Getting Ready For Ibp 2.1

[Springheel]

The title graphic is larger than the original file size at the moment...it's stretched to avoid the black bars on either side.

[modetwo]

The title graphic is larger than the original file size at the moment...it's stretched to avoid the black bars on either side.

True that, but I think he meant the height actually. It's over double the size of the default IPB logo.

 

Can't we get some pretty artwork? Would be cool to make something that doesn't leave black bars on the sides of the image when the liquid style is being used - and something that isn't as high as the current image.

[Darkness_Falls]

Yep, yep ~ I was referring to the height.

[Subjective Effect]

How do you tell which threads you've read already? And what do the different keyhole types signify?

[oDDity]

Just use the 'view new posts' at the top there.

[modetwo]

How do you tell which threads you've read already? And what do the different keyhole types signify?

Well, depends if the envelope is lit () or not (). Just as how it works on every other forum.

 

Now, if all threads are marked as unread for you, you can just use the "Mark all posts read" link at the bottom of the index. This will mark all threads as read, and only new posts/threads will be marked as new.

 

The square keyholes reprecent a forum, and the circle keyholes reprecent subforums.

[Fingernail]

Modetwo, is it possible to get an RSS feed enabled?

[modetwo]

I looked into it, but it seems the rss feature isn't doing any permission checks, thus I can only enable it for the public forums.

 

I'll read up on it, maybe I'm missing something.

[Fingernail]

Yeah, don't worry too much, most times I have to come here just to logon anyway, so it's not that much use.

[Springheel]

Would be cool to make something that doesn't leave black bars on the sides of the image when the liquid style is being used - and something that isn't as high as the current image.

 

Here are two possibilities. Both are meant to be right-aligned atop a black background.

 

 

 

(although this one would work centered as well)

[sparhawk]

I think the one with the candle works better, But they are both great.

[modetwo]

So, how does it look? Should it be aligned to the left?

[modetwo]

Bump.

 

Also letting you know that the server might be a little slow right now as a friend of mine, which I'm hosting, is getting slashdotted.

[Springheel]

Centered is probably better, otherwise it would look odd at higher resolutions.

[oDDity]

You should use the one with the building in it. The current one looks like indiscriminate shapes with a candles in the middle. IF it was animated it would be better.

[sparhawk]

Yup. Odd is right. It looks good in it's own rights, but at the top it somehow looks boring.

[modetwo]

I suggest you make a 900 pixels wide image that fades to black at the sides (like the current one), would most probably look better.

[Springheel]

Done.

 

[Darkness_Falls]

Just as an example of what oDDity was saying, here's a 171KB .AVI sample (much smaller than my 7MB one yesterday) of a flickering candle New CandleFlicker AVI

 

I have no idea why After Effects thinks an orange glowing light would make things turn green, but oh well. Just practice anyways. Maybe someone else with more AE 'skillz' can make a good quality animated GIF within a reasonable file size.

[Domarius]

Sounds like you need to know more about your codec compression settings.

[Darkness_Falls]

Okay - much smaller version (171KB) of the SAME animation. No need to download if you already saw the 7MB whopper yesterday:

New Candle Flicker

 

I'm still messing around with it. Even if a .SWF version of it or something else will never be used, I'm having fun anyways. I realize the flicker may be too 'violent' or distracting if it were to be used on a web page. Maybe the next draft should have a more subtle flicker.

[Fingernail]

.SWF?

 

an animated gif would be much more likely, I would've thought.

[Darkness_Falls]

Sure, if I or someone can get a good quality animated GIF render in AE. The one I tried looked like 256-color crap. The glow around the flame was totally pixelated and ugly (dithered, or whatever), etc.

[oDDity]

Something like this you mean...

 

[Dram]

that looks pretty sweet odd, but maybe the words "The Dark Mod" shouldnt flicker?