Someone make me a non-flash banner [Archive]

MrMacMan

Apr 18, 2004, 08:45 PM

Well I don't need anything flashy (or using flash).

I just want a banner, JPEG or otherwise I can use on other forums I go to.

Requirements:
Has the Words 'MacRumors -- #3446' in it.
and some type of folding symbol.

Thanks very much.

--MrMacMan

P.S anything going on about that *other* banner thread?

Mr. Anderson

Apr 19, 2004, 10:30 AM

um, not that there's anything wrong with the banners, I'm just wondering what you plan on using the banner for?

D

MrMacMan

Apr 19, 2004, 07:08 PM

What the hell?

How did that paragraph get erased...

Summary:
I go to other forums which allow banners/images in your signature... which I would put this.

Obviously here we can't do anything, but there are quite a few other forums I access... and I'm sure that other people go to other forums too. ;)

MrMacMan

Apr 20, 2004, 11:25 PM

Pretty Please.

:D

cjc343

Apr 21, 2004, 12:17 AM

Ok, from your instructions so far, I would make a white banner with black writing on it that says "Macrumors -- #3446" and then have the attached image to one side.

Is this what you want? I can make it better, but I need instructions. Background(s)? Can it be in .gif format? in other words, should I animate it? Text color(s)? Font(s)?

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/FAHlogoButton.jpg

[edit: Size? how many inches by how many inches? Centimeters? Pixels per square cm/in? The more info the better.]

cjc343

Apr 21, 2004, 02:16 AM

Ok, I have finished two possibilities using the instructions you have given me. I can still edit them easily, or create a completely new one if you wish.

Do you want different fonts? Different background? I changed the wording a little, do you like that better? Or do you want me to change it to what you requested? Do you need smaller file sizes?

any feedback is helpful.

If you decide to use one of these, please do not try to remove the "Created by......" note at the bottom of the banner.

Anyone who wants to can use these, but if you wish to have one edited, please contact me instead of doing it yourself.

Neither of the images is full quality as it is being hosted by macrumors, if you like one or both of them, I will upload the full file to another server. Please do not link to those files as I will remove them eventually, but rather find somewhere to host them yourself.

[edit: the one on the left is the animated one, click on it to see the whole thing... I can change the speed at which it switches frames if you wish.]

MrMacMan

Apr 22, 2004, 11:45 PM

Animated is fine.

Color would be nice.

If you could throw a helix or two somewhere in there, maybe on the animated one that switches bewteen the text and the first image...

Background... hmm, chose something that looks nice, I don't really care. White is a little clean, but not preferred.

Thank you very very much. :)

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 02:10 AM

"Color would be nice"

Ok, colored text then...

"maybe you could throw a Helix in there..."

Ok, I assume you mean on frame with only text....

Background: Maybe I could stick the heilix there.... or maybe I will use a pattern color scheme...

Well, I will probably have a few more in a little while....

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 04:50 AM

Here are a few more....

Again, tell me what you think and what I should change...

I am not sure that this is actually better than the white background but you might think otherwise...

again, these are not full quality....

The older versions are still available if anyone want them....

MrMacMan

Apr 23, 2004, 06:15 AM

Yeah I can see a problem with the background, you can't see the text very well.

I think a decent solid colored background could work.

The Text Animated or Not could have that Double Helix Sign/Logo I've always liked that.

Thank you very much again. :)

pyrotoaster

Apr 23, 2004, 01:49 PM

Mind if I toss an idea or two around?

Obviously, the tagline after "Folding@Home:" can be just about anything (I figure something to really grab their attention might be good).

Don't panic

Apr 23, 2004, 02:19 PM

nice twist.
you could have a panel of phrases and rotate them

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 04:41 PM

I like pyrotoaster's designs, and agree with Don't Panic in thinking that it would be nice to have multiple frames...

If you have any really good pictures of double Helix's I would be happy to incorperate them, otherwise, I will use an image off of google.

Off to work on a good solid background...

should I keep the text colors? Different color(s)? I can change the colors sequence to almost any array of colors...

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 05:26 PM

next round of banners...

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 05:27 PM

I don't much like the one on the left personally....

again, I want criticism and corrections....

wdlove

Apr 23, 2004, 06:08 PM

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 06:56 PM

I also like the idea of a dark background, using DNA. Thank you for taking on this task, having a banner is greatly needed. It should assist with recruiting. I wish that I could find the banner that was worked on previously. It is exactly what I would like to see. Hopefully someone else can describe the banner or has a copy. Your most recent the lettering is hard to see on the left, the righ side is nice. Do think that the use of the double helix would be nice.

I think I know which thread you are talking about, it will pop up if you search for "banner" the difference is those banner's were made using flash... which was not to be used in these banners....

I don't have any good pictures of helix's so I am having trouble with that...

I agree about the lettering on the left, and will (hopefully) do better in the next revision which will come when I have high resolution pictures of a few helix...

wdlove

Apr 23, 2004, 07:14 PM

The double helix at the top right is similar to what I like. It needs some work on the color though.

http://www.blc.arizona.edu/marty/411/Modules/helix.html

Don't panic

Apr 23, 2004, 07:20 PM

I think some of this banners are too crowded with colors. Lose the colors.
Keep the DNA backgrounds used before, but make them monochromatic or dichromatic (i.e a sepia or dark grey/metallic kind of look) and then superimpose the text in a contrasted way so that it's readable.

[edit] or you might want to give a look here for inspiration: http://www.dnalc.org/

wdlove

Apr 23, 2004, 09:39 PM

Life is in color so the banner should be in color. Using monochromatic or dichromatic (i.e a sepia or dark grey/metallic kind of look), to me is negative and depressing. Colors are positive an uplifting. We want to show others something to cause then to feel enthusiasm and and joy! Afterall this is something for a good cause.

pyrotoaster

Apr 23, 2004, 09:39 PM

I'm thinking of trying a background, but lowering the opacity so it doesn't get in the way. That might help solve the color vs. readability problem.

pyrotoaster

Apr 23, 2004, 10:02 PM

Alright, here's the old banner with a semi-transparent double-helix in the background. (Petty note: this banner's height is eight pixels more than the last two. Alright, very petty.)

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 11:42 PM

Wow! that really helped.... here's one old one with a lighter background + a few others....

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 11:44 PM

Personal opinion:

I don't like the one with the red writing (which then blends into other colors) but I think the others are definately improved...

MrMacMan

Apr 23, 2004, 11:44 PM

cjc343 -- Can't read the text well on the one to the left.. the one to the right, well no color.

pyrotoaster -- Got the right idea having the helix in the background.

I like animated banners as long as they aren't flashing in my face.

'Folding Helps to Cure Dieases' or something is basically the text I want besides for MacRumors and stuff.

Hmmm, if we go with the animated ones we have enough room for the MR logo and the F@H logo no? :)

Thanks veryy much guys and gals!

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 11:45 PM

I think I am going to try to put some the one of the backgrounds in the animated one....

cjc343

Apr 23, 2004, 11:59 PM

ok, how about this?

I think this one is the best I have done so far, so unless there are objections, I think this will be the one I edit from now on....

I want feedback on: Text Colors, Background Colors, Background strength (for both the colors and the Helix separately), overall opinion, anything else....

MacFan25

Apr 24, 2004, 08:23 AM

I agree with the others...the colored backgrounds look much better.

cjc343 - The last one you just attached looks nice. It's simple but gets the point across. The colors seem fine, but the 'distributed computing' part is a bit hard to read. Maybe it should be bolded or something?

wdlove

Apr 24, 2004, 02:15 PM

ok, how about this?

I want feedback on: Text Colors, Background Colors, Background strength (for both the colors and the Helix separately), overall opinion, anything else....

Good job cjc343, your making great strides. The gold should be made a little brighter. You should be very proud of yopurself! ;)

Where is it that we are going to be using this banner? I hope that we will be able to use it soon. :cool:

MrMacMan

Apr 25, 2004, 12:29 AM

Ah the latest one is where its at.

Greatly Improved.

Can we put the MacRumors Logo to the left of the text tho?
[*MR logo* MacRumors -- ... ]

The words distrubited computing do look a wee bit faded... so if you can make then darker or less transparent.

We are finally getting to the banner I wanted.

Thank you sooo much for your hard work.

Where is it that we are going to be using this banner? I hope that we will be able to use it soon.
Well... I don't think many other people are going to use this, I mean for me, I only want this because I go to other Forums which allow pictures in your signature soo.

As far as I know its only going to be used for whoever wants it...

You can use any of them in this thread if you wish.

You might be thinking about the flash banners, to which I have no idea what is happening with them.

--MrMacMan

cjc343

Apr 25, 2004, 01:26 AM

Thank you for the feedback, I have been gone all day and am tired so I might not finish until tomorrow, but I don't really know...

I will (try to) create at least two versions, one with the macrumors logo, and one without.

I will try to brighten the gold and thicken the "distributed computing" but it has the potential to be a little harder than I think it will be.

Anyone who wants can use any of the banners I posted for non-commercial purposes so long as they do not remove the "Custom Banner..." part in the lower right.

cjc343

Apr 25, 2004, 02:03 AM

The Macrumors logo has been protected from a drag-and-drop or right-click copy method. Although I COULD still rip it, I am not going to do that without permission. Meanwhile, I will make the other banner and contact arn to ask permission to use the Macrumors logo.

kettle

Apr 25, 2004, 07:25 AM

cjc343

Apr 25, 2004, 02:22 PM

cjc343

Apr 25, 2004, 02:23 PM

ah yes, here is the newest banner....

wdlove

Apr 25, 2004, 07:46 PM

ah yes, here is the newest banner....

Great job cjc343, that is awesome! ;) Now to take advantage for advertising. Could you make something eye catching so that it would work in a signature. Such as the "wdlove's stats"? ;) :cool:

Any suggestions MrMacman? ;)

cjc343

Apr 25, 2004, 08:06 PM

Great job cjc343, that is awesome! ;) Now to take advantage for advertising. Could you make something eye catching so that it would work in a signature. Such as the "wdlove's stats"? ;) :cool:

Any suggestions MrMacman? ;)

I'm confused.... I think you need to elaborate more on what you mean... add a frame of stats? New banner?

I'm sorry, I just need a better description of what you want to work off of.

MrMacMan

Apr 25, 2004, 09:13 PM

it would be much easier to grab it from the macrumors page because then the background is a different color from the inside.. makes it much easier... but I am not going to use the logo unless I get permission from Arn, not just becuase it is protected, but becuase it would be the right thing to do.....

and plus, I could get sued for copyright infringment....

[edit: sppeling]
Arn has the logo copyrighted one would suppose yes.

As please ask him if we can use it because I think its really what the banner is missing right now.

Looks great after you cleared up the text. :cool:

Sparky's

Apr 25, 2004, 09:19 PM

Mind if I toss an idea or two around?

Obviously, the tagline after "Folding@Home:" can be just about anything (I figure something to really grab their attention might be good).

Nice work.

nice twist.
you could have a panel of phrases and rotate them

On top of that take the center (Gold folded arrows) and scroll them from left to right.

cjc343

Apr 25, 2004, 09:41 PM

Arn has the logo copyrighted one would suppose yes.

As please ask him if we can use it because I think its really what the banner is missing right now.

Looks great after you cleared up the text. :cool:

I have asked him....

wdlove

Apr 26, 2004, 07:00 PM

ah yes, here is the newest banner....

MrMacman is there a way that this could be incorporated for use in my signature? Or is is as easy as copy and paste. My thought is also on the alloted words in the signature.

MrMacMan

Apr 26, 2004, 11:23 PM

MrMacman is there a way that this could be incorporated for use in my signature? Or is is as easy as copy and paste. My thought is also on the alloted words in the signature.
Lemme see how I can make this simple aha:

MacRumors does not allow Images in your or my signature.

While this Forum is great, I fequent many other Forums which DO allow for you do have Images in your signature, is is what this banner is for.

Again, its for MacRumors Folding, just not MacRumors forums.

:hopes arn gets back quick with reply:

:D

wdlove

Apr 27, 2004, 02:33 PM

Lemme see how I can make this simple aha:

MacRumors does not allow Images in your or my signature.

Again, its for MacRumors Folding, just not MacRumors forums.

:hopes arn gets back quick with reply:

:D

I also hope that arn will respond quickly. It would be awesome if he would allow an image.

If not, what I'm asking about is having a link to the banner. To develop a catchy phrase to put in the signature.

cjc343

Apr 27, 2004, 02:45 PM

I don't know about a catchphrase... withing the macrumors forums, I would suggest just using text, instead of linking to an image.

also: I have been hosting the image for my use on www.zippyimages.com however, it appear as though they don't like the number of times that image is loaded daily (a few hundred... maybe a few thousand) and appear to have cut off all hotlinking to that image.... they also logged my IP so I am stuck until I can get it changed again... (I tried re-uploading the pic, but it still didn't work)

So, do any of you know of a good free place to host images that allows hotlinking and does NOT add any stuff to your picture?

I have also used uploadit, but they don't allow gifs in free accounts...

MrMacMan

Apr 27, 2004, 05:20 PM

bah -- damn them!

http://photobucket.com/register.php

^^
I just registered, but they sound great.

I also hope that arn will respond quickly. It would be awesome if he would allow an image.
Nah, arn's not doing it, someone could make a big banner, and the rules would have to be inforced... *sigh* apparently its too much work! :confused:

cjc343

Apr 27, 2004, 05:45 PM

wdlove

Apr 28, 2004, 01:19 PM

Is there someone willing to host the banner? After all it is for the good of disease research, folding, and MacRumors. ;)

Mr. Anderson

Apr 28, 2004, 01:23 PM

that's a pretty big file size - you should simplify it a bit and maybe not make it so busy.

D

MrMacMan

Apr 28, 2004, 06:18 PM

Thank you!!!

http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v176/cjc343/Foldgif3op.gif

that file is 40 kb, it is not the full version but the quality has not decreased [edit: too significantly.... it is noticable... I can email the full version if you ask for it...]

Please do not link to that file, I do get a limited amount of bandwidth...

feel free to change the quality even more, but please host it yourself...

Yeah yeah.

Its no problem, when we get the one with the MR logo in it, that will be the final one.

Then I'll host it on my own photobucket site and stuff... so no problem.

cjc343

Apr 28, 2004, 06:29 PM

that's a pretty big file size - you should simplify it a bit and maybe not make it so busy.

D

The older versions are still available.

cjc343

Apr 29, 2004, 11:16 AM

Okay, I have permission from Arn to use the MacRumors logo and will hopefully get around to it later today.

From what you had asked for, I think that what you want is to have a macrumors logo to one side of the "Macrumors -- Team #3446" text.

I don't think that will work, but I will try it, I will probably end up turning down the opacity so that it is more in the background.

If you have any more requests, or modifications on what I have said so far, get back to me before tonight PST.

cjc

wdlove

Apr 29, 2004, 08:09 PM

Yeah yeah.

Its no problem, when we get the one with the MR logo in it, that will be the final one.

Then I'll host it on my own photobucket site and stuff... so no problem.

Thank you MrMacman, that will be awesome. Now if there will just be a way to have a link in our signature!

Thank you arn for allowing the permission to use the MR logo.

You have really done a yeoman's job on this project. Thank you cjc343. I look forward to the finished project. ;)

MrMacMan

Apr 29, 2004, 10:49 PM

Thank you MrMacman, that will be awesome. Now if there will just be a way to have a link in our signature!

Thank you arn for allowing the permission to use the MR logo.

You have really done a yeoman's job on this project. Thank you cjc343. I look forward to the finished project. ;)
Well well.

A picture can be linked in your signature, but there can be no image.

Example this an an image: :D
This is an example of a link to an image (http://forums.macrumors.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)

The second example is what would would have to have.

Thank you arn!

Hope to see the latest image soon.

Much thanks cjc343. :D

cjc343

Apr 30, 2004, 01:59 AM

Ok, transferring finished image to ImageReady right now.....

saving in smaller file size.......

Oh, right, I didn't do one with the opacity turned down but I will if there is a request for it.

I hate how many colors I lose when I dumb down the quality... I wish everyone were on a connection fast enough to get the whole 1.9 mb file....

cjc343

Apr 30, 2004, 02:00 AM

ugh... something went wrong with the last one... one minute...

cjc343

Apr 30, 2004, 02:20 AM

ok, this is a little better...

jsut a little

benpatient

Apr 30, 2004, 11:36 AM

welcome one, welcome all, to Photoshop Tutorial 106: basic web banner technique.

in next week's lesson, we'll learn about transparent gif images, file size optimizations, masking, and text legibility! Be sure to tune in.

cjc343

Apr 30, 2004, 12:16 PM

That(^) really helped, now I know exactly what to do!

I have already said, if you don't like something, post a message about it. If the message tells me exactly what is wrong, I will fix it. When you write something that does not point out what you are unhappy with, I can't do anything.

wdlove

Apr 30, 2004, 02:35 PM

I think that the addition the MacrRumors logo is a nice touch, thanks to arn.

A suggestion clould the font color for "MacRumors Team -- #3446" be the same as "Help Cure Disease?" Just think that it would stand out more.

MrMacMan

Apr 30, 2004, 09:31 PM

It looks great.

I'm pretty sure unless you want to change the text that would be it...

Its perfect

cjc343

May 1, 2004, 03:15 AM

I have checked already and this one should be right.....

large file size, so I think it might be better to use the other one...

I changed it back to the way the text was... it isn't the same, but it is similar... I can change it again if you want...

MrMacMan

May 2, 2004, 02:56 PM

so its like 70+ KB...

I don't mind.

good Job. :D

cjc343

May 2, 2004, 03:40 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't mind either, I have waited hours for 500 mb or greater files to download.... but many people on Dial Up connections are not too happy about anything over 2 kb....

wdlove

May 2, 2004, 03:54 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't mind either, I have waited hours for 500 mb or greater files to download.... but many people on Dial Up connections are not too happy about anything over 2 kb....

Great job cjc343, very nice indeed. I appreciate that you make my suggested correction, it makes a better appearance. Thank you! ;)

Now if I could just use it as a link in my Signature. Has anyone agreed to host the banner yet?

MrMacMan

May 2, 2004, 09:07 PM

wdlove

May 3, 2004, 01:43 PM

Techincally you could use MacRumors as a hosting site... :rolleyes:

But that would be mean, so I'll upload it to my photobucket and get that done with.

After that we should be done with it unless more requests are made.

Again thanks cjc343 :D

MrMacman, what about me being able to have a link to the banner in my signature? Thank you in advance for your response. my friend. ;)