[Singh]

Just doodling for a few hours. Came up with this banner for the SCP. The theme with the diemos has been a bit overdone I think. The background is from an actual in-game screenshot with the new nebs and other stuff.

any comments welcome.

[kasperl]

the text, dunno, the font, it's just that, it's too boring, i'm afraid.

[diamondgeezer]

Yay Stop font

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Yay Stop font

yes, stop font good



two font comparisons, both would work equally well

one you all love and know, and another can be found at www.blambot.com

[Singh]

Originally posted by kasperl
the text, dunno, the font, it's just that, it's too boring, i'm afraid.

ok. note one is to change font, anything else? I know it seems too boring, any way to spruce it up? That's an actual in-game screenshot btw

[kasperl]

the color of the text is wrong too, can you get the deimos to fire a beam, or get hit by a shivan or something? you can put nice and black text over the beam, giving you instant contrast.
edit:

aslo, make the text one line, move the deimos to the outside, or the make the neb bigger.

[Singh]

A beam? O_o
how do you make one of those in photoshop? :/

[kasperl]

dunno, gradient tools applied on a rectangle?

[Singh]

Originally posted by kasperl
dunno, gradient tools applied on a rectangle?

Not too sure of that....I think you can apply a texture,but it only seems to look for .psd files for textures, as opposed to the .pcx files used for the FS2 textures...hmm, maybe I CAN use them...the problem is creating an explosion.

[kasperl]

rip it from the FS2 ani, using anibuilder.

[Turnsky]

thick line, guass blur, blending options --> outer glow, and fiddle with it from there..

[Singh]

ok, ive managed to get hte beam and explosion stuff in (but the latter really sucks), now al i need are the fonts. how do you add font types to Adobe photoshop? :/

[Turnsky]

stick 'em into your windows font folder, PS picks it up automatically

[Singh]

Originally posted by Turnsky
stick 'em into your windows font folder, PS picks it up automatically

I did. unfortunately PS refuses to see its there...hmm, i'll try to stick itinto the other folder. Will PS pick up hte new font while its running or does it need to be restarted?

[Turnsky]

PS would have to be restarted, the font, however, has to be with the other fonts, like Arial, Courier, etc

[StratComm]

It probably needs to be restarted, as most programs like that build their font list at startup.  You may also need to properly install the font (not necessarily dragging by it in to the fonts directory), and each version of Windows treats that differently.

[Singh]

ok. got that to work - thanks

One more question, if you dont mind. How do I get the beam 'edge' to fade into the explosion, as opposed to simply having an edge into it?

[Singh]

update...bit better I think, but the explosion just sucks.

[kasperl]

the beam is not thick enough, compared to ingame. also, i suggest using a different frame, and using a few frames pasted next to eachother on different layers, so you can play with transperency.

that's how i'd do it in PSP anyway.

[Carl]

Originally posted by Singh
Just doodling for a few hours. Came up with this banner for the SCP. The theme with the diemos has been a bit overdone I think. The background is from an actual in-game screenshot with the new nebs and other stuff.

any comments welcome.

screen screen SCREEN!