Creating a Signature 101 (Windows)

[WALL_E1]

SO Class, here is your guide to creating a signature from scratch. Ask if you anything to be explained in more detail.

Firstly, Download Paint.NET: dotpdn.com/files/Paint.NET.3.36.zip (press open when prompted)

Extract the files to (My) Documents\Paint.NET

Go to Start > (My) Documents, then double click on the folder called Paint.NET

Double click the setup program.

Follow the instructions.

Once it is installed, start paint.NET.

Now, To Create a signature:

Press File>New, and make sure that everything in this box is the same:

Now, You should have a screen looking like this, but if the colour wheel is not there, press F8:

Now, Let’s put a background in. Select a colour from the wheel that you want as your background, select the fill tool and click:

To Be Continued…

[thedriveintheatre]

Neat thread, Wall-E! Can’t wait to see the rest of it, I’m gonna try download Paint.NET and see if it works…

[The_Star_Swordsman]

Hey WALL-E. I moved here in the troubleshooting section. It seems like it is better fitted here.

[Sky]

Cool idea. Some people find it confusing to make signatures, so I’m sure this thread will help them a lot.

[WALL_E1]

Sorry, been busy, will make some more of thread :S

[WALL_E1]

Now the box is filled, let’s look for a picture to put in. I’m getting a picture of WALL·E From Google:

Now, when you’ve found the pic wou wanted, click the thumbnail, and then th image on the bar, to get to something that looks like this:

Right click the image, and press Copy.

Go to Paint.NET and press Control+V or Edit>Paste, and you will get a box like this:

Press Keep Canvas Size, and It will coem up liek this:

Move the image around and change the size using the handles, just like other programs, 'til you get it in the place you want:

Any Questions so far?

[Remy14]

Great tutorial so far, WALL•E, but wouldn’t it make a little more sense to edit your first post and put the rest of the tut in the first post? It’s a little hard to understand the next part if it’s all split up.

Anyway, great job. Can’t wait for the rest/conclusion/end result.

[lizardgirl]

I’m liking this tutorial, pb]WALL-E[/b] especially for people new to forums. Nice work!

[WALL_E1]

I’m going all the way up to uploading it.

[WALL_E1]

sorry about this guys, just extremely busy.

[The_Star_Swordsman]

Don’t worry about it WALL-E. Take yor time.

[Mitch]

General Note: I’d just like to remind everyone that, should you create your own signature, it must not exceed a limit of 500 pixels wide by 175 pixels high.

Just giving you all a “heads up”!

– Mitch

[WALL_E1]

Mine’s 650x150!

[Mitch]

WALL-E - Really? Huh. When I looked on the FAQ page, it said that signatures are not to exceed that limit that I mentioned. Perhaps PV loosened the restrictions a bit? I’ll double check…

Edit: Ha! Found it. Here’s a thread supporting my cause:

The sig stitch

– Mitch

[WALL_E1]

I measured the forum and it is 650 pixels wide so I see no reason why I should not utilise that space.

[Pixfan]

PV probably made ‘suggested’ restrictions. Not exactly programming the forum to automatically resize the sigs…(though it was that way at some point)

They probably figured the restrictions were a little ‘extreme’ seeing how some sigs would look a little better slightly bigger.

But as a word of wisdom…Don’t Take It Too Far!!

WALL-E’s sig only seems appropriate because it’s width is within the forum’s limits. So basically if you work your way around it right, you can be a bit creative with the sizes…<img src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/grinandwink.gif” alt=“;-D” title="Grin and

Wink" />

Good Luck,

[Mitch]

Pixfan - Is that how it is? Huh. Well, I guess there’s no harm in exceeding the pixel limit in certain cases.

So, WALL-E, don’t worry about your signature’s length and/or width. It isn’t particularly obtrusive, so no harm done.

– Mitch