I definitely like them, Joe. The night one moreso than the day one, but they're both awesome.
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I definitely like them, Joe. The night one moreso than the day one, but they're both awesome.
i asked dylan but he didn't respond.Quote:
Originally posted by Tornado Joe
Any idea on which font is used for the title itself (Dream Views)?
btw, to view that little .AVI movie on the cloud-idea that i posted in the announcements section, you need the DivX codec. i'm surprised you don't have it installed already?
Apparently my PC at work doesn't have all the bells and whistles my Mac has - even after downloading the most recent WM player, I still had to use my PowerBook to view it :roll: .Anyway I finally got it.Quote:
Originally posted by Ice
btw, to view that little .AVI movie on the cloud-idea that i posted in the announcements section, you need the DivX codec. i'm surprised you don't have it installed already?
So it looks like (to me anyway) that all I really have to do concerning the clouds is have them run off the edges without fading and loop it, correct?
I can just make the other changes you requested earlier (and maybe just try and match the current fonts until you hear back from Dylan) and see if we can at least get something up for ya.
yah, exactly. with some clouds moving in front of the title, and others moving behind.Quote:
Originally posted by Tornado Joe
Apparently my PC at work doesn't have all the bells and whistles my Mac has - even after downloading the most recent WM player, I still had to use my PowerBook to view it :roll: .Anyway I finally got it.
So it looks like (to me anyway) that all I really have to do concerning the clouds is have them run off the edges without fading and loop it, correct?
sounds good to me!Quote:
I can just make the other changes you requested earlier (and maybe just try and match the current fonts until you hear back from Dylan) and see if we can at least get something up for ya.[/b]
Ok, just FYI:
I started making some of the changes and thought I'd give you a chance to see what I got so far. I made the change where the title appears behind the mountains. However, I kept the text coming in from the side because I thought it might be interesting for the text to start out in the foreground - then fly up and back down, settling behind the mountains. Just something that looked interesting as I went along. Feedback?
Still got the clouds loop to work on next.
DAY:
DV Day Banner
NIGHT
DV Night Banner
hey Tornado. both are looking great! i still think i'd prefer seeing 'Dream Views' emerge from behind the mountains--and in a similar font and size like we currently have.
Also, is it possible to have larger, more opaque clouds, that will pass over--i.e. obscure--and pass behind the title? oh...and have them scroll across the entire banner width?
Ah, thanks for the feedback Ice. Actually, I just noticed some strange edges showing up in the animation as well - not sure if I published it with the quality high enough or what, but I'll get on the requests asap.
Hi guys, I heard about the new banner design project and decided that I'd like to be a part of it whilst I have some time over the hols. :)
I am good at using Photoshop, especially text effects (strokes and whatnot), and I'm moderately good at using Flash (although I have no experience in creating loops). I have Flash 5, so I might need to give any files I make to someone here with Flash 8 to do the blurs and things...
Click here to get a feel of what my general style is. I made it using a very dull sunset picture from the internet.
So... anything you'd like me to do?
Edit: I'll have a go at doing some Flash. :)
Icedawg: I don't think fully opaque clouds would be a good idea. This is simply from an experienced view of course. 90%, perhaps, but 100% opacity may look rather cartoony... ;)
It would depend on how you drew them I would think. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Xei
Icedawg: I don't think fully opaque clouds would be a good idea. This is simply from an experienced view of course. 90%, perhaps, but 100% opacity may look rather cartoony... ;)
If they were stereotypical clouds maybe, but not so much if they were just whisps of white or something.
By the way, do we have to keep ↑ mountains? Quality wise, they're really rather tricky to restore... ;)
I was thinking we could do something a little less 'generic', as ice said... I live near a very nice lake which I could take a picture of at sunset..?
Well, It'd be ice's decision if you got rid of them and he'd have to approve of the new banner pic too. :PQuote:
Originally posted by Xei
By the way, do we have to keep ↑ mountains? Quality wise, they're really rather tricky to restore... ;)
I was thinking we could do something a little less 'generic', as ice said... I live near a very nice lake which I could take a picture of at sunset..?
we don't have to keep any particular scene. the elements i'd most like to see are the scrolling clouds (being somewhat opaque) moving both in front of and behind the title, the title emerging from the ground (or behind mountains, etc.), and both day & night versions of the same scene.
I'm going to give it a try ;) but, what do you guys want, an animation, a static logo? What kind of ambience do you want it to make, a calm and relaxing or a different and questioning one (like a dream - but also calm)?
What do you guys think of this?Quote:
Originally posted by MCB
I'm going to give it a try ;) but, what do you guys want, an animation, a static logo? What kind of ambience do you want it to make, a calm and relaxing or a different and questioning one (like a dream - but also calm)?
http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24748
I like it after the few chagnes were made.
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What do you guys think of this?
http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24748
I like it after the few chagnes were made.
Thanks, Howetzer! :)
Anyway I did this sketch for you people see.
It's a bit dark so the site body would have to get darker too ;).
Thanks!
It's nice, but what is wrong with our current banner? It is perfect for the forum... it doesn't need to be changed. It has a small file size and it looks so professional and matches with the rest of the forum exactly.
Actually, that is exactly what I think. I think the site is looking great and doesn't really need changes.Quote:
Originally posted by ataraxis
It's nice, but what is wrong with our current banner? It is perfect for the forum... it doesn't need to be changed. It has a small file size and it looks so professional and matches with the rest of the forum exactly.
You are right. It does look professional. And good!
But it is a lucid dreaming forum and maybe professional has room to move over for a little surrealism.
When I look at MCB's work, I almost think I am in a dream. And not looking at the journal for advanced medicine Forum. :D
[quote]You are right. It does look professional. And good!
But it is a lucid dreaming forum and maybe professional has room to move over for a little surrealism.
When I look at MCB's work, I almost think I am in a dream. And not looking at the journal of advanced medicine Forum.
I agree it's good (maybe still needs some finishing touches), but if you wanna change the header like that you should change the whole forum style. It would just look too weird with the header and this forum style.
I think we should provide a choice for people, a header like that and a different forum style to match or this one.
what are your thought on this one ice?Quote:
Originally posted by ataraxis+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ataraxis)</div>Well i have not heard any feedback from theQuote:
I agree it's good (maybe still needs some finishing touches), but if you wanna change the header like that you should change the whole forum style. It would just look too weird with the header and this forum style.
I think we should provide a choice for people, a header like that and a different forum style to match or this one.[/b]
Anyway, What is cool is your avatar. :thumbup:
Ooops. I was wrong!
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we don't have to keep any particular scene. the elements i'd most like to see are the scrolling clouds (being somewhat opaque) moving both in front of and behind the title, the title emerging from the ground (or behind mountains, etc.), and both day & night versions of the same scene.
Well if I get something to work on, the biggest problem would be the movind clouds, I can't create them from nowere, if I had them I could try to work on it.Quote:
Originally posted by icedawg
we don't have to keep any particular scene. the elements i'd most like to see are the scrolling clouds (being somewhat opaque) moving both in front of and behind the title, the title emerging from the ground (or behind mountains, etc.), and both day & night versions of the same scene.
We should all go to the chat one day to have a better talk about this.
Sketch
The problem is that it isn't so great for those with higher resolutions, the text anti-aliasing is very poor, and the background image is rather fuzzy.Quote:
Originally posted by ataraxis
It's nice, but what is wrong with our current banner? *It is perfect for the forum... it doesn't need to be changed. *It has a small file size and it looks so professional and matches with the rest of the forum exactly.
If we have the option to go with Flash, then I say we take it.
hey MCB,
the flash version is very cool! i don't like the background image though...it's too dark and eerie, and that would just further perpetuate the misconceptions that encompass lucid dreaming.
that scrolling menu would be perfect for the links that i want to add to our banner to lead back to all the sections of the main site (so the forum and main site aren't so separate).
if you're interested in working more on the banner project i can share some more thoughts with you.
That would be great, sorry for not responding for a while, hehe I suddently travelled for a week.Quote:
Originally posted by icedawg
hey MCB,
the flash version is very cool! i don't like the background image though...it's too dark and eerie, and that would just further perpetuate the misconceptions that encompass lucid dreaming.
that scrolling menu would be perfect for the links that i want to add to our banner to lead back to all the sections of the main site (so the forum and main site aren't so separate).
if you're interested in working more on the banner project i can share some more thoughts with you.
Been goin through my "unfinished business" list - things I've started and had to put aside and there among the pile was the DV banner! I took this block of free time I had to apply the requested revisions since the last versions I provided.
It's good to see there's been more interest in the banner development. I like MCB's menus idea as well - I could incorporate those into this design (if MCB wouldn't mind of course) if you're still happy with this design.
Take a look and see if there's anything you would like revised. My only concern at this point is the size of the night version (108k) - ok for broadband but might chug a little on the first run for us dial-up folks. I might be able to tweak some more to bring the size down but the background image will suffer in quality (I've had to use a screenshot as the raw file).
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