[mulletman]

I re-did it

[getfirefox]

Very nice. Thanks for trying.

[BIG Red]

ok i have a problem,,how do i get the text to work???two things about it...when i type somethin in it freezes and it doesnt work...and when i download that text it doest show up on the fonts....one more thing,wat version of gimp are you using?
i cant get the fonts to work but other than that here it is [img][url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4518/firstcustomuserbarik8.png[/img][/url][/img]

[BIG Red]

ok my final try... tell me how u like it
ok heres one that i made and since im new at this plz dont make fun of me

[getfirefox]

Very nice. The first one is the best. On the second one, you forgot the 3D circle thing and a border. Thanks very much for trying.

[BIG Red]

o yea and my second render isnt good though.one question, if i didnt have to cut out the gimp guy to make him a render then why do i have to in any other ones?

[getfirefox]

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if i didnt have to cut out the gimp guy to make him a render then why do i have to in any other ones?

Because the background is transparent and it was saved in a .png format.

[denegibson]

I'm noticing a lot of people with these userbars

[getfirefox]

Yeah, most likely because of this amazing tutorial :w:

[denegibson]

It's pretty effective and well done.

Don't let it go to your head though ...

Keep it up!

[getfirefox]

Yeah, I was joking. My tutorials suck compared to some on this site. . .

[denegibson]

I have seen worse

And people have been using it which says something

[Morgmaster70]

i dont know if u knew this but to make a border you can always use Script-Foo -> Decore -> Boarder (or somthing close to that) then set it to 1 or 2 pixels and chose ur color. =) also i luv the result i used to make these all the time... i like to expriment by instead of gradent add a render or something...

Here are all the userbars i made... from worst to best and the Bleach 1 was for a friend and looks ugly to me but lol...


http://www.gimptalk....?t=7760&start=1

[getfirefox]

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i dont know if u knew this but to make a border you can always use Script-Foo -> Decore -> Boarder (or somthing close to that) then set it to 1 or 2 pixels and chose ur color.

Yes, I know this. However, this method increases the actuall size of the image. So instead of a userbar with the standard size of 350 x 19, you will end up with something the size of 352 x 21. That size is not the standard userbar size.

[DanN3h^X]

Well then start off with 349x19?

[getfirefox]

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Well then start off with 349x19?

Yes, but I'm not sure if the dimensions I posted above are correct. Also, the actual userbar image area would be smaller. I think its best just to stick with the method listed in the main tutorial.

[Morgmaster70]

actually i used a tut similar to urs at http://www.userbars....or_userbars.htm it says to start at 348x17 and it uses the add boarder option im pretty shure. http://www.userbars.comis a great place to check out... there are 2 gimp tuts for userbars there... srry to hijack ur topic =/

[getfirefox]

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actually i used a tut similar to urs at http://www.userbars.comis a great place to check out... there are 2 gimp tuts for userbars there... srry to hijack ur topic =/

Yes, I looked at them. Unfortunately, they don't show you anything with the text really. It was those tutorials that inspired me to this one as a felt they were just to brief.

[Morgmaster70]

ok well great =) just thought id let u know that for most gimp ppl the script foo add boarder would most likly be more helpfull also i didnt know about the grow thing... id just like make a box around the text then erase to leave a 1pixel boarder so thx =)

[BIG Red]

Here is another one of my results