I´ve done it ! My 1st Sig

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here it is - a bit hazy........but I´m working on that !

thank to Anakat for whizzing emails etc back and forth...............so back to PS for some more playing and refining

2nd try...................but this one is 49 k .............so still large
 

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That looks great
I am showing the file size at 60K though, so you will need to resize it to lower than 30K.
 
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

That looks great
I am showing the file size at 60K though, so you will need to resize it to lower than 30K.
Oh I thought that would be a problem...................but I dont know how to resize it down !! for the Kb bit.................the best I got was 40 ish


off I go again !!
 
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done another one.............as below.........but this is still 49k..................
.............what am I doing wrong ??
 

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I myself don't know how to make siggy's yet...but just wanted to say that I love your first attempt!
 

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If you do a Google search for "photoshop save for web", you will come up with several sites. Here's one Tutorial I found.
 

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You did a great job - and like the rest of us will be completely addicted in no time


Try saving it for web as a jpg and generally you will get a smaller file size.

For most images, you can just open them in MS Paint and save them, it has good compression and will make it small enough - I tried saving yours as a jpg in Paint and it made it 16kb - more than small enough in file size
 

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I've converted your file to .jpg, and reduced the size to 14 KB:

Try saving anything you make as a jpg file. If you have trouble reducing the file size, you can download this freeware: www.irfanview.com. All you have to do with it is open the file, go to "Image", and then "Resize/Resample". Reduce the DPI until you get a reasonable (<30 KB) size, and click "Save".
 
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hey guys - heres No. 3.............thanks for the tutorial & tips on saving etc

is this one ok size wise ? it was showing as 23k in photobucket

I am so happy - I like playing with these


now I want to get better at putting text in...............any thoughts ?
 

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Originally Posted by mooficat

hey guys - heres No. 3.............thanks for the tutorial & tips on saving etc

is this one ok size wise ? it was showing as 23k in photobucket

I am so happy - I like playing with these


now I want to get better at putting text in...............any thoughts ?
I'm getting a reading of 24 KB, so the size is quite okay. If you want to put in text, start collecting fonts (just Google "fonts" for lots of fun sites, or browse this forum for suggestions and instructions), and store them under "WINDOWS, Fonts". They're addictive.
 

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I really like the latest signature you made. I see you're getting used to using some of the "Shapes" in photoshop to make your background.

You had some questions about "Flattening" and adding boarders and edges to your signatures, and I gave you some idea's in Sarahp's thread, about that.
 
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