace it. After I get the basic blend, I look at the edges and fonts and special affects, sometimes I blur or change a layer during blending, but mostly I like to keep the images looking the same so I do affects at the end and then the words over that. At the very end I crop the edges of the banner, and fade the edge or add a border. That’s basically it, I know some people have lost more options with better programs, but that’s just what I do with what I have. Maybe that will be helpful for you guys. And April I love the pics you used in that banner, where did you find them? I always like getting new pics to work with, I have hundreds of pics saved on my computer, lol. Now wonder the thing runs so slow.
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Mar 12, 2004 3:46:29 GMT -5
Post by Xander Snaps on Mar 12, 2004 3:46:29 GMT -5
I dont think I got alot of those tools on my photo programs. I've just got MGI Photosuite 95 and paint. Do you think I can download a new program for free somewhere? Something maybe like you've got Faithy?
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april
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My Core: Isolated. You fear love. Though you are love itself. Does that mean I fear myself?
Posts: 135
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Mar 12, 2004 10:49:31 GMT -5
Post by april on Mar 12, 2004 10:49:31 GMT -5
Faithy, I got the pics from www.jonathonart.comHis work is beyond amazing, they are all drawings, yet they seem incredibly lifelike. I was completely blown away by how good he is. and how beautiful his drawings are. You should really go check it out. The pics I used were only a fraction of a whole painting and although I would have liked to use the whole thing, it wouldn't have worked that way. Seriously, I love his work.
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Mar 13, 2004 3:39:54 GMT -5
Post by Xander Snaps on Mar 13, 2004 3:39:54 GMT -5
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Mar 13, 2004 5:46:45 GMT -5
Post by Frenchy Faith on Mar 13, 2004 5:46:45 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]Since I'm totally into the 5x5 I vote for the 1st one !!! [/glow]
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Mar 13, 2004 5:57:48 GMT -5
Post by Faithy on Mar 13, 2004 5:57:48 GMT -5
i like them all, number 1 and number 3 are the best, it's looking good though Xan, you did a nice job!
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Mar 13, 2004 7:02:29 GMT -5
Post by Xander Snaps on Mar 13, 2004 7:02:29 GMT -5
My favorite one is the 3rd one, I like the 1st one to but I didnt finish the border going all the way around it, lol, didnt notice. Btw, this is my 300th post.
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april
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My Core: Isolated. You fear love. Though you are love itself. Does that mean I fear myself?
Posts: 135
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Mar 13, 2004 9:13:59 GMT -5
Post by april on Mar 13, 2004 9:13:59 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] Wow, that is very good. I like the 3rd one the best. You are not bad at making banners, better than I could do! I think I need to get a different picture editing program because mine is not doing anything but frustrating me. [/glow]
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Mar 20, 2004 2:07:05 GMT -5
Post by Starlight* on Mar 20, 2004 2:07:05 GMT -5
Hey ! Wow, I finally learned the secret of these beautiful banners. I got so inspired, that I made up a banner all by myself. Its not much, but I'm proud of it as it's my very first attempt. Its done with Gimp. Its a really nice program.
Its from a beautiful indian film about a prince a long, long time ago...Faiths... Help why did the pic get so tiny ? *EDITED BY Faithy*the url in the link you provided was to the small image, I don’t think MSN allows you to show the pictures full sized outside of MSN, but you could try to get the url to the larger picture and then edit this post otherwise I will provide a link to your picture here. groups.msn.com/SpiritRoom/starlightspics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=2645*EDITED BY William*Hope you all don't mind but I decided to upload your banner to Angelfire.
If you want it set up as your banner here i'm sure Faithy can give you a hand in setting it up, she's very very nice. Here's the link to your banner...www.angelfire.com/al4/dsfsdsffsdsd/BannerAsoka.jpg
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Mar 20, 2004 3:29:32 GMT -5
Post by Faithy on Mar 20, 2004 3:29:32 GMT -5
[glow=pink,2,300]By the way, very nice banner Starlight, you did a great job! [/glow]
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