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hey that is pretty good! just as a simple example, something like this for text might look good:

 

thomastext4gm.jpg

 

if you are looking for fonts, try www.dafont.com

 

with a little tweaking, that sig could be very nice...

 

Tweak away!

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couple observations:

 

size - sometimes a bigger sig can look nice, but most of the time it just enlarges little mistakes... you might want to try and crop it down a little bit on top and bottom.

 

background - pretty cool looking except for the color, if that matched the dolphins teal it might look nice.

 

cutting - i know its kind of a pain... i use the free form lasso tool, but some people have said using a small, gradually lighter eraser works well. you just erase everything except the player. sometimes adding a small inner and outer glow to the final cut-out can also soften a rough cut.

 

oh and border - sometimes a good border really makes a sig look finished

 

anyways just my thoughts. keep at it though cause you have something there!

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couple observations:

 

size - sometimes a bigger sig can look nice, but most of the time it just enlarges little mistakes... you might want to try and crop it down a little bit on top and bottom.

 

background - pretty cool looking except for the color, if that matched the dolphins teal it might look nice.

 

cutting - i know its kind of a pain... i use the free form lasso tool, but some people have said using a small, gradually lighter eraser works well. you just erase everything except the player. sometimes adding a small inner and outer glow to the final cut-out can also soften a rough cut.

 

oh and border - sometimes a good border really makes a sig look finished

 

anyways just my thoughts. keep at it though cause you have something there!

 

I didn't understand half of that because I am photoshop impaired, :TU: but thanks!

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size - sometimes a bigger sig can look nice, but most of the time it just enlarges little mistakes... you might want to try and crop it down a little bit on top and bottom.

 

cutting - i know its kind of a pain... i use the free form lasso tool, but some people have said using a small, gradually lighter eraser works well. you just erase everything except the player. sometimes adding a small inner and outer glow to the final cut-out can also soften a rough cut.

 

oh and border - sometimes a good border really makes a sig look finished

 

I use the magnetic lasso for cutting and it works rather well. I know i have to trim this one tho.

 

I am having trouble cropping things and for that reason I have tended to avoid it. Could you explain or send a tutotial?

 

And I have never used a border, not sure exactly what it is

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haha sorry - didn't mean to be confusing...

 

i was just saying a lot of people have trouble with cutting out the players... and it seems like a lot of people have used this eraser technique:

 

basically you zoom in to about 500% (View - Zoom In). Then you click the eraser tool, and set its size to 5 or 6 pixels (There's a click and drag bar up at the top in the eraser's options bar). You start at a 100% strength (also an option on that menu) and erase roughly around the player. Then you lessen the strength to about 30% and erase right up to the player. You just sort of work away everything except the player you want cut out.

 

hope that made sense.

 

here's a tutorial on the boder i was talking about:

http://www.pslover.com/click/2608

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I took ur pointers and I came up with this. It is a little better, but can still use a lot of improvement.

 

ZackTHomassigcopy.jpg

You shouldn't expect to get it right away....It take time and effort. Good luck.

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You shouldn't expect to get it right away....It take time and effort. Good luck.

 

thanks. I am working on this new one as we speak with jaime langnbrunner. I am hoping to get good at this any possibly join the graphic guys.... eventually.

 

Until then, I will continue to create my semi-decent sigs.

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Nem, i have a question for u. Some people have players in their sigs, and behind them is the same guy in a different pose but like faded into the background. Do you know how to do that? and if so, could you send me a turoiral or something.

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