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[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]Well, after spending ten minutes trying to clear the background, and giving up entirely, this was the result. Oh well. Opinions? Criticisms? (And don't tell me to smooth the edges of the oval. I already had. Damn jpeg.)[/font][/color]

[Kinetic]

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It's good, but not your best. In my opinion, you should have gotten rid of the bottom layer, and kept the area around the ripple....I'm not going to disect this one, I already have in my mind...still only your second one that I've been able to decipher...man I need to learn more :p But yeah, keep the area around the ripple, and lose whatever is in the BG.
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[Psychotik]

It's ok, I was going to say forget the ripples and leave the background but that will get rid of any coneectoin between the banner and your little ripple statement, i'm going to stop typing now

Reverence-out>>

[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]My original intention was only to have the oval in the middle, but I have no idea how to clear th background, so I did a rather quick one.[/font][/color]

[No-Name]

To clear the background, when you are creating your image (setting the width and height), change the background from "white" to "transparent".

[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]Amazing I didn't realise that. Tell me then, O wise one, how the hell do I keep it transparent when I convert it to jpeg? In case you haven't noticed, you can't post psds here.[/font][/color]

[Phantom]

Jpg dont have transparency.. its ...not that well rounded of a file architecture... however gif is...

ok to the critique...the ripples are too compact and it definetly doesnt look like a tear drop. The words are quite easy to read and for that i am happy hehe... it is all around pretty good especially since your new to gfx. 6/10

[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]I wasn't actually trying to make it look like a teardrop, and you might be surprised here, but for once I didn't even touch the ripple effect.[/font][/color]

[Ravenstorture]

[color=darkgreen][font=gothic]Let me guess, you used Twirl!!! Go the twirl. I used to use itallthe time. Before my banner days. But that is very well done, very complex and stylish. Dear god I love you.

Oh, and I really don't like this banner. I'd just thought I would add that, here, infront of all these thousands of people, where you really couldn't care less and I think I'll shut up now.

Did I mention how much I love you recently?
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[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]Actually, I didn't use Twirl either. Zig-Zag, the around center option, I think. The background was a radial blur, set to zoom, then sharpened, or something. I love you too.[/font][/color]

[No-Name]

Save it as .gif - not only does it give you better quality then .jpg, it also supports transparency!
Seeeeee:

[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]I'll give it a shot.

[edit]What the hell are you people talking about? As soon as I flatten the image, it turns white again![/font][/color]

[Ravenstorture]

[color=darkgreen][font=gothic]Meh, zigzag is the same as ripple. I mean, it's not, but it's a ripple tool. You said so yourself! Circular ripples. Ripples emanating from... something. Not random ones, oh no... anyway, when you said you didn't use ripple, I expected that to mean you didn't use ripple, ocean ripple, and zigzag and whatever else. Sorry. No, wait a minute...[/font][/color]

[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson]Please tell me that made sense to someone else, because that way they can explain it to me.[/font][/color]