[REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles

Corroded · 02-5-2011, 02:26 PM

Hello

I have alot of experience using Photoshop, but mostly, I'm just using it for my own sake. Making wallpapers, experimenting around etc.
But now, I'm interested in starting to design some actual profiles both for me and possibly for others, should they be interested.

The design on my profile now is very basic. Just a header and a Carbon Fiber pattern background that I made for the sake of practice.

Bottom line, I've got the basics, but I'd really appreciate some guidelines / tips / tricks to be able to make some more advanced / better looking profiles.

And just a couple of extra questions, what size is the BG image? As of now, I've just made a pattern that repeats itself over the whole profile. How would I get a good resolution background, and make it so it wouldn't repeat itself?

Thanks in advance, any help will be much appreciated!

cedolad · 02-5-2011, 02:29 PM

Which profile are you using? The new one or old one?

Corroded · 02-5-2011, 02:36 PM

I'm sorry, what do you mean?
I'm all new both to profile design and FFR :P But its the one where the avatar is on the top of the page; not on the left side.

cedolad · 02-5-2011, 03:00 PM

Oh alright that's the new one. I'm not sure about how the new ones work, I only made a profile like once for the old ones.

For what I understand the dimensions were 996x3250 for the bg. And then he just put a blank header. Which made it smoother. There's not a lot that I can say.

Corroded · 02-5-2011, 03:22 PM

Right, thanks alot.
Its a beginning.

justin_ator · 02-5-2011, 03:30 PM

Valid point in saying it flows better to make a transparent banner and then just make the top of the bg however you want the header to look. Makes it a lot smoother. A lot of people use the bg to highlight their info and their random thought/comment wall too. Good example of this would be http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/condoct/

Kellyasdfghjkl · 02-5-2011, 04:04 PM

William I'm totally intruding on your thread. ^_^

FOR ANYONE WHO IS READING THIS:
Halp, on the far right of my profile how do I rid the block background which is covering up my custom background? I think I'm just having a dense moment here but I can't seem to get rid of it.

cedolad · 02-5-2011, 04:40 PM

The random thoughts block? or the stats block?

Corroded · 02-5-2011, 04:44 PM

She fixed it; It was the actual background picture that repeated itself due to being too narrow, and since its alot of black, it looked like the right part had a black background.

Problem fixed, anyways.

But thanks!

02-5-2011, 02:26 PM	#1
Corroded FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 20	[REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles Hello I have alot of experience using Photoshop, but mostly, I'm just using it for my own sake. Making wallpapers, experimenting around etc. But now, I'm interested in starting to design some actual profiles both for me and possibly for others, should they be interested. The design on my profile now is very basic. Just a header and a Carbon Fiber pattern background that I made for the sake of practice. Bottom line, I've got the basics, but I'd really appreciate some guidelines / tips / tricks to be able to make some more advanced / better looking profiles. And just a couple of extra questions, what size is the BG image? As of now, I've just made a pattern that repeats itself over the whole profile. How would I get a good resolution background, and make it so it wouldn't repeat itself? Thanks in advance, any help will be much appreciated!

02-5-2011, 02:29 PM	#2
cedolad moonchild~ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: . Age: 30 Posts: 6,879	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles Which profile are you using? The new one or old one?

02-5-2011, 02:36 PM	#3
Corroded FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 20	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles I'm sorry, what do you mean? I'm all new both to profile design and FFR :P But its the one where the avatar is on the top of the page; not on the left side. __________________ XboX live gamertag: Kelian7 Steam: Ondskap "A thousand failures aren't bad, because then you'll know a thousand ways not to do it."

02-5-2011, 03:00 PM	#4
cedolad moonchild~ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: . Age: 30 Posts: 6,879	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles Oh alright that's the new one. I'm not sure about how the new ones work, I only made a profile like once for the old ones. For what I understand the dimensions were 996x3250 for the bg. And then he just put a blank header. Which made it smoother. There's not a lot that I can say.

02-5-2011, 03:22 PM	#5
Corroded FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 20	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles Right, thanks alot. Its a beginning. __________________ XboX live gamertag: Kelian7 Steam: Ondskap "A thousand failures aren't bad, because then you'll know a thousand ways not to do it."

02-5-2011, 03:30 PM	#6
justin_ator 🥓<strong><span style="col Resident Overseer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 7,648	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles Valid point in saying it flows better to make a transparent banner and then just make the top of the bg however you want the header to look. Makes it a lot smoother. A lot of people use the bg to highlight their info and their random thought/comment wall too. Good example of this would be http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/condoct/ __________________

02-5-2011, 04:04 PM	#7
Kellyasdfghjkl FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: uk. Age: 31 Posts: 12	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles William I'm totally intruding on your thread. ^_^ FOR ANYONE WHO IS READING THIS: Halp, on the far right of my profile how do I rid the block background which is covering up my custom background? I think I'm just having a dense moment here but I can't seem to get rid of it. __________________ last words are for fools who haven't said enough

02-5-2011, 04:40 PM	#8
cedolad moonchild~ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: . Age: 30 Posts: 6,879	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles The random thoughts block? or the stats block?

02-5-2011, 04:44 PM	#9
Corroded FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 20	Re: [REQUEST] Help getting started designing profiles She fixed it; It was the actual background picture that repeated itself due to being too narrow, and since its alot of black, it looked like the right part had a black background. Problem fixed, anyways. But thanks! __________________ XboX live gamertag: Kelian7 Steam: Ondskap "A thousand failures aren't bad, because then you'll know a thousand ways not to do it."

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