Make some new banners for TTD

[U2Lynne]

I'm ready to start a new 'style' on here that has a rotating banner. And, these banners are going to be made by YOU! I'm linking to a psd file that contains three layers - the gray background, the media picture, and the text. I'd like you to keep the background and text when you make your own banner, but the media picture is optional. After you make your banner, make sure to do a Save For Web so the file size is smaller. And then, when you are done, mail them to [email protected] (I won't be checking this everyday, so please be patient in waiting for your banner to show up).

I think it should go without saying that I want you to keep these nice. No making derogatory banners of other users or bands or banners that can be considered offensive, derogatory, or not work safe because I just won't include them in the rotation.

Do a right-click Save File As on THIS PSD FILE (http://www.thetradersden.org/images/Header.psd) (651 KB)

Please bump this thread if you have sent in a banner so that I know to go check out that gmail account.

[jazzbo]

Do a right-click Save File As on THIS PSD FILE (http://ttd2.quickpacket.net/images/Header.psd) (651 MB) :eek:

Actually I just downloaded this and is only 651 KB.

Also for those of you who don't know or just prefer to use open software, Adobe Photoshop (PSD) files may also be opened and edited in The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org), so everyone can get involved not just Mac and Win users running Photoshop.

[U2Lynne]

Eek. Sorry. I goofed on the size..... (that's what I get for hurrying before dinner!)

[The Wicker Man]

No font file?

What font is it?

[U2Lynne]

The font should be 'flattened' as a layer. You should have it as a layer and not be able to play with it as a text layer. It worked that way for me, anyway. Is it asking you for a font to use?

[The Wicker Man]

The font should be 'flattened' as a layer. You should have it as a layer and not be able to play with it as a text layer. It worked that way for me, anyway. Is it asking you for a font to use?

No, but If I wanna create more text, Id like to keep it the same font

[U2Lynne]

Ah, the font is Banco. If you need it, I'll have to look around cuz I'm not sure I have it.....

[Five]

I saw it over here:
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/fonts/b6.htm

[paddington]

I saw it over here:
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/fonts/b6.htm


Five is like a Swiss army knife of resources

[U2Lynne]

Post removed. Send the banners to the email I provided and please follow the rules I outlined.

Have a good day. :wave:

[The Wicker Man]

Is this new banner idea already dead?

[The Wicker Man]

Is this new banner idea already dead?

No stupid...It lives, you have to goto the bottom left of your page and click on the revolving banner skin link.

[saltman]

I think that moron smilie is pointing at me :wave:

Rotating banners are cool. :clap:

[Chachi420]

I would like to challenge someone to make a nice banner including pics of famous faces like like:
Bob Dylan
Phish
Greatful Dead
Hendrix
MMW
YMSB
Miles Davis
too many to mention, but check out my list at etree.org/Chachi420 and I think that those bands should be photoshopped into one banner called "jambands banner". Also, for this to work, people should be able to choose which banner they want. I didn't like the idea of the banner rotating to a style I don't like.
peace,
Chachi

[Billster]

I am lost here...are the rotating banners already happening? And if so, is there some way that I enable to them on my display?

* never mind, I figured it out!

[Spelunker]

Here is a good one. Made by Jasta

[TVHeadAssPhuck]

Spelunker you should like this one... Hopefully it doesn't get deemed offensive...
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/9499/gg2mf.jpg

[Spelunker]

Spelunker you should like this one... Hopefully it doesn't get deemed offensive...
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/9499/gg2mf.jpg
I like that one TV. You have the skill it takes. PM that to Lynne.

Can you make one of the Mentors in hoods with girls around them?

[TVHeadAssPhuck]

Can you make one of the Mentors in hoods with girls around them?
Post or PM links to the pictures, I can't seem to find any good mentor sites.

[Chachi420]

Here is a good one. Made by Jasta
Nicework, Jasta!

[AAR.oner]

Spelunker you should like this one... Hopefully it doesn't get deemed offensive...
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/9499/gg2mf.jpg
damn TV, you beat me to it...that was gonna be my next one...

[Chachi420]

Nicework, Jasta!
Ha! I just realized that one was from EDJ :lol

[TVHeadAssPhuck]

Ha! I just realized that one was from EDJ :lol
yeah, it was too good of a banner for such a shitty site. good thing he told green to take it down once the mass bannings began.

[Five]

great banner! :clap:

[Chachi420]

Is there a way to make a banner stationary rather than rotating??
I would like to use the old EDJ (Jasta's) banner permently and don't want it switching to that GG Allen one TV made.

[spiritinaphoto]

The more and more I see my SFA banner in rotation, the more I realize the center picture blends in too much with the rest of the pictures. I'd like it removed and replaced with this version, if possible:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3702/sfa27rg.jpg

[Hippycat]

Will mail, but wanted to post mine and apologize for it in advance. First try at Adobe CS2. I haven't quite got the hang of it yet. Hey, I only downloaded it today! Previously I was slumming it with MS Paint.

http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/7755/header98wg.jpg

[spiritinaphoto]

Will mail, but wanted to post mine and apologize for it in advance. First try at Adobe CS2. I haven't quite got the hang of it yet. Hey, I only downloaded it today! Previously I was slumming it with MS Paint.

http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/7755/header98wg.jpg
Illicit Photoshop CS2? You know there's always GIMP, right? I've been using GIMP for every step of creating my banners except for drawing paths for cutouts (reference the Kate Bush banner). I use Photoshop for drawing paths because I think it's a bit more precise than GIMP for path drawing.

[Chachi420]

http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/7755/header98wg.jpg
Wow...now this one is cool!
How can I make this one stationary (not rotating)?
Also, I would like to rotate between just the ones I select from a list.

ps- I also like the new one with the Grateful Dead Bears :)

[TVHeadAssPhuck]

Illicit Photoshop CS2? You know there's always GIMP, right? I've been using GIMP for every step of creating my banners except for drawing paths for cutouts (reference the Kate Bush banner). I use Photoshop for drawing paths because I think it's a bit more precise than GIMP for path drawing.
WTF? Why use two programs when PS can do it all? Are you just trying to be a rebel.

I've used Gimp once or twice and personally I think it is a replacement for MS paint, and not Photoshop AT ALL.

[Hippycat]

Illicit Photoshop CS2? You know there's always GIMP, right? I've been using GIMP for every step of creating my banners except for drawing paths for cutouts (reference the Kate Bush banner). I use Photoshop for drawing paths because I think it's a bit more precise than GIMP for path drawing.


Could have been it a legal trial download. A demo perhaps.

Starting to get the hang of it, I think.

And I tried to get that GIMP but couldn't figure out how to download it. Mirror problems. But then again, I didn't try too hard to figure it out either. Already grabbed me a copy of CS2.

[Hippycat]

2nd try:

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8099/oasisbest9bj.jpg

[spiritinaphoto]

WTF? Why use two programs when PS can do it all? Are you just trying to be a rebel.

I've used Gimp once or twice and personally I think it is a replacement for MS paint, and not Photoshop AT ALL.
The problem is that I'm running a Windows binary under Wine (remember, Linux user here), and for some odd reason Photoshop won't minimize properly and I'll be stuck with those palettes over my other windows, which makes it unpleasant to try and use other programs while Photoshop is open (but it does come in handy when I've done a render in Apophysis and I'm trying to remember what background color I chose and input that into Photoshop). So I only use Photoshop when I'm going to be sticking around in that window for a while working on nothing but that picture. If I'm putting in one picture, then going back to my web browser to find something to fit the space, then going back to my image editor, it makes more sense to use an image editor that isn't going to block the sides of the screen.

If you'd like, I'll take some screenies to show what the problem is.

Oh, and GIMP is a whole lot more powerful than Paint (I had to use Paint for my Organic Chemistry projects, so I know what it can and can't do). Actually, GIMP has some filter options that Photoshop doesn't (or at least filters 7.0 doesn't have--can't speak for CS and CS2). Some tasks are a bit more painful to do in GIMP, but GIMP can do a vast majority of what Photoshop can do.

[The Wicker Man]

The Pink Floyd

[The Wicker Man]

Here is the my Wookie Banner that was not approved...apparently we can make fun of alcoholics but not the bacterial challanged :(

[U2Lynne]

If you need changes made to your banners, you need to send them to the email addy I supplied. I'm not reading threads right now, but I am taking care of site email (I have other shit going on in my life at the moment).

And Brian, I think I've put all the banners in rotation so far, but I'd have to look to see if I've missed some, which is entirely possible right now.

[The Wicker Man]

If you need changes made to your banners, you need to send them to the email addy I supplied. I'm not reading threads right now, but I am taking care of site email (I have other shit going on in my life at the moment).

And Brian, I think I've put all the banners in rotation so far, but I'd have to look to see if I've missed some, which is entirely possible right now.


I wasn't being serious...I just wanted to get alcoholic and wookie in the same post.

[U2Lynne]

I wasn't being serious...I just wanted to get alcoholic and wookie in the same post.
So, is it there? Sorry, I'm just not up to double thinking right now.

[Chachi420]

The Pink Floyd
:cool:

[spiritinaphoto]

I just sent an e-mail with the final, definitive version of my SFA banner. No images of yetis in this one because the "wooks" had a field day with the first version of the banner, and the second version wouldn't be any better. Besides, the color balance is so much nicer on this one.

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6715/sfa31vq.jpg

[Scott]

How come all I see is the original banner. Do I need to click something to get the rotating banners?

[Scott]

How come all I see is the original banner. Do I need to click something to get the rotating banners?

Never mind, I took a smart pill and figured it out.

[irishcrazy2005]

This is cool

[Spelunker]

This is cool
I thought this was.

[The Wicker Man]

Another Super De Dooper Banner sent for rotation...

[Hippycat]

Just sent in my latest one. Sorry for the two emails, I was drinking a bit (OK a lot) and mistook "send" for "attach". My bad.

Here's my latest:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8910/simpsonsttdbannerdone24nf.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Hippycat]

Dammit beaten by the 10 minute edit sh*t function!

Anyway, I've just converted the pic from gif to PNG (Thanks Sarah), which is WAY more info friendly. It cleared up a whole bunch of compression mess and is now a much clearer picture.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7837/simpsonsttdbannerdone34pb.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Hippycat]

One more:

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/1843/traderspepperdoneandsized4rm.png (http://imageshack.us)

[oldfan]

The Simpsons one is awesome!!
Wanna make one for my site ? :D

[Black Dog]

................:eek: :wave:

[Hippycat]

Latest offering:

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/3828/ttdsurbanner1058ob.gif (http://imageshack.us)

I think it's pretty good despite the fact that it losses some colour and quality due to compression. And the Outseed needs to be more a tiny bit more to the right. Might fix it this weekend if I'm feeling spunky.

[[Madman]]

Pretty nice banners, could anyone please upload the PSD file? I would like to make one myself, but the download doesn't work for me.

[U2Lynne]

Sorry about that [Madman], the link should work now.

[spiritinaphoto]

I submitted this one nearly two months ago and it's still not up!

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/968/child3do.jpg

The above is actually a slightly modified version of what was in the original e-mail--I tweaked the curves on two photos to make them blend in a bit better. Please use the above instead of what was in the e-mail.

[U2Lynne]

Yes it is, Sarah. I think we have around 95 or so banners now. I haven't made a smaller version of it to go on the Banner List yet.

[ohkeepa]

hey lynne, i think something is wrong with that psd file in the 1st post.. i save it and then when i try to open it in photoshop i get an error that reads

could not complete your request because an unexpected end-of-file was encountered

[spiritinaphoto]

Yes it is, Sarah. I think we have around 95 or so banners now. I haven't made a smaller version of it to go on the Banner List yet.
Well, if it is up, I've certainly never seen it in rotation. :hmm:

hey lynne, i think something is wrong with that psd file in the 1st post.. i save it and then when i try to open it in photoshop i get an error that reads

could not complete your request because an unexpected end-of-file was encountered
Try downloading it again--sounds like your download got cut off prematurely.

[U2Lynne]

That was weird. The file was smaller than it was supposed to be. :hmm: It should be fine now.

[ohkeepa]

all better now :clap: :clap:
:thumbsup

[ohkeepa]

can someone tell me how to unlock the text layer

[U2Lynne]

I don't have photoshop open right now, but don't you just click the little lock on the side where all the layers are listed?

[Hippycat]

Yep.
View the layer by using the 'eye' icon just to the left of the layer.
Lock/unlock by clicking the tiny 'lock' icon on the right.

Though for some pictures I sometimes have to do it a couple of times until I have the right layer selected.

[ohkeepa]

my first attempt at a banner
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/whyweigh/jerrybanner.png

[ohkeepa]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/whyweigh/phishbanner.png

[Hippycat]

Check out this, my latest masterpiece! :
























http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/9970/incolour1av.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Prints are available.

[ohkeepa]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/whyweigh/tixbanner.jpg

[Hippycat]

Check out this, my latest masterpiece! :

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/9970/incolour1av.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Prints are available.


Don't know why that hasn't been put in rotaion :(

Next one will shock everyone! Coming soon!

[U2Lynne]

Hippycat, did you send it to the email addy listed in the first post here? The last banner I got from you was back in November and it wasn't that one.

[Hippycat]

Hippycat, did you send it to the email addy listed in the first post here? The last banner I got from you was back in November and it wasn't that one.


Don't remember. And it really wasn't a serious attempt. Just thought it was kinda cute. Got the starter image from the super funny: http://www.spatch.net/cattown/index.html


DEEDLE DOOT DOO DEE DEE
LET'S ALL GO TO CAT TOWN
DEEDLE DOOT DOO DEE DEE
IT'S TIME TO GO TO CAT TOWN
AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING DOWN IN

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/220/cattownlogo3jw.jpg
HELLO AND WELCOME TO CAT TOWN, IT IS A TOWN WHERE EVERYBODY IS A CAT
THERE ARE A LOT OF AMAZING ADVENTURES AND HILARIOUS COMEDY IN EVERY EPISODE
STOP BY AND VISIT CAT TOWN FOR YOURSELF AND SEE WHAT I MEAN

[hanshak2015]

Do the banners have to be gifs, or are jpgs OK as well?

[Hippycat]

Do the banners have to be gifs, or are jpgs OK as well?

Either is fine, though you'll usually get a better compression configuration with gifs, and an even better one with png. But of course that shouldn't matter with banners of this size, but if you're seeing weird compression artifacts then level up from jpg to gif to png.

As a rule, the JPEG format should be used on photographic images, and images which do not look as good with only 256 colors. GIF files should be used for logos, line drawings, animations, and icons. Avoid using it for photographic images, and graphics which have long stretches of continuous-tone in them. When you're designing GIF files, avoid using gradients and turn off anti-aliasing where possible to minimize the file size. Now PNG was developed to surpass the limitations of GIFs, and as a means by which developers can avoid having to worry about the patent licenses associated with other formats. PNG was designed to offer the main features of the GIF format, including streaming and progressive file formats. It also provides greater depth of color, catering to images up to 24 bit in color.

It's expected that support for PNG will be widespread in the near future, although it will never completely replace GIF, as it doesn't support animation.



But I may be wrong. :)

[hanshak2015]

Thanks a lot Hippycat. Interesting what you say about PNG, I always wondered what that format was good for / good at.

Is TTD still taking new banners? I submitted a couple during the last weeks but haven't seem them on the site yet. Guess I'm just too impatient, but then again the original call for new banners was from august last year. :hmm:

[U2Lynne]

You need to bump this thread when you make new banners and then I'll go check that gmail account. I'll go check it out now.

[hanshak2015]

OK, thanks. Didn't know that.

[U2Lynne]

You didn't know that because I never wrote it out as a requirement. :lol: But, I'll go change the first post to say that.

All the new ones are in rotation now.

[Spelunker]

I like this one.

[Hippycat]

And another:

http://serv4.imagehigh.com/imgs//5973_srttd1.jpg

(Pic taken by me! :) )

[Hippycat]

And another. This pic also taken by me!

http://serv4.imagehigh.com/imgs//8003_wilcottd.jpg

[TVHeadAssPhuck]

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5079/deadcelebritiesci9.jpg

[inside'eye]

^^^^that's kurt,elvis,james and who else?

[toys]

bottom left i believe is gg allin, far right Tiny Tim, and i believe James Brown above "ERS' DEN"

[Five]

seems about right

who's the guy under "the trad"?

[TVHeadAssPhuck]

Kurt Cobain, GG Allin, Lenny Bruce, James Brown, Elvis, & Tiny Tim.

Was going to put this one for the bassist of Pennywise, but figured it wouldn't have a chance...

http://www.celebritymorgue.com/pennywise/

I think somewhere there are pictures of John Lennon dead on the sidewalk or in a funeral home, but I couldn't find it. Anyone know where to find anymore or have any, let me know.

[Scott]

You could use John F and Bobby Kennedy.

[Five]

you are a sick mf... here is a pic of John Lennon dead

http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/l/John%20Lennon/lennon.jpg

[TVHeadAssPhuck]

:thumbsup :thumbsup

I'll have to go over findadeath.com and see if there are anymore to add.

[A New Face In Hell]

seems about right

who's the guy under "the trad"?

John D. Ehrlichman ;)

[orgyfication]

What about dead hunter thompson? If anyone knows where to find it. Or maybe just the giant fist that he planned to be shot out of at his funeral.

Dead Jaco Pastorius, bob marley, peter tosh, ODB... I could go on all day.

[direwolf-pgh]

last one... I was amusing myself (again)

[shopkin]

one

[shopkin]

and two

[shopkin]

heres another....

[Waldo Jeffers]

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/8030/graysonbanner.jpg (http://img638.imageshack.us/i/graysonbanner.jpg/)

[rspencer]

:lol:

[ccrider895]

:lol4:

[The Wicker Man]

I forgot which banners I made...