Practising Paintshop/GIMP...

[Marcel]

Hi Wurger, you mean something like this?

[Wurger]

Yep ...I have meant that exactly. But the font type should be replaced with another one.I think.

[Gnomey]

Yeah that looks nice. I agree with Wojtek though as well on the font. Perhaps a more Gothic looking font would fit more in with the theme of the sig.

[bobbysocks]

these are cool. how much does it cost to get one made?? I'd really like one.

[Marcel]

What it costs? It costs time, for you to find so pictures and for one of us to make it. What do you have in mind?

[bobbysocks]

cool! i would like dad's 51...with maybe the pic of him in the cockpit and the 364th sq logo...and of course Bobbysocks. i have all the pics and could send them to you in a few days when i get back in town if you wish. thank you very much, marcel.

[Marcel]

Hi Bobby,

Best thing to do is start a thread, here in the Signature section, with your idea's and pictures. There are a few of us who like to make such siggies, so we can all take a shot at it and you can just pick what you like.
I'll be away for the weekend, so no hurry.

Marcel

[Marcel]

Yeah that looks nice. I agree with Wojtek though as well on the font. Perhaps a more Gothic looking font would fit more in with the theme of the sig.

Don't know, tried several fonts, but I really like the typewriter font which I weathered in my siggy. It looks like it came from a WWII era letter or report ore something. I'll stick to this one for the time being.

[Gnomey]

Yeah, that font works nicely as well. Was just throwing out some more ideas. Perhaps the bit with the text on it could be more yellowed to indicate aged paper in a similar way to the photo but not to the same degree.

[GrauGeist]

Lookin' pretty good, Marcel.

I like Gnomey's idea of adding a little yellow to the border to show some age to match the image.

(I like the typewriter font, though...works perfect!)

[Marcel]

Thanks guys, I agree, the white is a little too white. Hopefully better now? Still trying to get the effect wrinkle of the paper in GIMP. Post later, maybe..

[Wurger]

Looking very nice indeed.

[wheelsup_cavu]

Looking nice Marcel. Good luck on the wrinkled paper effect.


Wheels

[GrauGeist]

Hey Marcel,

Perhaps if you used an image of wrinkled paper beneath your white (yellowed) margin, and played with layer's opacity (and the color & scale) until you get the desired effect?

I have a few paper tiles that are usually used for tiled backgrounds, I'll post 'em here for you. Hopefully these'll be of some help to you!

[Marcel]

A bit of tweaking to get it right, but I now have a subtle wrinkle in the paper. To see the differences, see post 164 I really love this Gimp, it really is much better than Paintshop. I'll probably start a new Thread called "'practising GIMP'