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Topic: 1px solid stroke your avatars, people.
Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 06-15-2007 01:53:04 PM
It makes your avatar look a million billion trillion times better.

In photoshop-

  • CTRL-A (Select all)
  • Edit->Stroke
  • Pick a Color
  • Hit OK.

I like black, but a medium gray looks good too. If your picture has a monochromatic color scheme then a dark shade from that picture works awesome!





Elvish Crack Piper
Murder is justified so long as people believe in something different than you do
posted 06-15-2007 02:21:09 PM
I dont have photoshop on my laptop (and my desktop is like a few thousand miles away from me)

Could you show me what mine would look like. I.. umm... havent ever really changed my avatar.

(Insert Funny Phrase Here)
Maradon!
posted 06-15-2007 02:29:05 PM
I don't see any difference at all.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 06-15-2007 02:31:26 PM
quote:
And coming in at #1 is Maradon! with "Reply." I'm Casey Casem.
I don't see any difference at all.

Me neither. I think Jimmy Jabroni here is trying to pull fast one on us.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



Beer.

Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 06-15-2007 02:31:36 PM
quote:
Elvish Crack Piper's opinion of themself must be pretty good:
I dont have photoshop on my laptop (and my desktop is like a few thousand miles away from me)

Could you show me what mine would look like. I.. umm... havent ever really changed my avatar.


The avatars that really need this are the ones where you're looking at part of an image that very obviously flows off the canvas. Adding a border that is not the same color as the background gives the image a much needed sense of composure.

Doesn't work as well when the image already is black at the corners, but it's a small improvement.

Elvish Crack Piper
Murder is justified so long as people believe in something different than you do
posted 06-15-2007 02:39:04 PM
quote:
Blindy. impressed everyone with:
The avatars that really need this are the ones where you're looking at part of an image that very obviously flows off the canvas. Adding a border that is not the same color as the background gives the image a much needed sense of composure.

Doesn't work as well when the image already is black at the corners, but it's a small improvement.


Well, I guess a 7 year old screenshot of a pimp on fire isnt going to look fantastic anyway.

Still, on the couple, I liked the 1px thing you did on it, but on the female elf lady looks kinda janky. Like her hair is dirty and makes her collarbone look weird, like an anorexic.

The difference is slight, and I think if your already used to seeing a picture you wont immediatly notice it.

Thanks, but I'm going to keep the old one.

(Insert Funny Phrase Here)
Batty
Doesn't Like You. Specifically you.
posted 06-15-2007 02:52:48 PM
Screw you and your hippie ways!
Blackened
posted 06-15-2007 03:22:27 PM
I've been doing this for months now.

For the Emperor.


Although my distaste for you as a human being is brobdingnagian,
what I'm about to do isn't personal.
Steven Steve
posted 06-15-2007 03:26:23 PM
Pimp: ...What you NEED girl.
Sandra: You said I didn't have to, make Janie do it.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 06-15-2007 03:55:49 PM
quote:
Blackened's complete misunderstanding of life manifested itself when they said:
I've been doing this for months now.

For the Emperor.


That's because you've got some design sensibility in you.

Trent
Smurfberry Moneyshot
posted 06-15-2007 04:06:34 PM
eh.
Elvish Crack Piper
Murder is justified so long as people believe in something different than you do
posted 06-15-2007 06:19:22 PM
quote:
The logic train ran off the tracks when Stalwart Steve said:
Pimp: ...What you NEED girl.
Sandra: You said I didn't have to, make Janie do it.

Best.

Game.

Ever.

(Insert Funny Phrase Here)
Alidane
Urinary Tract Infection
posted 06-15-2007 07:12:37 PM
Fuck that noise!
Greenlit
posted 06-15-2007 08:18:07 PM
Yeah, this practice has been standard for almost a year now.

Mine are usually grays or other non-contrasting colors.

Maradon!
posted 06-15-2007 08:33:35 PM
I still don't see a goddamn bit of difference.
Khyron
Hello, my mushy friend...
posted 06-15-2007 08:55:37 PM
quote:
Maradon! had this to say about Robocop:
I still don't see a goddamn bit of difference.

You're looking within the picture for some difference. There isn't one.

What it's doing is creating a black border, 1 pixel wide. Look around the edges and you'll see it.

Maradon!
posted 06-15-2007 09:55:23 PM
Saying that a one pixel border is an important thing is incredibly stupid.
Azymyth
Not gay; just weird
posted 06-15-2007 10:34:31 PM
Actually, one pixel worth of extra border can make parts of an image stand out more without being obvious.
I suffer from CRS: Can't Remember Shit.

Sig pic done by the very talented SJen!

Mr. Parcelan
posted 06-16-2007 12:58:25 AM
quote:
Azymyth had this to say about Pirotess:
Actually, one pixel worth of extra border can make parts of an image stand out more without being obvious.

You're the worst member this board has ever had.

nem-x
posted 06-16-2007 07:02:48 AM

nem-x fucked around with this message on 06-16-2007 at 07:03 AM.

Mr. Parcelan
posted 06-16-2007 07:12:08 AM
What am I supposed to make of this.
Bloodsage
Heart Attack
posted 06-16-2007 07:18:36 AM
quote:
Bent over the coffee table, Maradon! squealed:
Saying that a one pixel border is an important thing is incredibly stupid.
To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

--Satan, quoted by John Milton

Suddar
posted 06-16-2007 07:33:20 AM
Thread over.
Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 06-16-2007 07:50:28 AM
~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Mr. Gainsborough
posted 06-16-2007 09:00:35 AM
It doesn't really make a huge difference, but it does make it look a little better.

I do it just because I can tell and it seems a little nicer.

And yeah, Sean and Black mentioned this ages ago.

Aaron (the good one)
posted 06-16-2007 09:12:27 AM
Fuck your elitest crap. FUCK YOU.

Galbadia Hotel - Video Game Music
I am Canadian and I hate The Tragically Hip
Mr. Gainsborough
posted 06-16-2007 09:15:50 AM
quote:
Delidgamond had this to say about the Spice Girls:
Fuck your elitest crap. FUCK YOU.


If I was elitist, I would be bitching at the people that didn't conform to my ways.

gb2gbs

Ryuujin
posted 06-16-2007 12:29:42 PM
Demos
Pancake
posted 06-16-2007 01:36:35 PM
Nice.
"Jesus saves, Buddha enlightens, Cthulhu thinks you'll make a nice sandwich."
Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 06-19-2007 02:32:48 PM
You all disgust me.
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 06-19-2007 02:37:52 PM
Done and done.
Steven Steve
posted 06-19-2007 03:01:57 PM
I don't give a shit and what not
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 06-19-2007 05:45:47 PM
quote:
Stalwart Steve isn't in Kansas anymore:
I don't give a shit and what not

As expected!

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