FA Signature for Here And SWTOR Forum

[Orphaeus]

I'm currently working on my own template, I don't have Photoshop so I have to use second-rate programs. The answer should probably be obvious to me, but am I in a squad/crew, and if not, should I be? How does our squad/crew system work?

I can move this question to it's own topic if necessary.

EDIT: Mine's not working out so well, anyone mind making one for me using Tbone's template?

[Tbone]

You should have received an email that instructed you to contact the captain of the crew you were interested in joining. The thread with a list of crews and captains should be stickied at the top of this forum.

[Orphaeus]

Alright, thanks, sorry for the bother.

EDIT: Well now that I'm in a squad, I finished my sig that I was working on. I can re-format it to give the apb site, but this will work for now. My photo editing skills are sub-par, but I think it turned out at least half-decent. Opinions please?

[ArchNemesis]

I gotta say, apparently my Googlefu is terrible cause i cannot find that damn reprise title font that was used for the Dog Tags.


Anyone else had better luck?

EDIT:

Well, i just looked up some dogtags and tried my best to make the ones in my sig look as accurate as possible. Thoughts?

[Phienyx]

I have a set of dog tags I designed minus the ballchains.  I am trying to do some minor modification to them to make them FA compatible.

[Tbone]

Pretty close Arch. "Reprise Title" was part of my standard fonts. I don't know which program installed it. I'm on Vista 64 with Photoshop, ImageReady, and Elements. It could have come packaged with any of that. I could throw up the font file with the template files I suppose.

Edit: Added font to first post for download.

[ArchNemesis]

I think i may stick with my current font setup for the dogtags...

The more i look at it, the more it feels authentic. Am i alone? Be rough with critique despite the sig being simple. I wanna get it looking right and such before i go on to the APB forums with it

Besides that, the sig still has its uniformity without making it look like a total clone. That's what i was trying to go for.

[Fuse]

I like it Arch. Especially the chrome-like effect on the angel. Have template/font?

[ArchNemesis]

If i remember correctly, the font is Courier New with a few added blending effects.

I don't remember doing anything to the angel asside from adding that gradient black to white behind it to make it stand out more.

i'll upload a template for the font when i get outta work if you really want.

[Manic Velocity]

Is there a reason our sig is so skinny?  I know some forums actually put dimension restrictions on the size of sigs, and I think the Beta MxO boards had this.  But is it really necessary anymore?  

I only ask because I'm finding it difficult to squeeze so many elements into something only 75 pixels tall.  Faction Name/Alias/Squad Name/Squad Rank/URL/Contextual Images.

[Lithium]

I'm not a fan of larger signatures. Signatures to me should be small and concise and to the point.

[ArchNemesis]

I agree with Lith.

Big signatures come off as obnoxious in my opinion, although i can understand the space restraints when trying to add something to a smaller sig.

I'm always gonna be biased towards a smaller, stream lined sig than a big one.

[Anamodiel]

I still can't quite get the right effect of the Angel on the Dogtag. Maybe I need to make it more gray and less black. I'll play with it some more tomorrow.

I do like Arch's font much more than Tbone's. It looks more like a real dogtag this way. I might also ditch the VERITAS SQUAD part because it's on my dogtag. I don't know.

I also like the smaller signatures. Less is more.

[Fuse]

I'm soooo trying to think of what to do with mine that'll be nice... I only have a baseplate for mine with a few good shades, but no idea what to do with it. Any ideas? I'm thinking or getting rid of the circle. I like the black background, but think it'll need to be textured to look not so bland.


I was also thinking of some other simple animation like I did with our original sigs...

[ArchNemesis]

I've always loved the circle. If you can make it fit, kudos.

I tried but for the life of me it always looked out of place =/

Asside from that, maybe try a blend of a backround render with the black.  As you mentioned, the black alone is pretty bland.