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Hiroi Sekai · 2014-06-26, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahelo

Are you sure?? I checked the banner tests these ones seemed fine. Are there still problems??

Yeah, I just tested them and there's still a prevalent line separating the banner from the gradient.

Can anyone else confirm, just to make sure it's not just on my end?

blaze0041 · 2014-06-26, 15:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahelo

Are you sure?? I checked the banner tests these ones seemed fine. Are there still problems??

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroi Sekai

Yeah, I just tested them and there's still a prevalent line separating the banner from the gradient.

Can anyone else confirm, just to make sure it's not just on my end?

Same here, unfortunately... it's both banners. It's slight on my monitor, but it's still noticeable.

Just making sure, you're saving the JPEGs with the ICC/colour profile not embedded, right? I know it's happened before in the previous contests where people forgot about disabling the embedding of the colour profile, causing issues when the banner was tested against the background gradient...

ahelo · 2014-06-26, 23:46

I'm sorry but how do I save it with ICC/colour profile not embedded??? I'm worried because I really made sure already that anything that could be on the sides would be deleted. If it's just a way of saving my banners howwww???

Ryonea · 2014-06-26, 23:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahelo

I'm sorry but how do I save it with ICC/colour profile not embedded??? I'm worried because I really made sure already that anything that could be on the sides would be deleted. If it's just a way of saving my banners howwww???

Refer to point 1.3 of this post.

blaze0041 · 2014-06-27, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahelo

I'm sorry but how do I save it with ICC/colour profile not embedded??? I'm worried because I really made sure already that anything that could be on the sides would be deleted. If it's just a way of saving my banners howwww???

Please check my post in this thread. In particular, look at the images in section 1.
Got beaten to the punch, heheh.

ahelo · 2014-06-27, 00:13

blaze0041 · 2014-06-27, 00:23

I think it's looking better now!

Banner 1 Test
Banner 2 Test

I need someone to verify for me though, it's a little tricky doing this via remote desktop.

Frailty · 2014-06-27, 00:32

can you guys upload the png versions?
It still has the same problem as the older versions

Hiroi Sekai · 2014-06-27, 00:39

It is greatly minimized from before, but yeah, I can still them too. Up to you if you'd like to fix them or not at this stage; I thought the deadline was the 25th tbh?

***Pellissier*** · 2014-06-27, 02:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahelo

I don't think I'm seeing the problem but since some people are, this is version of the gradient with the ICC profile removed:

If you have the psd file try to just replace the old gradient with this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroi Sekai

I thought the deadline was the 25th tbh?

The voting phase will start next monday (June 30) so fixing is still allowed for defective banners until then.

Frailty · 2014-06-27, 02:58

to be precise, the given gradient has a more smoother transition from yellow to blue
in ahelo's banners' gradient, I'm not sure what the right term is but I think it's a bit pixelized in a way
or the transition of colors isn't as smooth as the given gradient.

I think it's because of the filesize
10-11kb is pretty small, s/he can highten up the quality more. It's still ways before the size limit anyway
I suggest saving with a higher quality.

either that or it's the image hosting site's problem
I've had similar problems before. For whatever reason, imgur seem to always lower the quality of images that I had saved on PS whereas it doesn't do anything if the image is saved on GIMP

ahelo · 2014-06-27, 18:39

I tried to use the gradient that Pellisier linked and this thing popped up

Ryonea · 2014-06-27, 20:02

^ Try to accept the change maybe? and see how it turns out.
---------------

This is quite confusing for sure. Seems like everyone sees the banner differently.
After I compared your initial entries with the revised ones, it's only the 1st banner that might need some edge-smoothing. Here's how they look on my monitor:

The top is the initial entry, while the bottom is the revised one (Click for full size):

Banner 1:

As you can see, the yellow-marked area is gone after the revision, I believe this is the one mentioned by Pelissier. The purple areas are already there since the initial entry, a "chopped" transition as there are some "vertical lines" clearly dividing the gradient and the BG. Very visible only on the left in my view, so you might want to fix that. The right one is very very slight so it's up to you, I only marked it in case you want to fix it too.

Banner 2:

Quite the same as banner 1, and the purple area on the right side is even more invisible compared to banner 1 so it doesn't really need any fixing.

In short, the revisions are already fine in what I see and if there's anything needs more smoothing, they're only the areas I marked with purple color, and this is only optional too.
I'm thinking it's the purple areas that the others reported after your revisions, but maybe they see something that I can't see (the yellow areas still persist or something else).

ahelo · 2014-06-28, 02:38

I think I'm just gonna submit the very latest one if the problem is that minimal (and unless a mod says it's not fine) because honestly I don't see anymore visible lines unless I squint my eyes and turn my laptop like 180 degrees or something ( and even then it's not only my banners that would have this problem).

***Pellissier*** · 2014-07-13, 00:55

Announcing the Winners of the AnimeSuki Summer Contest !

First Place = Patchy

Second Place = Ichigo-Sora

Third Place = Patchy

Fourth Place = blaze0041

Fifth Place = Frailty

Sixth Place = Ichigo-Sora

Seventh Place (Tie) = rikikai

Seventh Place (Tie) = Ryonea

Eight banners, actually the first seven places since there was a tie. All these winners will see their banners featured at the top of our Forum during the summer months, prioritized by their rankings/votes!

Honourable Mentions:

Ryonea

Krytonis

Bila

If in the future (not this year though since we're full) we'll feel the need to add some fresh banner up there during the summer months, the honourable mentions will be our first choices.

Thanks again to everyone who participated and voted, see you on the next contest. Now we've covered all 4 seasons so for the next theme we may go with something new and different!

ReinZwei · 2014-07-13, 01:28

*Round of applause for all the winners*

Will try harder next contest so I can join the elite like these people

Flower · 2014-07-13, 02:01

I am definitely looking forward to the nice freshly minted summer banners!

Many thanks to all!

Krytonis · 2014-07-13, 03:46

Congratulations to all the winners! Everyone's banners were amazing and it must have been a really tough competition. I am perfectly happy to be part of the Honourable Mentions since I tried to improve myself compared to the Winter contest I took part in. This is a big achievement for me. Thank you all!

crimsonflair · 2014-07-13, 12:41

Congrats to all the winners of this contest! Can't wait to see them soon!

Ryonea · 2014-07-14, 21:15

I barely made it

and glad that all of my favourites also made it to the winners.

Seeing them put up properly on the forum do feel nice and for some reason it matches the "summer" atmosphere in my area (it's warm yet also very cold because the sun shines brightly but the air is freezing + it almost rains all day

).

Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated and voted!

2014-06-26, 23:46	Link #143
ahelo Criminal Unrequitor Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2010	I'm sorry but how do I save it with ICC/colour profile not embedded??? I'm worried because I really made sure already that anything that could be on the sides would be deleted. If it's just a way of saving my banners howwww??? __________________ Traveler on Revenge / Ahelo Sigs / Saimoe Report! Signature by ganbaru

2014-06-27, 00:13	Link #146
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2014-06-27, 00:23	Link #147
blaze0041 a.k.a. Flammenkrieg IT Support Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Down under...	I think it's looking better now! Banner 1 Test Banner 2 Test I need someone to verify for me though, it's a little tricky doing this via remote desktop. __________________ "Make sure you do a good job with your life's blueprint." - Kanna Makino

2014-06-27, 00:32	Link #148
Frailty Constellation Graphic Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pearl of the Orient Seas Age: 31	can you guys upload the png versions? It still has the same problem as the older versions __________________

2014-06-27, 02:58	Link #151
Frailty Constellation Graphic Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pearl of the Orient Seas Age: 31	to be precise, the given gradient has a more smoother transition from yellow to blue in ahelo's banners' gradient, I'm not sure what the right term is but I think it's a bit pixelized in a way or the transition of colors isn't as smooth as the given gradient. I think it's because of the filesize 10-11kb is pretty small, s/he can highten up the quality more. It's still ways before the size limit anyway I suggest saving with a higher quality. either that or it's the image hosting site's problem I've had similar problems before. For whatever reason, imgur seem to always lower the quality of images that I had saved on PS whereas it doesn't do anything if the image is saved on GIMP __________________

2014-06-27, 18:39	Link #152
ahelo Criminal Unrequitor Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2010	I tried to use the gradient that Pellisier linked and this thing popped up __________________ Traveler on Revenge / Ahelo Sigs / Saimoe Report! Signature by ganbaru

2014-06-27, 20:02	Link #153
Ryonea Smiling beauty Graphic Designer Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Indonesia Age: 35	^ Try to accept the change maybe? and see how it turns out. --------------- This is quite confusing for sure. Seems like everyone sees the banner differently. After I compared your initial entries with the revised ones, it's only the 1st banner that might need some edge-smoothing. Here's how they look on my monitor: The top is the initial entry, while the bottom is the revised one (Click for full size): Banner 1: As you can see, the yellow-marked area is gone after the revision, I believe this is the one mentioned by Pelissier. The purple areas are already there since the initial entry, a "chopped" transition as there are some "vertical lines" clearly dividing the gradient and the BG. Very visible only on the left in my view, so you might want to fix that. The right one is very very slight so it's up to you, I only marked it in case you want to fix it too. Banner 2: Quite the same as banner 1, and the purple area on the right side is even more invisible compared to banner 1 so it doesn't really need any fixing. In short, the revisions are already fine in what I see and if there's anything needs more smoothing, they're only the areas I marked with purple color, and this is only optional too. I'm thinking it's the purple areas that the others reported after your revisions, but maybe they see something that I can't see (the yellow areas still persist or something else). __________________

2014-06-28, 02:38	Link #154
ahelo Criminal Unrequitor Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2010	I think I'm just gonna submit the very latest one if the problem is that minimal (and unless a mod says it's not fine) because honestly I don't see anymore visible lines unless I squint my eyes and turn my laptop like 180 degrees or something ( and even then it's not only my banners that would have this problem). __________________ Traveler on Revenge / Ahelo Sigs / Saimoe Report! Signature by ganbaru

2014-07-13, 00:55	Link #155
*Pellissier* ♪~ Daydreaming ~♪ Graphic Designer Administrator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Italy	Winners Announcement Announcing the Winners of the AnimeSuki Summer Contest ! First Place = Patchy Second Place = Ichigo-Sora Third Place = Patchy Fourth Place = blaze0041 Fifth Place = Frailty Sixth Place = Ichigo-Sora Seventh Place (Tie) = rikikai Seventh Place (Tie) = Ryonea Eight banners, actually the first seven places since there was a tie. All these winners will see their banners featured at the top of our Forum during the summer months, prioritized by their rankings/votes! Honourable Mentions: Ryonea Krytonis Bila If in the future (not this year though since we're full) we'll feel the need to add some fresh banner up there during the summer months, the honourable mentions will be our first choices. Thanks again to everyone who participated and voted, see you on the next contest. Now we've covered all 4 seasons so for the next theme we may go with something new and different! __________________

2014-07-13, 02:01	Link #157
Flower Blooming on the mountain Join Date: May 2010 Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....	I am definitely looking forward to the nice freshly minted summer banners! Many thanks to all! __________________

2014-07-13, 03:46	Link #158
Krytonis Koomi-kun~ Graphic Designer Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In the distortion of space and time..	Congratulations to all the winners! Everyone's banners were amazing and it must have been a really tough competition. I am perfectly happy to be part of the Honourable Mentions since I tried to improve myself compared to the Winter contest I took part in. This is a big achievement for me. Thank you all! __________________

2014-07-13, 12:41	Link #159
crimsonflair Support Class Join Date: Sep 2013	Congrats to all the winners of this contest! Can't wait to see them soon!

2014-07-14, 21:15	Link #160
Ryonea Smiling beauty Graphic Designer Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Indonesia Age: 35	I barely made it and glad that all of my favourites also made it to the winners. Seeing them put up properly on the forum do feel nice and for some reason it matches the "summer" atmosphere in my area (it's warm yet also very cold because the sun shines brightly but the air is freezing + it almost rains all day ). Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated and voted! __________________