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vladikus
January 3rd, 2009, 11:42 PM
I was fooling around with making little banners for signatures, but it seems that even when I turn on viewing signatures that they don't pull up. Oh well, if you want to use this for a website or a signature on another forum feel free. I might add a few more.

Banners:
<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig1.png" alt="Dominions Banner 1">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig2.png" alt="Dominions Banner 2">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig3.png" alt="Dominions Banner 3">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig4.png" alt="Dominions Banner 4">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig5.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 5">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig6.png" alt="Dominions Banner 6">
(Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.)



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig7.png" alt="Dominions Banner 7">
(Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.)

<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig8.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 8">

Shrapnel Compatible Banners:

Dominions Banner 1 Shrapnel Version (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig1shrap.jpg)
Dominions Banner 2 Shrapnel Version (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig2shrap.jpg)
Dominions Banner 3 Shrapnel Version (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig3shrap.png)
Dominions Banner 4 Shrapnel Version (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig4shrap.jpg)
Dominions Banner 5 Shrapnel Version (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig5shrap.gif)
Dominions Banner 6 Shrapnel Version (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig6shrap.png)
Dominions Banner 7 Shrapnel Version (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig7shrap.jpg)

Desktops:
<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Standard%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 1">

800 x 600 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20standard%20800%20x%20600.jpg)
1024 x 768 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Standard%201024%20x%20768.jpg)
1280 x 1024 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20standard%201280%20x%201024.jpg)

<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 2">

800 x 600 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%20800%20x%20600.jpg)
1024 x 768 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768.jpg)
1280 x 1024 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%201280%20x%201024.jpg)

Solid logo version of Desktop 2:
800 x 600 solid logo (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%20800%20x%20600%20logo.jpg)
1024 x 768 solid logo (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768%20logo.jpg)
1280 x 1024 solid logo (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%201280%20x%201024%20logo.jpg)


<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 3 (Widescreen)">

1440 x 900 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900.jpg)
1680 x 1050 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201680%20x%201050.jpg)

Solid logo version of Desktop 3 (widescreen):
1440 x 900 solid logo (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900%20logo.jpg )
1680 x 1050 solid logo (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201680%20x%201050%20logo.jp g)

<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Maps%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 4">

Test (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Maps%201280%20x%201024test1.jpg)
800 x 600 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Maps%20800%20x%20600.jpg)
1024 x 768 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Maps%201280%20x%201024.jpg)
1280 x 1024 (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Maps%201280%20x%201024.jpg)


Cursor sets (see post on page 4 for hints on installation for your OS):
Lich set:
Lich normal select cursor (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/lichcursor.cur)
Lich working in background cursor (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/lichbusy.ani)
Lich link select (http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/lichlinkselect.ani)

vfb
January 4th, 2009, 12:06 AM
But where's all the hot models? :)

chrispedersen
January 4th, 2009, 12:08 AM
I was fooling around with making little banners for signatures, but it seems that even when I turn on viewing signatures that they don't pull up. Oh well, if you want to use this for a website or a signature on another forum feel free. I might add a few more.

<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig1.png" alt="Dominions Banner 1">

Wow that is *really* awesome vlad.

Would you be willing to do the artwork for a couple of mods I'm working on?

vladikus
January 4th, 2009, 12:14 AM
But where's all the hot models? :)

If I had hot models I probably wouldn't share :-P

Would you be willing to do the artwork for a couple of mods I'm working on?

Perhaps, I could do a few. I can't make promises because I am on a break for a little bit and will get pretty busy shortly. Let me know what you need and I can try.

vladikus
January 4th, 2009, 12:49 AM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig2.png" alt="Dominions Banner 2">

Here's a second one I threw together. Not as pretty.

vladikus
January 4th, 2009, 01:18 AM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig3.png" alt="Dominions Banner 3">

Another... I personally like this one.

Illuminated One
January 4th, 2009, 10:12 AM
These are really great!

Tifone
January 4th, 2009, 10:17 AM
Too cool!! :cool:

Gandalf Parker
January 4th, 2009, 01:28 PM
Great take on the "dividing world" thing. Maybe I should use that at the top of my maps page. And the click on Dom3 icon one would work really well on my aboutDom3 page.

Keep em coming. :)
How about something with Tux about to hit the Dom3 icon for my HostingGames or ServerInfo pages? (tux is the linux mascot). Who are the mascots for Windows and Mac? Gates and Jobs? Having all three sitting around a Dom3 icon might be cool.
(sorry, I get carried away with ideas)

JimMorrison
January 4th, 2009, 05:07 PM
Windows' mascot is that damnable paper clip from Word. :re: Alternately, they were going to use the old guy in the top hat from Monopoly, but couldn't get the rights cheaply enough.

Apple's mascot is Barney. Pure hellspawn. :eek:

vladikus
January 4th, 2009, 07:02 PM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig4.png" alt="Dominions Banner 4">

Endoperez
January 4th, 2009, 07:22 PM
Great work. I really like some of these ideas. Would you mind if I did something inspired by your layouts?

vladikus
January 4th, 2009, 07:27 PM
Go for it.

vladikus
January 4th, 2009, 09:24 PM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig5.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 5">

Animated.

Gandalf Parker
January 4th, 2009, 09:39 PM
nice one

vladikus
January 5th, 2009, 02:35 PM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig6.png" alt=" Dominions Banner 6">

Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.

Denisius
January 5th, 2009, 04:25 PM
Nice, I liked all of them.

You should edit your main post with all the new banners.

Gandalf Parker
January 5th, 2009, 04:58 PM
Hmm that one gives me the impression that Tux cant play Dom3.
Its a linux game, ported to windows and mac.

vladikus
January 5th, 2009, 05:04 PM
Haha, yeah it does. Hold on... I'll have one a little more linux loving.

Tifone
January 5th, 2009, 06:11 PM
My personal favourite is the 4th one, with the map and the Pretenders. But they're all truly exceptional. You're very skilled :)

vladikus
January 5th, 2009, 06:15 PM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig7.png" alt="Dominions Banner 7">

Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.

My personal favourite is the 4th one, with the map and the Pretenders. But they're all truly exceptional. You're very skilled :)

Thank you.

vladikus
January 6th, 2009, 10:05 PM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20standard%201024%20x%20768.jpg" <alt="Dominions Desktop 1">
1024 x 768 Desktop

Other resolutions:
800 x 600 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20standard%20800%20x%20600.jpg)
1280 x 1024 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20standard%201280%20x%201024.jpg)

Special thanks to Gandalf for critiques.

vladikus
January 7th, 2009, 01:05 AM
So I gave you a standard Dom3 desktop... well here is my spin on it. Enjoy your new desktop.

<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 2">

800 x 600 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%20800%20x%20600.jpg)
1024 x 768 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768.jpg)
1280 x 1024 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%201280%20x%201024.jpg)

If you have any requests for small scale changes let me know. For example, I can get rid of the transparency on the logo to make it stand out better. Note that the shadow was a practical choice so you can see your icons easier (I assume most people keep them on the left side of the desktop like myself).

I also want to give much credit to Kristoffer Osterman who made the sprites, probably the terrain, the map, the cover, etc. He is very talented and this is really a collage of his work. In other words, he did the hard part.

Endoperez
January 7th, 2009, 02:11 AM
That's beautiful. I almost feel like changing my Pratchett desktop away. Actually, I think I'll have to do that, even though I really like that.

JimMorrison
January 7th, 2009, 03:41 AM
Wow, great work, that is pure poetry to a Dominions fanatic's retinas. :D

Don't suppose you had considered doing a widescreen (specifically 16:10 aspect, or 1680x1050) resolution?

WraithLord
January 7th, 2009, 10:22 AM
Awesome!

I chime in JimMorrison's request for widescreen dimensions like 1440X900.

Gandalf Parker
January 7th, 2009, 01:32 PM
That is fantastic. Its a dominions advertisement unto itself.
In fact, Im going to ask Scott Krol to look at this thread if you dont mind

vladikus
January 7th, 2009, 05:03 PM
For those of you with widescreens...
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 3 (Widescreen)">

1440 x 900 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900.jpg)
1680 x 1050 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201680%20x%201050.jpg)

vladikus
January 7th, 2009, 06:30 PM
Important: For all those who have used the Dominions Desktop 2 (not for widescreen) you should set the image as your desktop again because I noticed a small white line in the upper right and have gone back and fixed it for all resolutions.

Since I can't go back and edit my previous posts, I am going to add a couple links. These are the same as the desktops above except there is no transparency on the logo.

Desktop 2:
800 x 600 solid logo (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%20800%20x%20600%20logo.jpg)
1024 x 768 solid logo (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768%20logo.jpg)
1280 x 1024 solid logo (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%201280%20x%201024%20logo.jpg)

Desktop 3 (widescreen):
1440 x 900 solid logo (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900%20logo.jpg )
1680 x 1050 solid logo (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201680%20x%201050%20logo.jp g)

Notice: The server I host these images on will be down on January 11th, likely for only a couple days.

vladikus
January 8th, 2009, 01:34 AM
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig8.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 8">

An attempt at some animation.

WraithLord
January 8th, 2009, 05:45 AM
Man, you work is amazing.

Just to throw an idea, why don't you do a screen saver?

JimMorrison
January 8th, 2009, 08:56 AM
So awesome, thank you again! 8 )

Tifone
January 8th, 2009, 10:04 AM
Another great one! :up: (maybe your next animated ones could use having shorter "logo times"? Just a thought :) )

Gandalf Parker
January 8th, 2009, 11:30 AM
It gave the impression. But I think only if someone already knows Dominions. Im not sure that the choices, or the speed, would work for someone who doesnt know the game.

vladikus
January 8th, 2009, 10:29 PM
Alright... just for fun (and to complement your new background). Check them out, they are cursors. These two are meant to be used together.

Lich normal select cursor (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Cursors/lichcursor.cur)
Lich working in background cursor (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Cursors/lichbusy.ani)
Lich link select (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Cursors/lichlinkselect.ani)

(On Windows XP, to use these go to control panel, then to mouse, then pointers. Click normal select and if you double click you will have a chance to browse folders. Find lichcursor.cur and select it. Then follow the same steps to set working in the background to lichbusy.ani. The spot for clicking is the lich's staff.)

vladikus
January 8th, 2009, 11:53 PM
Man, you work is amazing.

Just to throw an idea, why don't you do a screen saver?

I had actually thought about it, but it seems that there is coding involved (unless I do a power point type screensaver or pay for a program). I found a program to create screensavers but it worked a lot like Windows MyPictures and I could not make the images fullscreen. I then thought about gathering a compilation of screenshots that users could run through using my pictures in Windows, but that probably wouldn't be available to people on other OS.

As a standard question, are people happy with the signature sizes and such? Are they too big or too small? I would make some mega desktops but my own monitor resolution only goes up to 1280 x 1024 (which I usually stop there for resolutions).

By the way, critiques are always welcome. If you think something could be improved in the future then let me know. Unfortunately, my break is ending shortly and then I will not be able to produce near as much.

Also, please excuse typos in previous posts because after a certain point I cannot edit them.

vladikus
January 9th, 2009, 01:18 AM
Now you can have your whole dominion on your desktop. Make sure to check out the test link below (it was only a test, but it turned out pretty interesting. If you would like me to make a version using the test just let me know).

<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Maps%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 4">

Test (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Maps%201280%20x%201024test1.jpg)
800 x 600 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Maps%20800%20x%20600.jpg)
1024 x 768 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Maps%201024%20x%20768.jpg)
1280 x 1024 (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Maps%201280%20x%201024.jpg)

WraithLord
January 9th, 2009, 01:42 AM
I've never heard of a cross platform screen saver engine. So your options are either not make one at all or make on for the different platforms, or just for windows.
Can you use power point to create a screen saver?

vladikus
January 9th, 2009, 02:00 AM
I can use powerpoint, but the way it works is it exports a bunch of images as .bmp and then the user would use the screensaver "My Pictures Slideshow." So, in that case, a collection of screenshots would be all that the user would need. It wouldn't be very pretty, but it would work (likely only on Windows).

lch
January 9th, 2009, 09:42 AM
I can use powerpoint, but the way it works is it exports a bunch of images as .bmp and then the user would use the screensaver "My Pictures Slideshow." So, in that case, a collection of screenshots would be all that the user would need. It wouldn't be very pretty, but it would work (likely only on Windows).
I'm not too sure about all the options out there, but pretty much every GUI has an option to go through a bunch of images as backgrounds out of the box.

vladikus
January 9th, 2009, 11:25 AM
I'm not too sure about all the options out there, but pretty much every GUI has an option to go through a bunch of images as backgrounds out of the box.

Well, then I'd say its possible. The only other problem is hosting space. Unfortunately, my hosting server only allows me about 30 MB. I could pack screenshots together (probably .zip), but I am going to need a better alternative shortly.

It would be nice to have a kind of screen shot repository so we could get a wide variety from everyone. Any ideas?

Gandalf Parker
January 9th, 2009, 11:42 AM
Always space available for another Dom3 project on my servers.

Thilock_Dominus
January 9th, 2009, 12:33 PM
Maybe make some banners that are forum friendly so users can use them in the signature :)

vladikus
January 9th, 2009, 01:03 PM
Upon further searching I found the signature compliance guidelines and now understand why my signatures have not been working. I will see what I can do to make the signatures forum friendly. Although, I have not seen any signatures on the forums at all despite having signatures enabled. I only see avatars.

Edit: I have confirmed this. Based off of these guidelines (image http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=31257&highlight=signature). I changed one of my banners to meet specifications, which you can get here (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig4shrap.jpg). The banner did not show up for me and I have yet to see any graphic signatures on the forum--I only see text.

Did I find old guidelines. Do other people see images in signatures?

Thilock_Dominus
January 9th, 2009, 01:20 PM
Signatures works fine for me. A forum bug? Tried diffrent browser?

vladikus
January 9th, 2009, 01:23 PM
Okay I see your signatures now Dom, but only after I enabled:
Show Images (including attached images and images in [IMG] code)

I'm taking a guess on this but that probably means that adding a signature through the forum is the wrong way to go about doing it. My banners will probably only work as code in the signature to the link. I'm going to try that now.

Thilock_Dominus
January 9th, 2009, 01:26 PM
Try flush the cache and reload/refresh the forum in your browser.

vladikus
January 9th, 2009, 01:35 PM
Yep, used [IMG] tags rather than the forum's way of setting up a signature. It's a shame that most of those options (enabling signatures and [IMG] tags are disabled by default.

Gandalf Parker
January 9th, 2009, 04:00 PM
Im going to sound like a fanboi again but..
many of the larger forums have it off by default. As new small forums they have the settings really high then gradually learn that its not a great idea. They have to cut back later which ticks off users.

Altho this new software they switched to does things in a very good way for that. Better than many forums handle it.

JimMorrison
January 9th, 2009, 07:43 PM
Im going to sound like a fanboi again but..
many of the larger forums have it off by default. As new small forums they have the settings really high then gradually learn that its not a great idea. They have to cut back later which ticks off users.

Altho this new software they switched to does things in a very good way for that. Better than many forums handle it.

Your logic may be sound, but you don't just -sound- like a fanboi. ;)

I still miss the old forums, very much. "Thank Gandalf Parker for this useful post." - That about sums up what I like about the new forum, and I'll never agree that it was worth what we gave up.

Endoperez
January 10th, 2009, 05:22 AM
Your logic may be sound, but you don't just -sound- like a fanboi. ;)

I still miss the old forums, very much. "Thank Gandalf Parker for this useful post." - That about sums up what I like about the new forum, and I'll never agree that it was worth what we gave up.

I have to say that, besides the color scheme, I don't remember anything that I liked more in the old forum. Even changes to editing posts don't really matter. The new search works much better, too.

vfb
January 10th, 2009, 05:31 AM
The new search is better in most cases but fails miserably when you are searching for a phrase instead of a word, or if the word you are looking for is not indexed for some reason. For example:

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : wish

JimMorrison
January 10th, 2009, 06:08 AM
Personally I think the changes to editing posts were huge. 8 \ Equally huge, the changes to attachments, causing many people to have to use MediaFire and such for maps. Also, I will always feel the PM limit to have been completely unnecessary (the few people who "abused" it were not even a problem until all the data was converted to test the new forums, we could be forced to slash them again next time, in 2-3 years or whatever).

But it's hard to forgive Shrapnel for making us LOOK at this forum constantly, that's for sure. :( They seem so nice, why would they do this to us? :eek:

Other than the Search function (which is better and worse, apparently), you don't seem to have a strong opinion on what you like better, it just sounds as if you are apathetic towards the change. ;) It's not that I don't like the new "features", but I'd give them up in a heartbeat to have the old forum back, or to have this one behave as the old one did (best of both worlds, server side functionality, and client side performance!). :p

Edi
January 10th, 2009, 06:25 AM
To drag this back on topic for a moment, outstanding work on this art, Vladikus! :D

lch
January 10th, 2009, 07:32 AM
I did see the banner that you had in your sig, vladikus, but I think that the graphic was too big for a sig, too. Even Thilock_Dominus' sig graphics are borderline for me. They're about the maximum size that sig graphics should be.

Redeyes
January 10th, 2009, 10:49 AM
For what it is worth, when I registered (a recent event) I noted that the forum rules said:

GRAPHICS IN SIGNATURE GUIDELINES
1. No copyrighted material- No copyrighted photos or logos from other sites without the owner�s permission.

2. No hotlinking- Either host the image on your own website or on a free service, don�t steal someone else�s bandwidth.

3. File size limits: Combined size limit for all signature graphics can be no more than 35k

4. Dimension limits:
a. Combined maximum width of all graphics in signature is to be no more than 600pixels
b. Combined maximum height of all graphics in signature is to be no more than 125 pixels

If you are unsure if your signature graphics comply with the above guidelines, right click on the graphics in your signature and add together the dimensions and file sizes to get the total. If they are over the maximum width, height or file size then you need to remove or change your signature graphics until you comply with the above guidelines.

You will be asked to change your signature graphics if they do not comply with the above guidelines. If they are not changed, the graphics will be completely removed from your signature.The banner Vladikus currently has in his sig certainly follows these rules, though Thilock's are about 30kB large. (if 35k is meant to be read as 35kB:smirk:)

vladikus
January 10th, 2009, 11:35 AM
Well, while keeping within forum guidelines, what do people feel is a good size for signatures (so they are not too big, annoying, or distracting)? I know we aren't going to agree on this, but I would be interested to get opinions.

Gandalf Parker
January 10th, 2009, 01:00 PM
Just my personal opinion.....
The give and take in deciding sizes for sigs was to allow room for a decent amount of information. Taking up the entire allowed space for a not very informative picture was just something I wouldnt want to do. If too much of it went on then Im afraid more people would end up turning off the display of sigs in their view.
IMHO

But you do excellent work Vladikus

vladikus
January 10th, 2009, 02:46 PM
Well, in a way the smaller the actual pixel size the higher the resolution, which sounds like a good trade off. So I'll just judge it for myself and let you all know when I have them resized.

vladikus
January 11th, 2009, 11:28 PM
Alright, here are the resized signatures so they meet the forum's standards. Note that I could not do the last banner because of the many frames in the animation. To conserve kb would be to to make the image impossible to see.

Dominions Banner 1 Shrapnel Version (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig1shrap.jpg)
Dominions Banner 2 Shrapnel Version (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig2shrap.jpg)
Dominions Banner 3 Shrapnel Version (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig3shrap.png)
Dominions Banner 4 Shrapnel Version (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig4shrap.jpg)
Dominions Banner 5 Shrapnel Version (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig5shrap.gif)
Dominions Banner 6 Shrapnel Version (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig6shrap.png)
Dominions Banner 7 Shrapnel Version (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig7shrap.jpg)