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  • DDRBaller123
    FFR Player
    • Sep 2005
    • 1235
    #1

    graphics help

    how do yall make nice text on graphics. could someone give me some tips. i use gimp and i know the basics of making graphics but I don't know how to make good text like on simifile bg and banners.
    Last edited by DDRBaller123; 05-5-2012, 11:15 AM.
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    Originally posted by Aldentron
    you sound like a nerd and your girlfriend is trying to make you sound less nerdy because your nickname for your ex is m'lady dragonborne or some shit and she don't wanna be seen with no scrub
    Originally posted by smartdude1212
    The asshole in me wants to tell your girlfriend to stop being a pussy bitch about it.

    The concerned forum poster in me wants to tell your girlfriend nearly the same thing.
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    • makdaddy
      FFR Veteran
      • Mar 2003
      • 1688
      #2
      Re: graphics help

      usually you want to start by picking a typeface that 1) is not comic sans and 2) fits the look and purpose of what you're making.

      then you'll pick the size and color, use nice round colors, not just random colors that you mouse over and click.

      after that, type out what you wanna say, and kern the letters/words accordingly, so that it looks real nice

      and lastly, just mess around with text effects. i'm not familiar with GIMP but it must have some "outer glow", "drop shadow", and "gradient overlay" settings or something.

      just mess around, see at what works and what doesn't, look at examples, and practice

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        • Gundam-Dude
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          FFR Simfile Author
          • Oct 2005
          • 7327
          #3
          Re: graphics help

          did it ever occur to anyone to keep text flat, free of effects













































          apparently not jeez


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            • .Gazelle.
              Mr. Skeltal
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Oct 2010
              • 1506
              #4
              Re: graphics help

              i'm incapable of doing anything without a stroke.
              Last edited by .Gazelle.; 05-5-2012, 12:59 PM.


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                • wwplpmpn
                  FFR Player
                  • May 2011
                  • 279
                  #5
                  Re: graphics help

                  i handdraw all my text

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                    • LongGone
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                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 1679
                      #6
                      Re: graphics help

                      Comic Sans
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                        • makdaddy
                          FFR Veteran
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 1688
                          #7
                          Re: graphics help

                          Originally posted by LongGone
                          Comic Sans
                          DAMN YOU! haha

                          and to gundam guy, i dunno man that crazy ass effects and shitty text effects and shit seems to be the accepted Stepmania banner making convention. i don't do that shit, i was just telling the dude how to make it according to what's "normal"

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                            • Herogashix
                              D7 Dating Sim Player
                              FFR Music Producer
                              • Apr 2009
                              • 2183
                              #8
                              Re: graphics help

                              Originally posted by LongGone
                              Comic Sans

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                                • PrawnSkunk
                                  Administrator
                                  FFR Simfile Author
                                  FFR Administrator
                                  • Dec 2007
                                  • 3907
                                  #9
                                  Re: graphics help

                                  bitches don't know about my .

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                                    • DDRBaller123
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Sep 2005
                                      • 1235
                                      #10
                                      Re: graphics help

                                      way to go shittin up my thread besides makdaddy
                                      My beats for sale
                                      I find an acapella of any song and i mix it with my beats

                                      Originally posted by Aldentron
                                      you sound like a nerd and your girlfriend is trying to make you sound less nerdy because your nickname for your ex is m'lady dragonborne or some shit and she don't wanna be seen with no scrub
                                      Originally posted by smartdude1212
                                      The asshole in me wants to tell your girlfriend to stop being a pussy bitch about it.

                                      The concerned forum poster in me wants to tell your girlfriend nearly the same thing.

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                                        • Spenner
                                          Forum User
                                          • Nov 2006
                                          • 2403
                                          #11
                                          Re: graphics help

                                          It depends on what the graphics are that you're putting it over, and the mood you want to convey. If you make it too graphical in itself, then it won't be very readable. You also need it to punch out from the background; in some cases, the more generic techniques like strokes are a very easy way to make the fill portion of the text punch out, but a hard shadow, or just simple good looking text can stand out on it's own.

                                          Got an example of the graphic you want the text over?

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