[Fineus]

Following a very rapid mucking about with Photoshop, I give you the new and improved HLP welcome beam. Please use it appropriately and don't spam it, if I start seeing the rainbow on a daily basis I'm just going to remove all but the green one

With that in mind...

(Replace "(" and ")" with ":" ":" to use)


(welcomegreen)


(welcomeblue)


(welcomeorange)


(welcomepurple)


(welcomered)


(welcomesilver)


(welcomeyellow)

Enjoy!

[Turey]

What was the motivation behind the font change?

[Fineus]

I liked the look of it

[Turey]

I liked the look of it

Ok. I think I still have the .psd for

So if you want to use the old font, I can look it up.

BTW, got a .psd for these?

[Fineus]

I do, yes

Is there something particularly wrong with the new font? I was looking for something a bit smaller, cleaner, crisper...

[Mongoose]

At least in my eyes, it almost looks a bit too...professional.  The classic beam looks a bit more like a 90-second Photoshop hack job, which always made it seem more endearing to me.  I don't mind the new options at all, but would it be possible to retain the original, just for nostalgia's sake?

[Polpolion]

The edge of the text is a bit fuzzy and grainy. Any chance of getting it clearer?

[Game_Master64]

i forsee beam wars

[Sandwich]

Pardon the realism critic in me, but... you have shadows beneath the letters. Over the beam. The letters are casting shadows on the beam. Doesn't that seem wrong to you?

Shouldn't it be something more like this, where the beam's light is overflowing the letters?

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[Fineus]

Meh, it's a graphic. It looks perfectly crisp on my monitor and yes there's a drop shadow, but I think that adds to the image.

If it's really not that well recieved then I'll put the old one back if someone can supply me with the graphic. I'm not going to waste my time on doing things if they're going to get nit-picked.

[Goober5000]

At least in my eyes, it almost looks a bit too...professional.  The classic beam looks a bit more like a 90-second Photoshop hack job, which always made it seem more endearing to me.  I don't mind the new options at all, but would it be possible to retain the original, just for nostalgia's sake?

I kind of like the old one better too...

If it's really not that well recieved then I'll put the old one back if someone can supply me with the graphic.

Ack.  You overwrote the old welcome beam without backing it up?

Yeah, the old one ought to be within easy reach, but I don't think anyone could produce it inside of 60 seconds.

[Unknown Target]

I liked the old one more too...

[Turey]

Ack.  You overwrote the old welcome beam without backing it up?

Yeah, the old one ought to be within easy reach, but I don't think anyone could produce it inside of 60 seconds.

Within 60 seconds of reading this:

[Polpolion]

What font is the new one in?

EDIT:




EDIT2: Haha! I win!

EDIT3: No! It appears it is in the wrong font! And not in bold! Oh well! I lose! I don't feel like doing anything anymore.

[jr2]

There.  This is what I pulled off of an old .mht file I had around...

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[haloboy100]

i think the new beam is great. the old one looks a little low quality.

by the way, what does mean?

[jr2]

Means you're guilty of necromancing a thread.

[haloboy100]

oh. sounds like a code thingy...

[Dark Hunter]

 

It means that you posted in a really old thread.

[Grizzly]

Joshua wants animated beamglows!