Question for the Moderators and Administrators

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:31 am

Hey! Awesome site design

I was wondering where you all got those cool slick-sphere avatars for the moderators, admins, etc. Don't worry, I won't use them for my avatar, but i was wondering if you got them from another site, or if you're just really good with photoshop

They look really cool and I was considering using a similar (but not exact) theme for my own forums. Thanks for your help

Excal · Post by **Excal** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:37 am

Well those avatars were made by one of our moderators here... and you can find the themes the main site and this forum anywhere... they're pretty popular...

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:03 am

They're pretty awesome. Thanks for the input

The moderator one is pretty cool

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:38 pm

Excal wrote:Well those avatars were made by one of our moderators

ExileLord if I'm not mistaken (which I very well could be).

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:33 pm

I did manage to google a tutorial on how to create those exact ones (once i got the wording correct

) But it's telling me to use a program called Paint.net. Well, I was able to make one, but it wasn't very user-friendly so I'm going to try to see if I can duplicate the project on photoshop

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:01 pm

There we go! My first attemp

But how do you get rid of the background and save it so it doesn't appear on the site?

wes · Post by **wes** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:09 pm

get rid of the white

Grunt Rebel · Post by **Grunt Rebel** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:19 pm

Make a transparent BG. Then save as PNG or GIF. I think PNG only works with Fire Fox, and GIF only works with Internet Explorer.

Other then that it would look good.

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:24 pm

lol. thanx for the input. do you guyz know how to get rid of the background and save it so it doesn't appear on the site? tried magic wanding it, but apparently it didn't work...

Infern0 · Post by **Infern0** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:31 pm

Try to select > select by color.

Have your front color as white, then it should work.

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:35 pm

Saved it as GIF. As you can see the background is gone!

But now it looks pixelated...

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:46 pm

ApocalypseTyrant wrote:Saved it as GIF. As you can see the background is gone! But now it looks pixelated...

Duplicate the layer then put a Guassian blur on the one under neath. Then flatten and save as .gif.

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:27 pm

Y'all rock!

Great advice! Whatcha think?

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:23 pm

Beautiful

but 10px over the limit. Do some cropping!

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:29 pm

80x80 maximum avatar size

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:31 pm

Doctor wrote:80x80 maximum avatar size

90x90
check the rules!

lawl rules are different!
http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7
that says 90x90 but the news' one says 80x80

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:47 am

Dan!! wrote: 90x90
check the rules!

lawl rules are different!
http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7
that says 90x90 but the news' one says 80x80

When did the rules change, and wtf have I been?

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:28 pm

http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2
http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7

I was just pointing out that the rules in certain forums contradict each other.

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:00 pm

But would the gradience looked better reversed? It could go either way...

ApocalypseTyrant · Post by **ApocalypseTyrant** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:44 am

There we go. Better?