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10/10 I think; it's very nice. I wish I was better with those shiny glass FX
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Erm... 4.7/10, the outer glow and drop shadow in this case makes it somewhat nooby. The drop Shadow is too strong/bold. It's clean but the text also looks dumb. The outer glow on it is okay, but the bevel and drop shadow do not complement the glow. the inner shadow on the XP logo is okay, actually it fits. The grey gloss doesn't look so good. use a white gradient fading into transparency. Then adjust its opacity, or maybe set it to soft light and see how it looks.
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alright equiflux, i changed the glossy look a bit, it's now not off white, i think i made it about 85% opacity so it's no white to transparent, i didn't understand which elements you were talking abuot for all the other crap you said
and i don't understand what defines "noobish" as i have been doing graphics for a while and i've never heard anyone call my graphics "noobish"
and i don't understand what defines "noobish" as i have been doing graphics for a while and i've never heard anyone call my graphics "noobish"
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9 out of 10. I'm kinda curious about the top part of the sig. What's up with that ellipsoid? I think it's supposed to be an angular glow, but for some reason, it doesn't look that great.
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Sure, at the upper portion of your sig, there's like a whitish ellipsoid/halo right? The one that covers a part of the windows logo, a small part of your name and small part of Forum Admin.
I'm just saying that it somehow doesn't look right.
I'm just saying that it somehow doesn't look right.
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You may have been doing graphics design for a while, but I bet that doesn't top my practice of using photoshop for like 4 hours a day for the past 2 years. Anyways, the gloss still sorta looks dumb, just like Azn Tech guy said, you can't really tell that it's gloss from an untrained eye because,
(1. The top of the gloss shouldn't be so "Hard" I mean think about it if you look at a lot of stuff in real life, like a glass table in an office building, for the most part, the gloss and reflections aren't that "hard"
(2. The gloss isn't fading into Transparency as much as it should be. Try using the gradient tool if you aren't already.
And in my last post, I mean the outer glow and drop shadow on the border/body of your sig looked dumb, you should only use one at a time, either drop shadow only or outer glow only. Also on the text, the bevel+drop shadow+outer glow sorta all "conflicts" with eachother.
If you need a little more understanding with my way of using gloss, check out this tutorial:
http://s15.invisionfree.com/EquifluxFX/index.php?showtopic=20
(1. The top of the gloss shouldn't be so "Hard" I mean think about it if you look at a lot of stuff in real life, like a glass table in an office building, for the most part, the gloss and reflections aren't that "hard"
(2. The gloss isn't fading into Transparency as much as it should be. Try using the gradient tool if you aren't already.
And in my last post, I mean the outer glow and drop shadow on the border/body of your sig looked dumb, you should only use one at a time, either drop shadow only or outer glow only. Also on the text, the bevel+drop shadow+outer glow sorta all "conflicts" with eachother.
If you need a little more understanding with my way of using gloss, check out this tutorial:
http://s15.invisionfree.com/EquifluxFX/index.php?showtopic=20
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ok...so maybe you've had a little more time at the desk than i have but anyway, i'm trying to follow your guidelines and i'm wondering if i should make the background maybe a little transparent, what would your opinion be on this, and i'm not sure what you mean by "hard", maybe you were meaning to say "strong" but i'm not quite sure
