SRL Archive - Graphics and Multimedia

My first thread in this subforum after two and a half years of SRL. Oh well, we all know the saying: for everything there's a first time ^-^

Basically, I want something like this (excuse me for my MS Paint skillz):
^ a bit ugly but you should get the general idea :)

The cup needs to be between 55 and 65 pixels high, and the width is up to you!
I want a PNG with alphachannel for the background.

Have fun, the winner will receive eternal fame and his cup will be implemented on the forums!

Markus

P.S. I attached a nice GP render you can use (I basically put 1m on a table @ RS HD and screenied it and cut off the background xD), hope it helps!

Edit: It's the meaning you make a cup like this in case that isn't clear :p

edit2: Deadline 23th august.

Nice.

So this is what our goal is, we need to "earn" this cup? (after, of course, someone photoshoops it)

Uhm, you need to create one like that lol. I guess I didn't make that clear :p

Heh, realize that, just saying there will be people doing bad stuff in the market just to earn a cup :/

What is the cup for?

People who are banned from the black market. Ofcourse those bans will be combined with forum bans of at least 3 month length. Scams will ofcourse be permanently punished just to make that clear.

Are you lookin for something like this?



just threw something together :)

From: Runaway Cop
Are you lookin for something like this?



just threw something together :)

I like that, i think we should use that one markus

From: Runaway Cop
Are you lookin for something like this?



just threw something together :)

A bit hard to read "Banned" and the "Black Market" text is a bit simple.

Ill try putting something together in about a hour or two.

From: TRiLeZ
A bit hard to read "Banned"

thats why I highlighted it with black :O

From: TRiLeZ
the "Black Market" text is a bit simple

I tried to use a simple text so it would fit in with the forum texts and wasn't too extravagant.

Here's another one for variety :P



Edit: Alpha version:

I think the one Cop made is awesome

I like your version, Runaway Cop, but I think the Ø should be on top of the mills. It looks slightly weird when the line is covering the mills, but the actual circle is behind them.

From: EvilChicken!
I like your version, Runaway Cop, but I think the Ø should be on top of the mills. It looks slightly weird when the line is covering the mills, but the actual circle is behind them.

The line only covers one, I think.

Runaway cop, I like yours. Tryusing a white outline around "banned" though to see if it makes it a little easier to read.

From: NCDS
Runaway cop, I like yours. Tryusing a white outline around "banned" though to see if it makes it a little easier to read.

In my opinion, the letters in "BANNED" look really close together, try spacing them out a little?

From: Markus
Have fun, the winner will receive eternal fame and his cup will be implemented on the forums!

What's an "eternal flame"? Lol.

From: Harry
Heh, realize that, just saying there will be people doing bad stuff in the market just to earn a cup :/

Yeah I agree. Also, I thought the point of cups were to represent something good that you have done for the community, not for breaking the rules. Earning a cup for getting banned seems ironic to me, don't you think?

From: Coh3n

What's an "eternal flame"? Lol.

Eternal FAME :p

Yeah I agree. Also, I thought the point of cups were to represent something good that you have done for the community, not for breaking the rules. Earning a cup for getting banned seems ironic to me, don't you think?

We already have the Village Clown and Mostly Harmless, and this isn't much different.


What I don't really understand is the need for this. Scamming is without a doubt as bad as making a password stealing script or taking someone's account that they left in a script. Those users get banned permamently, would it not be so here as well? Or would this be the type of thing where if you are so much as accused of scamming you would be banned from the market until a decision is made?

In my opinion a trade with caution cup, like Sythe has, would be somewhat more suitable (for those who are suspected of scamming but the accuser(s) have little to no evidence, or for those who were banned but have served their sentence).

EDIT: Wait a minute, isn't the black market supposed to be SRL Members+? :p

From: Tad
Eternal FAME :p

We already have the Village Clown and Mostly Harmless, and this isn't much different.

EDIT: Wait a minute, isn't the black market supposed to be SRL Members+? :p

LMAO, fail! :duh:

Do Village Clown and Mostly Harmless have a cup? I've only seen Village Clown once, and it was a long time ago, but I don't recall seeing a cup.

And… Yeah I thought so too, so wouldn't that mean everyone should be trusted? Or maybe posted in the SRL Members section? ;)

From: Coh3n

Do Village Clown and Mostly Harmless have a cup? I've only seen Village Clown once, and it was a long time ago, but I don't recall seeing a cup.

An animated image comes up where the cups are, so yes, I guess those should be considered cups (even though they aren't in the Wiki :confused:). Most of the time the user with that title/cup gets banned soon after, which, like this, makes the cup seem to be scarce in its use, unless I misunderstand the purpose.

EDIT: Then again, according to the Fawk, Mostly Harmless and Village Clown are 'Special Ranks', not cups :cartman:

From: Tad
An animated image comes up where the cups are, so yes, I guess those should be considered cups (even though they aren't in the Wiki :confused:). Most of the time the user with that title/cup gets banned soon after, which, like this, makes the cup seem to be scarce in its use, unless I misunderstand the purpose.

Oh, huh, didn't know that, thanks for that little explanation. :p

But… I still stand by the statement I said earlier.

From: Coh3n
Also, I thought the point of cups were to represent something good that you have done for the community, not for breaking the rules. Earning a cup for getting banned seems ironic to me, don't you think?

Hows that?

I also gave it an attamp:


Simple.

When you hold your mouse on it you'll see "banned from black market" anyway.

From: Tad
EDIT: Wait a minute, isn't the black market supposed to be SRL Members+? :p

It is, but I thought there might be some graphics talent over here.

The situation this "cup"/"rank" will be used in is if people scammed for example at Sythe (or scammed me over msn for example) and are banned over there, but did nothing over here. Those people still pose a security risk to the SRL Market and will thus be banned from it.

Yeah I agree. Also, I thought the point of cups were to represent something good that you have done for the community, not for breaking the rules. Earning a cup for getting banned seems ironic to me, don't you think?

I completely understand you, but we need to clearly show who's banned and who's not. A big "cup" (you shouldn't think of this as a cup, just as something that shows up between the cups) clearly shows that the person can't be trusted and should not be traded with.

Btw, I added a deadline: 23 august is the last day you can send in "cups" :)

I gave it a go :D

T~M

My shot, using the Decline from the trade interface. Plus making it a bit black.:

Thought i would have a go for the fun of it










i didnt know what text to put so if you like the idea but not hte text then let me know

Thanks :norris:

From: NCDS

Runaway cop, I like yours. Tryusing a white outline around "banned" though to see if it makes it a little easier to read.

I tried it out, tell me what you think:

From: MasterKill

When you hold your mouse on it you'll see "banned from black market" anyway.

I agree, so I made one without the black market part in it:

The one with the white outline looks great, but the letters "banned" are pretty light imho. You think you can make the light-shaded version with a darker red shade of the red letters?

do you like the one with or without the text in it?

EDIT: this dark?

From: MasterKill
I also gave it an attamp:


Simple.

When you hold your mouse on it you'll see "banned from black market" anyway.

I also really like this one, especially cause it's simple.

From: Markus

I completely understand you, but we need to clearly show who's banned and who's not. A big "cup" (you shouldn't think of this as a cup, just as something that shows up between the cups) clearly shows that the person can't be trusted and should not be traded with.

Ohh okay, that makes more sense now. ^^

From: MasterKill
I also gave it an attamp:


Simple.

When you hold your mouse on it you'll see "banned from black market" anyway.

I would vote for this one. =)

From: Infintry001
I would vote for this one. =)

+1. It has my vote (if you had a pole. :p).

Personally, I think TRiLeZ' is pretty good. The BANNED text kind of flows with the forum theme, though the white outline seems a bit unnecessary, no?

From: TRiLeZ

Hows that?

From: Tad
Personally, I think TRiLeZ' is pretty good. The BANNED text kind of flows with the forum theme, though the white outline seems a bit unnecessary, no?

The white outline of BANNED makes it more clear and a bit easier to read.

Heres a more simple cup:

Win paint!

Edit: Round two!

FOR THE WIN! but seriously…

Lol @ noidea =P

Here is my shot :)



~Home

Who wants to see a fail attempt :P :D
Please don't be too harsh, this took me ~5 hours.

/me hopes it's good :D

I'll give it a go when I get home :)

Meh. Cop's is the best so far.

Or since we're often using figures, I may dray a Figure.

Did some scribbles, what do you think ?.

caused, they're mint (cool) :) you drew them irl, like pen/pencil o.O?

once again, they own :)

I would vote the first drawing of caused to win :)

caused, I could go over them in Ai if you wanted too, so you sketch and I vectorize.

mathematics: pen, drawn on the pc :'D…Since I'm too lazy to scan.

ToF: Sure :'D Feel free to safe me some work =).. No really.., that would be awesome =). Just save em in a format where i could eventually change something too :'D:..

~caused

From: caused
mathematics: pen, drawn on the pc :'D…Since I'm too lazy to scan.

ToF: Sure :'D Feel free to safe me some work =).. No really.., that would be awesome =). Just save em in a format where i could eventually change something too :'D:..

~caused

You need Adobe Illustrator to be able to edit them hehe.

hah, i guess i may get a trial :'D… Only have photoshop :O.

I have Ai, Fl, Dw and Ps :D

:)
I have THIS
:)

T~M

Photoshop would be cool, you could use the path tool to create vector layers.

I'll be back later :'D…

From: noidea
Win paint!


Edit: Round two!

Geez I can't stop laughing!
Thank you that made my day!

From: The Man
:)
I have THIS
:)

T~M

Pirated, I am assuming? Enjoy your Prison rape by Big Bubba.

Either support the companies that make those programs, or use FOSS.

From: Harry
Either support the companies that make those programs, or use FOSS.

or GIMP, ftw :)

From: Runaway Cop
or GIMP, ftw :)

GIMP is FOSS ;_)

And yeah, the free alternatives are just as good as the pay ones, only you do not need to spend a lot of money, or break laws, to get them.

From: Harry
GIMP is FOSS ;_)

And yeah, the free alternatives are just as good as the pay ones, only you do not need to spend a lot of money, or break laws, to get them.

Usually are better, or even. But PS is definitely better than GIMP.

From: Nava2
Usually are better, or even. But PS is definitely better than GIMP.

Get GIMPshop addon. The same GUI etc as PS, but legally free.

From: Nava2
Usually are better, or even. But PS is definitely better than GIMP.

I have to agree.

Photoshop > GIMP.

From: Harry
Pirated, I am assuming? Enjoy your Prison rape by Big Bubba.

Either support the companies that make those programs, or use FOSS.

Why should be listen to you?

I have the same set, my school brought 500 licences and allowed us to put on laptops/desktop.

From: NiCbaZ
Why should be listen to you?

I have the same set, my school brought 500 licences and allowed us to put on laptops/desktop.

Uh, because no kid is going to have a license for the full version which costs over 3000 dollars??

Also, your school has the Educational version I am guessing. They pay a small flat-rate for unlimited keys, which they are not allowed to share, and also insert the Educational Version password (which consists of the purchaser's SSN, telephone number, address, and a small custom password).

tl;dr I was assuming (correctly, 99% sure) that he pirated the software.

From: Harry
Uh, because no kid is going to have a license for the full version which costs over 3000 dollars??

Also, your school has the Educational version I am guessing. They pay a small flat-rate for unlimited keys, which they are not allowed to share, and also insert the Educational Version password (which consists of the purchaser's SSN, telephone number, address, and a small custom password).

tl;dr I was assuming (correctly, 99% sure) that he pirated the software.

We can get an 80% discount on all Adobe Products via our school. It isnt difficult to get Keys from your school either. Our school is now fully equipped with Adobe CS4 software, on every computer. Business licenses Harry. Not everyone is a thief.

From: Harry
Uh, because no kid is going to have a license for the full version which costs over 3000 dollars??

Also, your school has the Educational version I am guessing. They pay a small flat-rate for unlimited keys, which they are not allowed to share, and also insert the Educational Version password (which consists of the purchaser's SSN, telephone number, address, and a small custom password).

tl;dr I was assuming (correctly, 99% sure) that he pirated the software.

Uhhhh… Slipped into any architect departments lately?

From: Harry
Uh, because no kid is going to have a license for the full version which costs over 3000 dollars??

Also, your school has the Educational version I am guessing. They pay a small flat-rate for unlimited keys, which they are not allowed to share, and also insert the Educational Version password (which consists of the purchaser's SSN, telephone number, address, and a small custom password).

tl;dr I was assuming (correctly, 99% sure) that he pirated the software.

No. They just payed like $12000 for 500 and they work with the normal cs4 suite which i have downloaded.

Lets get on-topic now guys :)

There's always http://gimp.org/ ;)

From: Wizzup?
There's always http://gimp.org/ ;)

If you've been paying attention people have already stated GIMP…

Did this bit too quickly I think, but it looks good.

EDIT: Better 24bit PNG version:

– BP

The voting for the cup is today, correct?

EDIT:

Updated cup submissions:

Final with text


Final without text

From: Bad Processor
Did this bit too quickly I think, but it looks good.

EDIT: Better 24bit PNG version:

– BP

i personally like this one.

20 minutes left! Keep those cups coming :D

Lets vote!

I made an animated one also :)



if you want one with the black market words, let me know!

:cool:

From: Runaway Cop
Lets vote!

I made an animated one also :)



if you want one with the black market words, let me know!

If you're going by my time, you still have 2 hours left in the day. It's 10pm.

So I'll vote anyway. I vote for the animated one by Runaway Cop. :)

Edit: It needs a transparenter background though, the current white circle around it makes me think twice.

Also - Harry. I downloaded the CS4 master collection. You can hate it all you want, but guess what? It's 100% legal in Canada to download whatever you want.

From: 3Garrett3
If you're going by my time, you still have 2 hours left in the day. It's 10pm.

So I'll vote anyway. I vote for the animated one by Runaway Cop. :)

Edit: It needs a transparenter background though, the current white circle around it makes me think twice.

Also - Harry. I downloaded the CS4 master collection. You can hate it all you want, but guess what? It's 100% legal in Canada to download whatever you want.

My screen doesn't show that white background :O

Do you have photoshop that you can make a transparent bg?

From: TRiLeZ
Do you have photoshop that you can make a transparent bg?

He only has GIMP. :( Haha but someone else with Ps could do it for him.

no, I have photoshop. I output it as a web device as a .gif… I don't knwo why it shows as a white background…

Someone would have to do all of the frames of the gif.
I dont even know up gif's can have transparent backgrounds. :confused:
If they do, Ill make the background transparent.

It is transparent though :(
I made the whole thing with a transparent bg… I don't knwow hat when wrong yo

Well, you could make the color as the color where the cups go. :)

Runaway Cop, how did you make your frames animated?
I have a program to animate them so maybe I could take all of your frames and animate the and see if the background stays transparent. I just need you to post all of your frames.
Im too lazy to make the all of the frames transparent :p

I fixed it!

From: Runaway Cop
I fixed it!

Yay! Vote. :)

Edit: Not fixed when I quote it. Note the random shaped white box around the image.

crap you're right…

alright, I just put the background from the area the cups go in… for some reason it won't do transparency for the whole .gif…

From: Runaway Cop
crap you're right…

alright, I just put the background from the area the cups go in… for some reason it won't do transparency for the whole .gif…

Let me see how it looks in a quote now, if it doesnt have a messed up shape then I love it. :p

It looks beautiful :)

From: Runaway Cop
I fixed it!

Around the edges of the red circle, its all rough.

From: Runaway Cop
crap you're right…

alright, I just put the background from the area the cups go in… for some reason it won't do transparency for the whole .gif…

That will do :)
Sorry for the double post.

Yesss.
I'm glad I don't have to re-do it again :P
I've literally re-done that animation 4 times now and it is really pissing me off… but it's cool, cause it came out pretty nice!

From: Tickyy
i personally like this one.

I love it how you always vote for me :P

Anyway thanks, at least someone likes it :)

–BP

Why do I have a feeling this is going to end up like the Banner Contest thread…

From: Runaway Cop
Why do I have a feeling this is going to end up like the Banner Contest thread…

No, this cup is needed for the black market which should be coming out sometime in September.

I vote for this one! (By Runaway Cop)

I vote for Runaway Cop's final animated one as well.

[Offtopic]Also my first post in this section :o[/Offtopic]

Richard.

From: R1ch
I vote for Runaway Cop's final animated one as well.

+1. Very nice, Cop. ;)

From: TRiLeZ
No, this cup is needed for the black market which should be coming out sometime in September.

I feel like I'm being really pushy, but does it hurt to choose the cup before releasing the black market? I mean… the deadline was the 23rd…

From: Runaway Cop
I feel like I'm being really pushy, but does it hurt to choose the cup before releasing the black market? I mean… the deadline was the 23rd…

They may already have chosen a cup…

From: TRiLeZ
They may already have chosen a cup…

You, my good sir, may in fact be correct.
I am foolish to have overlooked such a detail :O

Dunno if u still need one, but i was bored so w/e….




~NS

From: Nadeem
Dunno if u still need one, but i was bored so w/e….




~NS

this one is really good. I vote for this one :) nice job nadeem

From: Blumblebee
this one is really good. I vote for this one :) nice job nadeem

thanks :p



~NS