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Old May 11, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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Default Made ANOTHER "Battle Board" Thing - UPDATED

I got bored last night and made a board thingy... Not that I have a lot worth putting on it, but I think it looks kind of cool and turned out pretty nice.



I've been through a few drafts on it, and so far I'm pretty satisfied with this version. What do you think?

And if you're going to comment on just the content and my "mods" ... don't bother. I know what I put on there and what I'd like to put on there - this post is about the design.
Old May 11, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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I like it, looks very nice. I like how you have the personalized plate very noticable on the board as well as the eyelids and scion deflector sticker. Very nice board.
Old May 11, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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Thanks! That's actually what I was going for. I was trying to place it so a few things were noticable (the front tire as well, sort of). I had attempted this a few times before but never liked the result. I may actually print this on a nice color printer at work.
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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A couple minor tweaks that I'm not sure about yet... Different color header box and different font for the SSM. I also changed the aliasing for the content fonts and tweaked their positioning some more.

Old May 11, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Very Nice. I have to make one up for the upcoming shows. You gave me some ideas.
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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hey,by chance, what version of PPP are you using?

thanks
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Old May 11, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Version of wha?

This is all done with Macromedia Fireworks. That what you're asking?
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Hey that's pretty cool! I wonder if I could do something like that on my Mac? I'll have to check it out!
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worry about that,

I had figgured that you were using Paint Shop Pro. that's my bad...

BTW board looks real good, very well done up.

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Old May 11, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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I was going to guess Paint Shop Pro, but you threw me off with the middle P.

Thanks guys!
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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Old May 11, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyghgynx
Hey that's pretty cool! I wonder if I could do something like that on my Mac? I'll have to check it out!
They make Fireworks for Mac.
Stock software (OS X) I'm not sure if there's anything that can do it.
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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^ I don't recall anything on OS X out of the box that would do it. But you can download a 30 day trial of Fireworks from macromedia.com if you want. You have to "sign up" though. But it's free and they don't spam you.
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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I LIKE IT!!!
Old May 11, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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Thanks for the comments!

One last change... haha... ya, right. I made it a tad wider and taller for the printer I'm sending it to. Now there is just about 1/4" border around the whole sheet.

Old May 12, 2006 | 01:20 AM
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So we made a real version 2.0 tonight for my g/f. Here's what we came up with.



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Old May 12, 2006 | 02:11 AM
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1st one is tiiight. the fuji likes
Old May 12, 2006 | 02:28 AM
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Nice design!

WTFLOL<--your license plate fvckin owns dude!
Old May 12, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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Thanks guys... I printed hers out today and hopefully she'll like it.



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