Finally I have Depp icons ...

Aug 06, 2007 19:00

... and so do you, if you fancy them. Do credit, don't hotlink, thanks!

The image is from the Sweeney Todd poster for the new Tim Burton film. *squee*


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kerrymdb August 7 2007, 00:24:30 UTC
Very nice!

I still cannot figure out how to make the text un-fuzzy.
Isn't that annoying? I have problems with that, too. :O

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bratanimus August 7 2007, 10:11:13 UTC
Thank you! I am so excited about this film it's not even funny. ;)

Re: the fuzzy font, ladybracknell suggested saving to web, so I might try that nex time ...

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jadeddiva August 7 2007, 01:16:21 UTC
I think it's fuzzy because of how jpegs are compressed, and the font you're using. What program are you using to make your icons, because that has a lot to do with it as well.

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bratanimus August 7 2007, 10:12:11 UTC
I'm using GIMP, and I've noticed the fuzziness with lots of different fonts. :(

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jadeddiva August 7 2007, 10:51:09 UTC
It's probably GIMP, then. I haven't run into problems with either Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, but I could be wrong. I had the name of an image program that was freeware, and when I find it, I'll pass it on - it might work better than GIMP.

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lady_bracknell August 7 2007, 09:54:47 UTC
While we're on the subject of icons, I still cannot figure out how to make the text un-fuzzy.

I think it's the font, although I think a lot of it must be to do with GIMP itself, because I've seen a lot of icons made with it that have the same trouble.

You could try this: when you save, don't just hit save, try 'save for web' - then it'll automatically save it as a .jpg, and it should put it through optimisation - which might help.

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bratanimus August 7 2007, 10:14:26 UTC
I think it's GIMP, because no matter what font I use it stays fuzzy. I'm just going to have to play with it. I can't seem to find an option that gives me the "shadow" that you talked about in PhotoShop.

I'll try saving to web next time and see if that helps. Thanks for the advice!

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lady_bracknell August 7 2007, 10:26:10 UTC
Not knowing how GIMP works, this might be entirely useless, but: in Photoshop, there are a couple of different ways to add a shadow to something. You can do it with a brush, you can apply a drop shadow to an entire layer (ie, the text layer), or - and this one might work best and be the most transferable method - you can create a new layer under the text layer, fill it with solid colour, and then reduce the opacity (and then, if you want, erase around the text so that layer's only visible exactly where you want it).

I did that on this one - although you might not be able to make it out because I erased it pretty closely.

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lady_bracknell August 7 2007, 10:28:11 UTC
Oh, actually, I think you can see it. Just about, lol.

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