Opticraft Community
Discussion forum => Legacy => Archives => Server News => Topic started by: optical on July 02, 2012, 11:52:32 pm
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Server ip: smp.opticraft.net
We have decided to launch a competition to design us a new, slicker vote banner that we can use on vote websites.
The winner of the competition will receive $60 worth of donation rewards, which can be exchanged on either SMP or classic servers. We may chuck in more prizes later if the submissions are of really high quality, especially if there are a number of top notch ones which we think deserve a reward. We will then replace our current banner with the winning one, and any banner we decide to use will receive some form of compensation.
What we need from you is a banner, like our current one shown below.
(https://www.opticraft.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fopticraft.net%2Fbanner.png&hash=f5f1b8c0721f7b43b44d655a14b50bb3)
The image must be 468x60 and be of .png or .gif type.
You can make it animated, but try and keep the file size less than 2-3MB.
You can submit as many banners as you like, so go crazy if you wish.
The banner must contain the server ip on it, and it should be very visible.
Anyone can enter, including staff.
By submitting your banner, you are giving us rights to use your image - even if it is not the final winner in the competition.
To submit your banner, post it in the thread here: http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/topic,11377.0.html
If you have any questions, ask in this thread and we will reply.
The competition will end in 2-3 weeks, but we may start using any of the awesome banners that have been submitted sooner.
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Awesome! I'm so making a couple ;D
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This is a good idea. I hope I see some banners with good promise!
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Aw, man! I would enter but I've got no imagination :( Can't think of a creative thing to put on it :-\
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IM DOWN!hehe expect mine soon
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I am actually not going to make one for this. I am more interested in what the community can offer.
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I have never tried something like that.
But, It would be my honor if I could create something equal to the preferred quality.
So, except from photoshop, is there any other program I could use?
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So, except from photoshop, is there any other program I could use?
Gimp is a little confusing, but it gets the job done.
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For the free editing programs GIMP is probably one, if not the, best. If you can get your hands on Photoshop all the better.
Or if your skills don't quite exceed dejected's go for the old fasioned MS Paint, people will come screaming for more of your artwork.
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I made this on BannerSnack because they advertised a free gif download, but does not seem to be the case. Does anyone have a way around this to access the image for free?
http://www.sharesnack.com/AADF6CBA9F7/bzc348i9 (http://www.sharesnack.com/AADF6CBA9F7/bzc348i9)
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I like ZXFEAR's :o
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I'm using photoshop but I can't get it 460x60.... If I put it here will someone reduce it for me?
EDIT: And now imgur won't work for me...
Never mind
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I like ZXFEAR's :o
If ZXFEAR were to make a banner, it would turn out sleek! His editing skills looks great by the looks of his signature.
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Please do not use banner websites to make the banners, they keep watermarks and it doesn't look nice
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Another good one is Pixlr express.
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Heh, i think i might have a go at this :) also another good program to use would be serif photoplus, its the same as photoshop only cheaper :)
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I have some fantastic ideas but I dont know how to make them, if someone is willing to go in with me as a team we could split the prizes. Any takers?
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Why is this locked?
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I'm assuming it was locked by mistake. Unlocked >>
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I'm assuming it was locked by mistake. Unlocked >>
lol
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I want to do this but I am clueless as to how I should get started. Any suggestions?
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Ok I have made a banner (in flash) but I have no idea as how to make it appear in the forums, it's a .swf file.
I would spend time looking for the solution but I have to make dinner now :).
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Is that a resounding no then lol.
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Is that a resounding no then lol.
we can't use a .swf banner on the vote sites.
find a way to convert it to a gif.
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Righto
Cheers.
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Dumb question, but which program would one use to make a banner?
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Server ip: smp.opticraft.net
We have decided to launch a competition to design us a new, slicker vote banner that we can use on vote websites.
The winner of the competition will receive $60 worth of donation rewards, which can be exchanged on either SMP or classic servers. We may chuck in more prizes later if the submissions are of really high quality, especially if there are a number of top notch ones which we think deserve a reward. We will then replace our current banner with the winning one, and any banner we decide to use will receive some form of compensation.
What we need from you is a banner, like our current one shown below.
(https://www.opticraft.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fopticraft.net%2Fbanner.png&hash=f5f1b8c0721f7b43b44d655a14b50bb3)
The image must be 468x60 and be of .png or .gif type.
You can make it animated, but try and keep the file size less than 2-3MB.
You can submit as many banners as you like, so go crazy if you wish.
The banner must contain the server ip on it, and it should be very visible.
Anyone can enter, including staff.
By submitting your banner, you are giving us rights to use your image - even if it is not the final winner in the competition.
To submit your banner, post it in the thread here: http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/topic,11377.0.html
If you have any questions, ask in this thread and we will reply.
The competition will end in 2-3 weeks, but we may start using any of the awesome banners that have been submitted sooner.
i dont konw how to make a bnanner
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You don't have to do it if you don't know how, or if you don't want.
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Im not good at stuff like this lol ;)
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Kewl! Too bad I don't know how to use any image editing software :(
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When does this contest end, like when do they pick the finalist
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When they have a really good banner.
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When they have a really good banner.
What are you saying? That there hasn't been a really good banner so far? haha XD
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When they have a really good banner.
What are you saying? That there hasn't been a really good banner so far? haha XD
=.= I mean when they have a banner that fits the description of opticraft, that is well made and original. Dont try to make me look like an ass! >:@
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When they have a really good banner.
What are you saying? That there hasn't been a really good banner so far? haha XD
=.= I mean when they have a banner that fits the description of opticraft, that is well made and original. Dont try to make me look like an ass! >:@
Sorry!
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Not hard to..... :P
Anyway I do hope they do a whole server poll on say the top 5 to be taken into consideration on what the server likes.
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Personally I still like the current banner more then all of the submissions.
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Personally I still like the current banner more then all of the submissions.
I do too, but sometimes you need to change it up.
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Honestly, this banner competition makes no sense to me.
It's asking for multiple submissions, which is fine, but then Nick states they're just looking for something plain and simple with normal font and not too much going on.
Ironically, the current banner, whether trying to or not, has a lot going on and the font is not "normal" like we've been asked to use.
It's pretty difficult to design something to your liking when the standards are being hypocritical toward themselves and there's nothing to base it off of.
I think it'd help by posting rules of what would be ok and what wouldn't be.
'Cause asking for something plain, simple, with normal font, isn't enough for someone to create a banner to fit what you're looking for.
And yes, I know if you knew what you were looking for, you wouldn't be having this competition. I'm just asking for a general idea that's not as basic as just plain, simple, with normal font.
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Honestly, this banner competition makes no sense to me.
It's asking for multiple submissions, which is fine, but then Nick states they're just looking for something plain and simple with normal font and not too much going on.
Ironically, the current banner, whether trying to or not, has a lot going on and the font is not "normal" like we've been asked to use.
It's pretty difficult to design something to your liking when the standards are being hypocritical toward themselves and there's nothing to base it off of.
I think it'd help by posting rules of what would be ok and what wouldn't be.
'Cause asking for something plain, simple, with normal font, isn't enough for someone to create a banner to fit what you're looking for.
And yes, I know if you knew what you were looking for, you wouldn't be having this competition. I'm just asking for a general idea that's not as basic as just plain, simple, with normal font.
The whole point is we are changing it. And The current banner doesn't have a lot going in. It is 1 pic with text over top of it, I made it that way on purpose.
As for the contest, I havnt talked to opti in a while but I assume we are keeping it going until we find a banner we like. Not to be so blunt but we currently dont think any of the submissions are what we are looking for. As for what we are looking for, plain and simple is the best i can describe it, when it comes to digital graphics you may find that the customer isnt always 100% on what they want.
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Honestly, this banner competition makes no sense to me.
It's asking for multiple submissions, which is fine, but then Nick states they're just looking for something plain and simple with normal font and not too much going on.
Ironically, the current banner, whether trying to or not, has a lot going on and the font is not "normal" like we've been asked to use.
It's pretty difficult to design something to your liking when the standards are being hypocritical toward themselves and there's nothing to base it off of.
I think it'd help by posting rules of what would be ok and what wouldn't be.
'Cause asking for something plain, simple, with normal font, isn't enough for someone to create a banner to fit what you're looking for.
And yes, I know if you knew what you were looking for, you wouldn't be having this competition. I'm just asking for a general idea that's not as basic as just plain, simple, with normal font.
The whole point is we are changing it. And The current banner doesn't have a lot going in. It is 1 pic with text over top of it, I made it that way on purpose.
As for the contest, I havnt talked to opti in a while but I assume we are keeping it going until we find a banner we like. Not to be so blunt but we currently dont think any of the submissions are what we are looking for. As for what we are looking for, plain and simple is the best i can describe it, when it comes to digital graphics you may find that the customer isnt always 100% on what they want.
Though the current banner was made simply, due to the fact that the single picture chosen has a lot going on inside it, causes the banner to seem less simple.
If you're looking for simple in a way of making it, such as taking the current banner for example. Meaning, using one picture, one frame, one text and calling it simple and plain, even if the picture itself could cause it to technically not be plain, then that's a different story. However, it's asking to restrict a lot of potential that could be done by the banner creator in order to enhance, not necessarily add, into a banner they're creating.
I'm just saying that you guys are asking for something, and with all these submissions and no new advice, you're more than likely not going to be getting different results.
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Why not go against their advice and prove them wrong with their suggestions by outstanding them with a amazing banner??
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Why not go against their advice and prove them wrong with their suggestions by outstanding them with a amazing banner??
It wouldn't make a difference, obviously no matter what anyone does isn't going to impress them.
I don't think that's their point anyway.
I'm assuming they're looking for a banner that's more professional rather than amazing. However, when asking for something professional and simple with no sliver of an example whatsoever, and some of the most vague advice possible, it's not going to be easy for anyone to create what they desire.
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Why not go against their advice and prove them wrong with their suggestions by outstanding them with a amazing banner??
It wouldn't make a difference, obviously no matter what anyone does isn't going to impress them.
I don't think that's their point anyway.
I'm assuming they're looking for a banner that's more professional rather than amazing. However, when asking for something professional and simple with no sliver of an example whatsoever, and some of the most vague advice possible, it's not going to be easy for anyone to create what they desire.
That would be why the reward is so high. ;)
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We've tried to leave it as unconstrained as possible, since we're not sure exactly what we're after. The reason it hasn't been drawn yet is because we haven't had enough submissions that we thought would make a good fit.
If you're looking to submit more and want some advice - perhaps try something new or different from the rest of the submissions. Have a look at the world of warcraft and banners for other games on the vote sites, even other minecraft servers. Perhaps they can give you some idea's (Don't steal anything!).
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We've tried to leave it as unconstrained as possible, since we're not sure exactly what we're after. The reason it hasn't been drawn yet is because we haven't had enough submissions that we thought would make a good fit.
If you're looking to submit more and want some advice - perhaps try something new or different from the rest of the submissions. Have a look at the world of warcraft and banners for other games on the vote sites, even other minecraft servers. Perhaps they can give you some idea's (Don't steal anything!).
well said
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We've tried to leave it as unconstrained as possible, since we're not sure exactly what we're after. The reason it hasn't been drawn yet is because we haven't had enough submissions that we thought would make a good fit.
If you're looking to submit more and want some advice - perhaps try something new or different from the rest of the submissions. Have a look at the world of warcraft and banners for other games on the vote sites, even other minecraft servers. Perhaps they can give you some idea's (Don't steal anything!).
Just wondering, but have any even come close to some general idea of what you're looking for?
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We've tried to leave it as unconstrained as possible, since we're not sure exactly what we're after. The reason it hasn't been drawn yet is because we haven't had enough submissions that we thought would make a good fit.
If you're looking to submit more and want some advice - perhaps try something new or different from the rest of the submissions. Have a look at the world of warcraft and banners for other games on the vote sites, even other minecraft servers. Perhaps they can give you some idea's (Don't steal anything!).
Just wondering, but have any even come close to some general idea of what you're looking for?
All your banners have similiar styles and what not, try something that is the opposite of that.
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We've tried to leave it as unconstrained as possible, since we're not sure exactly what we're after. The reason it hasn't been drawn yet is because we haven't had enough submissions that we thought would make a good fit.
If you're looking to submit more and want some advice - perhaps try something new or different from the rest of the submissions. Have a look at the world of warcraft and banners for other games on the vote sites, even other minecraft servers. Perhaps they can give you some idea's (Don't steal anything!).
Just wondering, but have any even come close to some general idea of what you're looking for?
All your banners have similiar styles and what not, try something that is the opposite of that.
I wasn't talking about just mine in particular. :P
I'm wondering if any submissions have been somewhat close.
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As for coming close, a few have. Let's just say the front runner hasn't posted on this topic
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I wanted to post a banner, but guys, I dont know what is happening. I crop the picrutes either with photo programs, or with Gif programs, but I get only a square smaller picture and empty spaces on the sides.
Do you have ideas on how to fix that?
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I wanted to post a banner, but guys, I dont know what is happening. I crop the picrutes either with photo programs, or with Gif programs, but I get only a square smaller picture and empty spaces on the sides.
Do you have ideas on how to fix that?
Use the select tool to grab the actual image and manually expand it that way.
That's the most basic way you can do it, I'm assuming you don't have Photoshop, so I gave instructions you can do with Paint. :P
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Let's just say the front runner hasn't posted on this topic
WHAT!!!!
I really thought that cschurz's first attempt was the best D:
but he has posted :(
we can't use a .swf banner on the vote sites.
find a way to convert it to a gif.
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Let's just say the front runner hasn't posted on this topic
WHAT!!!!
I really thought that cschurz's first attempt was the best D:
but he was posted :(
we can't use a .swf banner on the vote sites.
find a way to convert it to a gif.
I would have to agree, I am dumbfounded
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Just wondering, but have any even come close to some general idea of what you're looking for?
Yeah there have been a few good ones, but we'd still like to see a few more quite different ones :)
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As for coming close, a few have. Let's just say the front runner hasn't posted on this topic
Mono?
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Is there anyone interested on a cooperation?
I dont care about the prize. He/she can get it all. I will give the pictures, and we could make a cool .gif. Let me know with a personal message, and a way of contact for communication.
Thank you.
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As for coming close, a few have. Let's just say the front runner hasn't posted on this topic
The front runner has just posted on the topic. ;)
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I started mine a while back.... thought this would be done by now haha, guess I should work on it!
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I have never tried something like that.
But, It would be my honor if I could create something equal to the preferred quality.
So, except from photoshop, is there any other program I could use?
he definitively has the best one
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#18 is a good one
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Is this competition dead?
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I believe it is going untill we find one (or a few) which stand out from the rest, not saying they are all not good quality as there are some which stand out, but when there is a special one. By the way, I like the simplicity of yours Mono - it's pretty nice.
Obviously I'm not in control of this as optical is, but from what I've heard this is happening.
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Just a random question:
Are you willing to change the banner a couple of times?
If you are, you may as well change the current one to your front runner and when this competition ends (Meaning, you have the actual winner), you can change it to that.
May keep things fresh. :O
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Is this competition STILL going?
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Is this competition STILL going?
Nothing has been announced, so yes.
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Any more submissions?
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I just acquired photoshop, I'll be making some banners now.
:D
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YAY
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YAY
Just pointless