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Post by SOTW on Feb 9, 2007 2:43:36 GMT
Signature Of The Week Process - Each week a new thread will be created, for that week, in which any contender shall post a signature, made by themselves; to fulfill the specified requirements for each week.
- Each week there may be a different theme, and often there will be ‘special rules’ for each weekly competition, but will often be dissimilar.
- Also remember editing your entry after you have entered it is counted as cheating, and your entry will be disqualified unless you PM me asking for permission, only under special circumstances will permission will be granted.
- An example of a contest:
Theme: Water.
Colours: Any.
Size: 400x100
Text: Must have display name.
Animation: No.
Stocks: Allowed.
And so forth. Possibly more/less rules or requirements may be specified, each will depend on the week and discrepancy of the contest.
- Staff are allowed to enter unless otherwise stated
- There is a winner listings as well in a separate topic
Prizes:
Each win the creator gets a Sig Of the Week star. One star: SOTW Winner Signature Three stars: SOTW Champion Title Six stars: Title of your choice Ten stars: SOTW Legend Title Additional Title of your choice. Ripping - Ripping is not acceptable, if you are caught once, you will be disqualified from the contest. Caught twice and you will be banned from taking part in any contests on the whole forum and will recieve a 2 month warning.
- By entering sotw you agree that all work is your own.
- Ripping is taking someone else's work, maybe editing it slightly and claiming it as your own
- Furthermore, You may not...under circumstances replace and/or modify your entry, with another. You will, be disqualified: No Exceptions.
- You may not, (however, there are exceptions) use the same entry twice.
Thank You and happy designing! Solidsnake Designs Staff |
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Post by SOTW on Feb 9, 2007 2:44:12 GMT
Star League Tables:
Current SOTW Leader: Tao Ren (11 Wins)  : Star AceD - SOTW #22 aztec1989 - SOTW #20 D5 - SOTW #1 Altherity - SOTW #2 Legend - SOTW #3 *Crazy! - SOTW #4 Oddyssey - SOTW #5 CrazyMocro - SOTW #10 Alan - SOTW #17 Danny - SOTW #178 .brad - SOTW #174 micheal - SOTW #164 XxSaInTsxX - SOTW #166 Obsidian - SOTW #161 Aussie - SOTW #153 Liquid Ice - SOTW #25 Dishwasher Safe - SOTW #163 Virus - SOTW #30 Kari - SOTW #43 Mustardseed - SOTW #44 spilling.heart - SOTW #48 ibishi - SOTW #55 OléOléOlé - SOTW #57 Nathan - SOTW #58 Happy! - SOTW #72 Crestfallen - SOTW #73 @ngeloffire83 - SOTW #76 bratzer - SOTW #79 Jem - SOTW #86 The Tominator - SOTW #91 Tony - SOTW #93 Alvin Cantona - SOTW #103 Ethan - SOTW #107 Nick - SOTW #110 Josh - SOTW #113 frZstyle - SOTW #119 Drolkan - SOTW #122 azn.fury - SOTW #123 [Electra] - SOTW #129 AI - SOTW #130 ssj - SOTW #83 Alphonse - SOTW #134 AI - SOTW #139 UrbanCinderella - SOTW #145 zilla - SOTW #147 : Stars Infinity - SOTW #154, #157 Voice - SOTW #13, #15 Jester - SOTW #12, #70 Mukei - SOTW #133, #155 Annihilator - SOTW #27, #35 Christie - SOTW #34, #42 enigma - SOTW #53, #77, 78 Xephra - SOTW #87, #88 SniperJrd - SOTW #81, #89 Ovi - SOTW #96, #104 Lans Tartare - SOTW #50, #109 Unleashed Madness - SOTW #118, 21 LPF - SOTW #92, #127 Infinity - SOTW #154, #157 :Stars faintlythere - SOTW #7, #8, #11 Çråzéd - SOTW #6, #14, #16 Deko - SOTW #158, #159, #160 Edd - SOTW #36, #51, #52 Uzukami - SOTW #59, #61, #63 Torn - SOTW #38, #39, #67 Ryan - SOTW #62, #65, #84 Assassinator - SOTW #75, #82, #98 Lily - SOTW #45, #46, #106 Eichi - SOTW #19, #24, #29 :Stars Mitch -SOTW #40, # 47, #54, #124 Project 22329 - SOTW #140, #141, #142, #156 :Stars DLT - SOTW #41, #99, #100, #105, #108 c130 - SOTW #37, #74, #85, #95, #128 :Stars None :Stars Cloudblazer - SOTW #120, #126, #131, #132, #135, #137, #144 Reedy - SOTW #9, #31, #32, # 33, #64, #71, #97 :Stars DLT - SOTW #41, SOTW #99, #100, #105, #108, #145 Aphotic/Zevered - SOTW #18, #21, #26, #162, #163, #165, #167, #168 :Stars Jonny -SOTW#66, #68, #80, #90, #94, #101, #102, #112, #115 :Stars JzEx - SOTW #49, #56, #60, #111, #114, #116, #117, #138, #143, #150 :Stars TaoRen - SOTW #69, #125, #136, #151, #152, #169, #170, #171, #175, #177, #179 |
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Post by Knighty on Jun 21, 2008 22:22:22 GMT
Don't have Photoshop? No worries, a pricey program shouldn't get in the way of your creativity. Below is listed some free and cheap image editing alternatives that you may use to compete in SOTW and create your very own masterpieces!
Free/Open Source Alternatives:- The GIMP: Arguably the most popular free image editor, the GIMP delivers many of the same features as Photoshop. Some complain that the GUI takes some getting used to, but for free, you can't go wrong. Price: Free
- Pixia: Another popular program, but from what I've heard, extremely hard to get the hang of. I'd recommend downloading the help guide and following the included tutorials to get the jest of the program and begin manipulating images to your liking. Price: Free
- PhotoPlus:
[/url] From the reviews I've read, PhotoPlus seems like a great free program. It supports .psd files, layers and comes with great photo manip tools. Also, there is an image mapping feature, which is great for web designers. Price: Free[/li][li] Power Batch:[/url] Power Batch freeware does batch convert, resize, rename, crop, rotate, and a few filters. Doesn't seem like that strong of a contender, but it does include a good watermarking feature, so you can prevent those pesky pirates from stealing your images. Price: Free [/li][li] Xnview:[/url] This program has a number of filters and effects available, as well as support for almost every image format. It seems like it has some nice features, but is lacking in some areas. Price: Free[/li][li] Paint.net:[/url] A Microsoft backed program with a solid GUI, layer support, special effect tools and a wide variety of other powerful tools. Seems like a pretty good program, but I've never tried it out myself. Price: Free[/li][/ul]
Cheap Alternatives:- Corel Paint Shop Pro X: This program sounds like more of a photo retouching program, which is essentially what Photoshop was built as. Might not be the strongest choice for image designing, but I've never used it myself. Price: $30
- Photoshop Elements 5.0: This program is mildly expensive, but has many of the features that Photoshop has. Elements is pretty popular as a Photoshop alternative, but lacks some of the important features included in Photoshop. Before buying, be sure to read some reviews, to make sure that this program is for you. Price: $105
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