BF2 Sig

[[Jack]69ee™]

Tried my hand at photoshop... have as much exp with it as i do BF2 ... but i did notice there are a lot of sigs out there but none that i liked so let me know what ya think.... always room for improvement!

*69*

[[Ryland]69ee™]

I'm an MS Paint man, myself.

The sig looks great (you know, especially for a less-experienced photoshop user).

Comments --
Pro:
* Great color scheme... captures the 69er font/style well, pleasing to look at (you know, as opposed to gaudy junk all over)
* Good balance -- avoids clutter, presents simple eye movement between the helicopter, the sniper, and the BF2 logo.
* Area usage -- nice widescreen format with the black shutters, good choice of a full-coverage background image.


Con:
* err... what do the medals signify? The only two medals you've ever gotten? Your favorite ones? The two that represent you the best? I found them kind of random.
* To me, the blades of the helicopter seem to be at rest despite the fact that it's floating off the ground


Hmm... Live well, die free?

[[Jack]69ee™]

ryland said:

I'm an MS Paint man, myself.

Con:
* err... what do the medals signify? The only two medals you've ever gotten? Your favorite ones? The two that represent you the best? I found them kind of random.
* To me, the blades of the helicopter seem to be at rest despite the fact that it's floating off the ground


Hmm... Live well, die free?

Yes the medals are the only two ive been awarded... and yes the Photoshop for Dummies book comes in handy .... the helo blades were kind of a stumper for me.... but ty for the comments...


As far as the quote its from a movie... not all that great of one but i love the saying so i use it... can you guess where its from?

[[Jack]69ee™]

8 photo images chopped up to make this one can you find them? hehe

[[Ryland]69ee™]

"Live free, die well!" -- The Scorpion King

1) The Sniper:
www.battlefield2.info/images/infos/klassen/usa/sniper_k_of.jpg

2) The helicopter:
www.bf-2.de/uploads/mediapool/BF2-net%20Fahrzeuge/jn25.jpg

3) The shiny logo:
www.planetbattlefield.com/cintic/Logos/BF2logoPRIMARYcmyk.jpg

4) And this picture (the background):
imageserver.gaming-networks.net/picturepool/news/2005-04-01/58cd45d55a302b1f832f7b799eb3c6fc.jpg

5) The American Flag
(I can't even begin to guess where it's from)

6) The Purple Heart
www.vietnampix.com/bilder/purpleheart.jpg

7) The Bronze Star
home.twcny.rr.com/cod324th/web%20pages/images/bronze%20star.jpg

And #8 has aluded me.



Alas, you inspired me:

[[Red_Voodoo]69er™]

LOL, Ryland! ;D

[[XL]69er™]

LOL, Ryland officially has too much time on his hands!

BTW, is that you in the pic Ryland?

[[Ryland]69ee™]

No, of course not -- that model's too happy (in that fake, model style) to be me in the first place.

Too much time on my hands? Well, I love doing little things like that (provided I now have an excuse to use Photoshop). Didn't take very much time in the first place:

1) grab a lame picture of a guy "holding coffee" off of google->image search.
2) grab a picture of "Battlefield 2 C4" off of google -> image search.
3) Cut the image of the man out of the background -> insert into its own layer (give that layer a drop shadow and small internal shadow.
4) Make a background layer -> fill with gradient (white->gray, diamond).
5) Cut the image of the C4 out of the background -> insert into its own layer (give it a drop shadow and an internal shadow).
6) Copy/paste the c4 layer two dozen times, resize/move/rotate each.
7) Add clever text, give it a green external glow.
8) Crop, convert to JPEG.
9) Post on Team69er forums, collect compliments and lots of money .

[[XL]69er™]

LOL Ryland. So what did you Google to find VR's b-day cake pic?

[[Ryland]69ee™]

I have a feeling he'd rather not answer that now that I come snooping 'round here.......

[[XL]69er™]

^^^ Female has infiltrated the compound! ^^^

[[Logvin]69er™]

OOOOooo I'd be in a world of hurt if the female figured out this place...

[[Elmo]69er]

Ha ha.......better watch our step around ryland from now on.....the lady is present.....Thought the message boards smelled a little better today though. Might not be a bad thing.

[[Ryland]69ee™]

A female?

Where? Where?

*checks self*



I have breasts!!!!!

Just kidding guys, just say so and I'll leave certain suspicious corners alone........

[[Ryland]69ee™]

Okie, Jack, I played around with photoshop a bit and came up with this.



Might solve your blades problem. If you have a backup layers version of your sing [you do, right?] just delete the old 'copter and put this one in.

Also, give the whole image a slight sharpening [Unsharp Mask. Give it these foolproof values 140, 1.0, 0 in order]

Then select just the text and give it the Unsharp Mask values, and Sharpen Edges.

Unless you're using anything below the 5.0 version, your Pshop should have these menu choices.

*rereads*

God, I sound like some kind of dork, don't I?

-- Ryland's GF who's real name is Sheika but doesn't mind being known as "The Female".