Forum Signatures

[commonerg]

I had some fun with my signature today. How do we feel about these animated GIFs in the signatures? Cool personal touch? Annoying? Fun? Cute? Lame?

 

[commonerg]

On the same note :hmm, how about the animated avatar pictures?

 

[Oldsarge]

Well, your animated signature doesn't seem to work. On the other hand, I've seen some delightfully scandalous moving avatars . . .

 

[commonerg]

It does seem to have stopped working. I'll try uploading it to a personal server.

 

[mishu1984]

yet another person with a lot of free time
just kidding, nice work

 

[DeepThought]

I like your avatar. It seems like some techno-guru meditating/doing apnea (well, it is a freediving forum).

 

[commonerg]

Thanks! The avatar is actually a picture of me that I added some photoshop effects to.

 

[island_sands]

Thanks! The avatar is actually a picture of me that I added some photoshop effects to.

i saw that... very cool..... any lessons??

 

[commonerg]

There are actually some very nice little free applications floating around the internet that allow you to make animated gifs like that from other pictures that you have. I can't remember which one I used.

Anyhow, just take a fun picture of yourself and apply some of the built in Photoshop art effects. Even a first time Photoshop user can get some cool effects out of the built-in stuff. Throw them into the gif animator. And presto! An avatar to impress your friends.

With a little practice, you can learn to take the background out of pictures and add some extra flare. Not to mention make your skin glow. (See below)

 

[jome]

They both look cool, but personally I find anything that "moves" on the edges of my FOV distracting, especially when trying to read a long text. On some websites it's virtually impossible to read anything and all you get is a headache...

But your avatar and signature are still on the conservative side, I've seen some which take about half a page. Looks pretty silly when the post is one or two lines and then the rest of the page is avatar or signature...Tell's something of a persons ego, no?

Anyway, nice work.

 

[commonerg]

Yeah, I know the pages you are talking about. Lot's of color, blinking text, animated pictures, scrolling stuff. I just thought the dolphin was cute. I'm sure I'll get tired of it soon enough.

Concerning the long signatures, I have seen some forums where members get sort of crazy with them. We are so civilized here at deeper blue.

 

[island_sands]

With a little practice, you can learn to take the background out of pictures and add some extra flare. Not to mention make your skin glow. (See below)

very nice!!

now i just need the physique :hmm

 

[Alison]

Or you could ask Warren
Thanks Warren

 

[Stephan Whelan]

Signature wise we have no real policy but try to keep flashing elements down to a minimum as it can be very distracting.

I'll be formalising a policy on Avatars and Signatures in the next few weeks.