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Post March 28th, 2006, 2:40 pm

I have a good idea in my head for a website. The problem is, I don't know how to get it out of my brian...

I want to have a "parchment" and or crumpled paper look. bg is like #999999 or some kind of dark grey. Then Paper, or Parchment on top as the main part with kind-of a drop shadow thing... If I can get that far, I can handle the rest. This is really a graphics question, I guess.
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Post March 28th, 2006, 6:39 pm

Photoshop. Thats all I can really say to help you on that. But first I would draw it out. If your not good with comuter hand drawing I would scan your sketch and then go from there.
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Post March 28th, 2006, 7:53 pm

This is very simple. I do have one question though, do you want it torn on the edges?
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Post March 29th, 2006, 7:41 am

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Photoshop. Thats all I can really say to help you on that. But first I would draw it out. If your not good with comuter hand drawing I would scan your sketch and then go from there.


Yes, use photoshop. You can save for web, and import the image directly for website design use. Very easy and user friendly. Good luck.
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Post March 29th, 2006, 1:15 pm

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Photoshop. Thats all I can really say to help you on that. But first I would draw it out. If your not good with comuter hand drawing I would scan your sketch and then go from there.


Nah, dont draw it. Crumple up a piece of paper, then scan it. :) Then use PS.
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Post March 29th, 2006, 5:07 pm

ok, this is the general "idea" but in reality, far from it...

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Its WAY too jaged.
Needs to be more "Thatchy" like sac cloth, but not... (did I lose you there?)
The tear needs to be so soft that you can kind-of round the corners on top...

I used this tut: http://fotofects.com/articles/437/5/Torn-Paper
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Post March 29th, 2006, 5:44 pm

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I made that once (lost the psd cuse my comp crashed :( ) Im not sure if thats what you want. If it is then theres something for people to try and help you do. Ill try and find the tutorial on how to do it.

Well I havnt found the one I used but here are some you might find good.

http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutor ... t024_9.htm

http://www.fox3d.com/tut1.htm
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Post March 29th, 2006, 6:46 pm

Those are both almost what I want. Not so Grungy... No torn edges, just a nice smooth tear. If you could get me a psd of one of those (I'll try out my own) I'd appreciate it...
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Post March 30th, 2006, 4:38 am

You might also like to consider purchasing something from iStockPhoto as a starting point.
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Post March 31st, 2006, 5:37 pm

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Here is pretty much what I'm think of... It's pretty grungy yet. text on this will not look too good. I also need some kind of thing below the header/logo/text title to seperate it from the rest of the page. Mabe something like at http://regularworld.com/

Navigation will likley be tied in below the logo.
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Post April 4th, 2006, 12:58 pm

Heres One I made earlier.

[img]http://www.new-webs.com/misc_images/page_bgsmall.jpg

I hope this is what you are after.
You can set the body bg of the page to display this image then put a table over the top for layout. or a layer, or just go strait over the top with text the choice is yours[/img]
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Post April 4th, 2006, 1:01 pm

I'll try that again shall I


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I hope this is what you are after.
You can set the body bg of the page to display this image then put a table over the top for layout. or a layer, or just go strait over the top with text the choice is yours

the large gif file you need is @ http://www.new-webs.com/misc_images/page_bg.gif
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Post April 25th, 2006, 12:17 pm

Naw, thanks though. The pic above is what I'm going to use... I just have to work in navigation somehow...
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Post April 28th, 2006, 10:35 am

Hey, repost your website when you get it all finsihed, I'm anxious to see it all completed.
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Post April 29th, 2006, 4:10 pm

No Problem...
I've been slacking off on it for awhile cauz we need to finish our first couple of videos first...
I'll be sure to post about it though!
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