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Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:46 am
by Elessar
All photo-imaging experts and aspiring Jedi-like talented photoshop monkies, perk up! :D

We need a banner to feature the new General Enterprise fanfiction area, The Bridge.

The image should be 600x150 pixels, featuring General Enterprise imagery, including if possible multiple crewmen, the Enterprise itself, the Bridge itself, etc.

I would also like the same font used in the other banners (which you might have to ask Kenshin about) reading "The Bridge".

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GO! 8)

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:03 am
by Elessar
Actually ya know what? Put your banners up here in this thread.

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:25 am
by JadziaKathryn
Hmm, what's the font? Can we get that posted here too?

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:06 pm
by Linda
Hey just a bloodthirsty thought, but how about a banner with the bridge being blown off the Enterprise in the episode "Twilight"? :badgrin:

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:16 pm
by Alelou
That's not what I'd call strong, positive marketing... :lol:

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:23 pm
by Kevin Thomas Riley
Well, there is always this promo pic that can be used. They're all on the bridge there.

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(click on it to see the larger image)

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:44 am
by Elessar
Kevin Thomas Riley wrote:Well, there is always this promo pic that can be used. They're all on the bridge there.

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(click on it to see the larger image)


Sorry guys, no word on the font. If you still want to submit one, just forget trying to match up the font :(

I like that bridge shot. We could go with that if someone can clip it in a way that makes me go "OoOOoooOo" so that it's about 600x200 like the others. Can it be done and keep all their heads in the shot? We don't need to see Archer's manCrotch in the Captain's chair, so just keep the face maybe? Idk. Might not work.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE IMAGERS GONE?! :cry:

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:31 pm
by Kevin Thomas Riley
Well, here's a cropped version of 600x150, like the others. Unfortunately it does scalps Phlox and Reed a bit.

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As for the font, I have some on my computer called "FederationDS9Title" that I got somewhere that would work.

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:41 pm
by CX
I've got a crapload of Trek fonts if anyone wants some, including all the title fonts. I'm pretty sure ENT used what's labeled as "Federation2" on my list.

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:51 pm
by JadziaKathryn
If you scroll down this page you can download the Final Frontier font, which I believe is the same one used in the other banners. It would look something like this:
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Unfortunately this is 600 x 200 pixels and I'm not at all confident in how it would look down to 150...
Personally, I don't care for the picture all that much. :shrug:

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:06 pm
by Distracted
I like it. 8)

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:21 pm
by Alelou
It'll do for now. Have to confess I don't like the backlighting in that photo, let alone the tough tv star poses, and you really have to at least get Archer's shoulders in there or it looks muy bizarre.

I believe ShouldKnowBetter in a story once described Trip as always looking arrogant and hostile in official photographs. If you call the official Paramount publicity shots 'official photographs,' she nailed it. Of course, they almost all have the same macho glare. I often wonder how the photographers got that looks out of them -- was it by annoying them with publicity crap when they'd rather go home, or by yelling, "Okay, ready, look tough!"

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:38 am
by Alelou
Here's one you could use until somebody with actual design ability gets busy.

It's 200 deep but not quite as wide as the others.

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Well, the original is bigger than this looks. The minute I downsize my upload in Photobucket, it just refuses to go back to normal...

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:18 am
by Elessar
I like the font JzK used, it's almost (or maybe IS) a perfect match. It just needs to be a little smaller (the font).

Ideally, yeah, we want something that's 600x150 to match the others. We're still not at 20 submissions so you all have time to go back the drawing boards and try to WHIP SOMETHING UP for me :)

Hey, CX, don't you work with Chrisis1033 on Foundations and the book covers? Any chance you could like, be like hey man, take 5 seconds and make us a sweet ass banner with your m4d1337 h4x0r skills? :)

Re: Images Needed! "The Bridge" Banner

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:22 pm
by CX
chrisis made me a few things for Foundations and he did some book covers for Rigil, but he doesn't have much time to do anything now. And I'm no graphic artist.