The Common Traps People Fall Into.

[//:Protocol]

1 - Drop Shadow.

It doesn't make things look better generally, It makes things look more amateur if anything. Don't use it. There are MANY other ways of getting that effect, try default brushes with opacity halved?

2 - Bevel And Emboss.

I cannot say how many times I have seen people use a bevel as a border, or on an image. BEVELLING IMAGES\BORDERS does not look good. It looks tacky, and plain. Try to avoid it. Use black lines, or at the very least, a 1px black border.

3 - Outer Glow.

No. Just no. Again, use brushes if you MUST have a glow effect. It looks tacky, ESPECIALLY when you don't change the colour, and use that off-yellow colour..


Trust me, If you don't use these, your sigs will look much better In general.

=)

[Rockshmo]

depends on what you're going for or how experienced you are.

there are a lot more mistakes people make when they start making sigs but those three are probably the main ones.

then again i could work all three of those into a decent sig so i guess it really depends on the artist.

[Chosn1]

spoken like a true pro (above post) its how you use the tools that make the difference

[Tatianasaphira]

Absolutely

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[deadpainter]

I'm no graphic designer by any stretch, but I really don't feel mine looks that bad. No glow or shadow, but I used Emboss.

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[Padawin]

i use shadows, emboss and bevel and glows..... and i like my sigs

[deadpainter]

It's a sweet-ass sig! ^

[Devotia]

I used all 3 sucka. 5 minute sig FTW

[Lance]

depends on what you're going for or how experienced you are.

there are a lot more mistakes people make when they start making sigs but those three are probably the main ones.

then again i could work all three of those into a decent sig so i guess it really depends on the artist.

i like your first sig, the 2nd one seems abit busy, and the text doesnt really stand out ^_^

[Lodbrok]

1 - Drop Shadow.

It doesn't make things look better generally, It makes things look more amateur if anything. Don't use it. There are MANY other ways of getting that effect, try default brushes with opacity halved?

2 - Bevel And Emboss.

I cannot say how many times I have seen people use a bevel as a border, or on an image. BEVELLING IMAGES\BORDERS does not look good. It looks tacky, and plain. Try to avoid it. Use black lines, or at the very least, a 1px black border.

3 - Outer Glow.

No. Just no. Again, use brushes if you MUST have a glow effect. It looks tacky, ESPECIALLY when you don't change the colour, and use that off-yellow colour..


Trust me, If you don't use these, your sigs will look much better In general.

=)

Not true.

It depends on how you use them.
Drop shadow can be very useful when you need something to stand out from the background, if blended correctly.

I don't like Bevel/Emboss either but that's just my taste.

Outer glow, when in low opacity and with a colour that fits the background, is a very good choice to make fonts a bit more clear if they are too blended.


Just my opinion

[dom]

I used shadow alot.

Protocol here's a tip for you: quit polygone tool.

[Carra]

1 - Drop Shadow.

It doesn't make things look better generally, It makes things look more amateur if anything. Don't use it. There are MANY other ways of getting that effect, try default brushes with opacity halved?

2 - Bevel And Emboss.

I cannot say how many times I have seen people use a bevel as a border, or on an image. BEVELLING IMAGES\BORDERS does not look good. It looks tacky, and plain. Try to avoid it. Use black lines, or at the very least, a 1px black border.

3 - Outer Glow.

No. Just no. Again, use brushes if you MUST have a glow effect. It looks tacky, ESPECIALLY when you don't change the colour, and use that off-yellow colour..


Trust me, If you don't use these, your sigs will look much better In general.

=)

right so if we want a sig as 'good' as yours we should do none of that ?

everyone has thier own taste

[deadpainter]

everyone has thier own taste

QFT

[Rockshmo]

woah woah damn people.. don't turn this into a flame thread.

he was simply trying to enlighten us in the ways of Photoshop. it doesn't mean he's completely right, or completely wrong, you should all be thanking him for offering his advice.. not ridiculing him because you don't think what he said is 100% true.

[Padawin]

no one ridiculised him, dom stated a way for him to improve and carra and deadpainter are right thinkin that everyone has their own taste.... i dont see flames here

[deadpainter]

no one ridiculised him, dom stated a way for him to improve and carra and deadpainter are right thinkin that everyone has their own taste.... i dont see flames here

QFT

[Rockshmo]

I never accused anyone of flaming...

[Nannari]

Drop shadow and outer/inner glow functions.. I use em, mainly cause its easier than using the brush, and you get pretty much the same effect, but smoother.

[Draquish]

i mainly dont use border on my siggys because 1 im a noob and 2 it ruins the whole color scheme i got going on and it ruins the whole "feeling" of teh siggy *points at sigg*

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[Rockshmo]

Ah.. a fellow Rakion player eh?

[Draquish]

Ah.. a fellow Rakion player eh?

wats ur IGN and your class to see if i can pwon u sum time with my 1337 magic skillz ^^

[zanzan_xiao]

YEAH I WONDER HOW DO PEOPLE POST THE SILKROAD IMAGE AND THEN MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF ART AND PLEASE CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO DO IT , THANKS YOU

[bleaK]

proto it depends on the sig style and colour and font and brush ur using and render and colour and blah balh blah