GW need someone good in photoshop...

[MatthewPapa]

Thats right. If you are good in photoshop or PSP please consider this. Game Warden is fixing to undergo a website and media upgrade. I need someone to design a new set of buttons for the main forum style. Please apply in this thread or by PMing me. Any offers will be appreciated.
-Matt

[ShadowWolf_IH]

Right now i have Sapphire trying her hand at a Logo. Once we get a Logo Settled on maybe we can just modify it for the buttons like i did with Origins?

[Primus]

Oh.. I missed this.. If Shad and Sapp do the logos and buttons, I don't have worry about them then... :p

[ShadowWolf_IH]

dude i suck at photoshop......you want to do the buttons? i will find a way to bribe you if i have to.

[Primus]

Dude.. I'm no expert either.. But I know few things with the PSP7.. But a bribe would be good though.. I like docking ;)

[Axem]

I may be interested at doing this. Which reminds me, I need to get you the missing forward button for the Star Fox skin.

[MatthewPapa]

Yea, my plan is I am gonna do this all at once (fixing the buttons broken since the upgrade to 3.0.1 etc). I am not to familiar with photoshop so I need someone who is to give us a hand with this.

Primus is taking care of the web design right now.

Feel free to post any ideas for logo, color schemes, buttons here.

[Hammer]

maybe if all else fails ask Steak, he did all the HLP stuff right?

[Taristin]

Raa Made A Button

[Taristin]

And it can be any colour, and have any text. :p


*hides the tutorial he followed*

[MatthewPapa]

yea, whatever your heart desires.

We will be upgrading to 3.0.6 soon is why I am asking.

[Taristin]

Heh. Editted with more.


So I was bored. Sue me :p

[Taristin]

Or, my personal favourite. (not really) (Could be linked to the ignore user system)

[Hammer]

:lol:

[MatthewPapa]

Or, my personal favourite. (not really) (Could be linked to the ignore user system)
Hmmm, now thats original.

*calls cobra over*

[MatthewPapa]

Raa, do you mind making those buttons the shade of green that these forums are in righ now?

[Taristin]

Like This?

[Taristin]

Bah. I'll fix the transperencies in a bit. I guess... Bloody Photoshop, using a white background when I need a dark one...

[MatthewPapa]

I really like them so far raa. Much better than what we have now....

[ShadowWolf_IH]

OK Sapphire made the Logo, all i did was the lettering.

[MatthewPapa]

just in case you need reference you can find all of the original forum images here.
http://freespaceserver.cjb.net/forumreplace/

now remember that you dont have to replace all of those images, just the statusicons, buttons, and title image

[Axem]

This tickles anyones fancy? I'm still trying to find a pic to go in the background.

[DaBrain]

That's a nice logo Axem.

Try to connect those words with these green pipe things. :)


@MP if you still need something I could lend you a hand.

[Hammer]

try connecting it with something freespacey, throw a herc or somethin in there axem

[MatthewPapa]

Here are all the images that need replacing. I think I got them all, let me know if I forgot any.

[Axem]

You forgot the stupid forward button for the PMs. :p

[MatthewPapa]

oh yea, that little devil.

*adds*

Here are the images that arent as high of a priority but need to be done eventually.

[MatthewPapa]

Preferrably all these images need to remain about the same size. Feel free to be as creative as you want though.

[Axem]

How 'bout a Lucifer?

I think the red got screwed up a bit by PhotoPaint. It likes to mangle my colours... :blah:

[FusionStorm]

Looks good to me. :yes:

[Hammer]

wow axem thats nice dude

[Primus]

Looks great, Ax :yes:

[MatthewPapa]

Anyone have a completed set of buttons yet?

[DaBrain]

Nope. I made some buttons, but they are really ugly... I've no good idea for the design ATM. :(

[Primus]

I'm trying to make the little images (online, newpost, etc.) but I'm not promising anything. .. Doesn't hurt to try, though :)

[Axem]

I tried going back to a green style. I don't like this one as much though. Next I'll try a Blue Terran one, and then a Light Brown Vasudan one. ;)

I've tried buttons, but like DaBrain, I can't get a good style. Truth be told I like the ones for the Star Fox skin I made, but that's not fair :p

[Primus]

I like that one :)

[Axem]

To me it seems too blurry, almost out of focus or something.

[Primus]

Hmm.. Maybe little.. But in a good kind of way (whatever that means.)

[Axem]

"It's terrible, but in a good way!" :p I like the sounds of that phrase.

[FusionStorm]

The new web site is sweet. :biggrin1: Good job Primus :nod: :yes:

[ShadowWolf_IH]

i like the red one better.

[MatthewPapa]

The new web site is sweet. :biggrin1: Good job Primus :nod: :yes:

I am fixing to add a crapload of content to it, you just wait. http://www.game-warden.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin1.gif

[Primus]

The new web site is sweet. :biggrin1: Good job Primus :nod: :yes:

Thank you and glad you like it :)

[Axem]

Ewww... frames. Where's the CSS loving? :p

Aside from that it looks good. Is that color scheme the goal for designing the buttons? Or will the forum have a completely different style than the site?

[Primus]

I'm trying to make the little images (online, newpost, etc.) but I'm not promising anything. .. Doesn't hurt to try, though :)

Well, I've done most of them now.. But I won't say that they are better than the current ones... Probably far from it.. They are pretty hard to make..

[EDIT And some of them look like the old ones... Four images are left, after that I'll send to ou MP :)

[Axem]

I mostly don't like the green one because it got blurred when I resized it. I tried to mask it by making the whole thing look more "ghostly" but, it didn't work out as planned. The red one still stands out as my fav, nice and sharp. I hate hate hate hate stuff thats blurry unless its a shadow or glow.

Oh and um, thanks for the indepth analysis of my stuff. :p I usually get a "wow great" or a "wow sucks".

[Primus]

oh yea, that little devil.

*adds*

Here are the images that arent as high of a priority but need to be done eventually.


I tried to make them, but I doubt that you want to use 'em..
Do whatever you want with them :) (just remember me ;))

[MatthewPapa]

I will be implementing most of these...they are much better than what we have because the transparencies work properly and they are smaller. All I need now are the main buttons..... Is anyone gonna do these for sure? Otherwise I will see what I can do sooner or later....

[Primus]

I can try to make the main buttons too :)

[Axem]

Since people like my Lucy Banner, I'll try to make some red ones that will go with it. Although I dunno how well it would go with the green scheme of the site.

[MatthewPapa]

Although I would rather them be green, if they are good enough I will just change the default color scheme of the site and they will look fine.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

maybe we should make buttons and logo for each color scheme? I actually use default, instead of the green one. The red buttons look good with the lucy logo.

[Duelron1001]

same, i vote for ShasdowWolf_IH's idea (or I could be really meen and just change the scheme my self :drevil: the power of the admin, but remains in fear of the super admin Matt :nervous: )

[DaBrain]

I tried going back to a green style. I don't like this one as much though. Next I'll try a Blue Terran one, and then a Light Brown Vasudan one. ;)

I've tried buttons, but like DaBrain, I can't get a good style. Truth be told I like the ones for the Star Fox skin I made, but that's not fair :p


I like this one VERY much. It looks like the blooming effect was used for this shot.
:yes:


@MP We could use all of Axem's banners. Just like the random banner of the FS2 site.

[MatthewPapa]

I tried to make them, but I doubt that you want to use 'em..
Do whatever you want with them :) (just remember me ;))

Hey Primus, do you mind adding transparencies to those images real quick? I can use them if you do that.

[Primus]

*opens PSP7*

[Primus]

Images with transparency.

Sorry that I forgot the transparencies :)

[Primus]

I hope they work. If U need something, just ask :)

BTW, what it is with the site?.. Looks a bit diffirent.. :)

[Black Wolf]

Indeed... speaking of, how would one go about getting to be picture of the week? Simply posting something cool?

[MatthewPapa]

Yea, about once a week I go through all of the attachments and pick the good stuff to be put in the random image display script.

@Primus. thanks for your help. You all can now see the new style with a clear of cache (ctrl+F5)

[Primus]

Damn.. Collapse images look bad :(

[Primus]

Would these collapsed images work better? :p

[MatthewPapa]

Yea, theyre better.

How does everyone like the buttons? Theyre pretty simple but I think they will be pleanty effective.

[Primus]

Much better :p (not perfect though)

[Taristin]

Heh. *should resize his buttons and whatnot*

[Primus]

I see you got the staff page working. When you put those two other buttons I made to the site? :p ..Happy to see that the site gonna have that one feature (regarding to the button I made tonight) :biggrin1: