Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Aug 20, 2016 11:40:45 GMT
sweetpea logged on 2 hours ago according to her profile
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Post by milliej on Aug 20, 2016 17:25:27 GMT
Very autumnal banners, lovely I wonder why we only get pumpkins in autumn though when we seem to be able to get everything else all year round? It's very autumnal here today too, howling winds and rain as forecast!
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Post by Shirls on Aug 20, 2016 18:50:53 GMT
I've altered the first one just for you OP. Gotta say, I thought the text was a little too small as well. I've altered it again OP, as I wasn't happy with the text line, so hope you can still read it!!
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Post by OP on Aug 20, 2016 19:26:35 GMT
Well thank you ever so much. As you had it before the text was virtually invisible to me. As you have it now the text stands out beautifully. It looks like a 3-D image to me now. The text is in front of the background off the page, if you understand what I am saying.. I used to get this effect when I had double vision. I had a squint removed for that. Ilike it.
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Post by samwiseg on Aug 21, 2016 7:26:28 GMT
Thanks Marianne Marlow am glad she is still about! Just haven't heard from her for a while
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Post by sweetpea on Aug 21, 2016 22:30:17 GMT
Thanks Marianne Marlow am glad she is still about! Just haven't heard from her for a while Hi samwiseg. Yes, I am still around but a bit busy. I just check in quickly to make sure everyone is alive & kicking, or should I say, chirping & biting?! There are only a few banner entries but the standard is already very high!!
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Post by Shirls on Aug 23, 2016 13:36:04 GMT
Entry No. 1 - completely changed!!!
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Post by Shirls on Aug 23, 2016 13:37:27 GMT
Entry No 3:
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Post by ffiscool on Aug 23, 2016 13:46:48 GMT
love them all and the autumnal colours
although loving the summer that is here today, too - feeling hot hot hot
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Post by ninz1 on Aug 23, 2016 19:35:43 GMT
Ok... so after looking at everyone elses, mine looks rubbish. It was my first time and thanks to samwiseg tutorial, I was able to do it otherwise it would have been impossible. samwiseg how did you do the Budgerigar title with the border around it? I am amazed at how talented people are with their computing skills!! Here's mine... don't laugh haha Good luck to all!
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Post by samwiseg on Aug 24, 2016 7:08:17 GMT
I love your banner ninz1! And to answer your question about the text, there are two ways you can do this: 1. Type the text the same size same style TWICE and have one colour in white and one in black and then place the black one just behind it slightly to the left or right to create a border or shadow. You can also experiment with different colours for this and.. 2. As I dont always fancy some of the gimp fonts and like something a bit different, I go to places like www.cooltext.com as they have some funky fonts to choose from! When choosing one of these, it is like downloading another picture so you can still resize it to the size you want instead of changing the font size. Oh and a tip - if you want just the text to appear make sure you choose the transparency option on the last tab of cooltext before you download otherwise you will have a background on it. I hope that helps!
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Post by samwiseg on Aug 24, 2016 7:12:00 GMT
And now for something completely different
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
Administrator
George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
Posts: 28,848
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Aug 24, 2016 7:37:13 GMT
Love them all so far I cannot show any bias..
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Post by Shirls on Aug 24, 2016 7:46:42 GMT
Love it ninz1! Was this your first one ever?
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Post by jellybean on Aug 24, 2016 7:50:02 GMT
Agree with Shirls, well done. It's better than anything I could do. I just can't get the hang of it at all.
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