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2007-05-23 15:07:41

#1

Microwave: _; +515|6863|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Bonjour,

Observe below: new, random signatouir from messing around in fireworks.

Problemo numero uno: The file type of this image is PNG (default fireworks file format) which is larger than forum rules to use as a sig (174kb)

I had to change the file format to GIF in order to get it a suitable size....

HOWEVER

If you look closely (problemo numero ....TWO): the background colour is slightly off the colour of the forum :\

How it should look:

https://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3624/bf2ssig3rq5.png

How it looks:

https://img234.imageshack.us/img234/1964/bf2ssig3gifnr4.gif

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Is there any way I can sort this out still keeping the file size <150kb?

DANKE!

Last edited by james@alienware (2007-05-24 02:08:49)

2007-05-23 15:10:17

#2

Xblade-3o5-: Oi, Suzy!; +113|6961|Florida, United States

Easy, instead of having it as a transparent background, printscreent the forum color and use the "eye drop" tool to extract the color and apply it as your background

well thats what i do in PS, should be the same

and then save it as a JPEG

Last edited by Xblade-3o5- (2007-05-23 15:10:41)

2007-05-23 15:11:59

#3

LawJik: The Skeptical Realist; +48|6739|Amherst, MA

The background color is #383838 or R:56 B:56 G:56.

Use File->Save As.. select jpeg?
Or exactly how to with a .zip tutorial... Can't imagine how many steps are involved...

Edit: Is FireWorks done now that Adobe bought Macromedia and uses PhotoShop in CS3?

Editx2: Also you copied the code from imageshack which makes the image a link, which links to www.imageshack.us. Go into your profile settings and change the url=www.imageshack.us to url=www.alienware.com or whatever...

Last edited by LawJik (2007-05-23 15:20:02)

2007-05-24 00:45:48

#4

Microwave: _; +515|6863|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Xblade-3o5- wrote:
Easy, instead of having it as a transparent background, printscreent the forum color and use the "eye drop" tool to extract the color and apply it as your background

well thats what i do in PS, should be the same

and then save it as a JPEG

That's exactly what I did.....could it be imageshack messing with the quality or the file format?

2007-05-24 03:08:09

#5

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6648|Brisbane, Australia

I just save as .png with transparent, then save as .jpg and it always works for me......(with fireworks)

https://bf3s.com/sigs/5e6a35c97adb20771c7b713312c0307c23a7a36a.png

2007-05-24 04:32:55

#6

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|6945

You can tweak the color usage and reduce the size with the propper tools.
If you send me the PSD I can fix it.

2007-05-24 05:13:48

#7

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6940|St. Andrews / Oslo

Doesn't really matter if it is a little above the limit imo...

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/flickricon.png

2007-05-24 06:54:50

#8

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6861

#383838

..bf2s forum background hex code. remember it

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