Steven P. Founder Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) Scenes for Neowin After the upgrade it will be possible to change the header to suit your preference, we've included a few examples but the subject of copyright will crop up, we need to have images there that don't cause issues for us in the future. So.. Before we launch and the short time after it we're asking members to submit scenes for us to include in our customize section. Any that are submitted must be free to use and by submitting you agree to waiver all claims on the image. This is a great feature and personalizes Neowin somewhat for everyone. To clarify the feature, it will not be possible to upload your own image to use in the header, if we allowed this it can be abused (ie: going into a shop, logging in and uploading a pornographic image for all to see). They will be uploaded by Neowin staff for inclusion. Please view examples below: Default header: Custom "Space" header: Custom "Space2" header Dimensions for Scene headers need to be 990x85 px You do not need to make the tabs or Neowin logo, as you can see below, the examples are simply backgrounds. Remember: Any images used may not contain copyrighted material, so please try and be creative and use your own creations. The two examples below may be used for dimensions and tab placement. PPS: Scenes do not work on the forums, because the forums are not fixed width. This is a main page feature only, unless we can come up with something for future use. To help you design, you can use the following Scene template overlay to see how the other header elements fit on top of your image. When submitting to us, however, we need the image alone http://b6.s3.p.quickshareit.com/files/scen...atezip7f54f.zip Edited January 12, 2010 by Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Author Founder Share Posted January 12, 2010 Bump, as this topic was moved from the staff forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Share Posted January 12, 2010 Your letting the features go too early! There has to be some suprises ;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 Do the tabs and Neowin logo automatically import onto the image as they're transparent.. Or do we need to make the tabs and the Neowin logo too? I've got some pretty spiffy ideas already kicking around in my head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Author Founder Share Posted January 12, 2010 The images, as long as the dimensions are kept, automagically work with the tabs and logo ;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 Anyway we could add our own tabs and logo? *Hopeful.* Edit: Here's one to get the ball rolling: Comes from one of my fractals on deviantArt that I designed. :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Share Posted January 12, 2010 Anyway we could add our own tabs and logo? *Hopeful.* That is ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 That is ridiculous. Actually I had an idea for a pencil / hand drawn / crayon drawn logo and tabs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Author Founder Share Posted January 12, 2010 Cool Minifig :p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Share Posted January 12, 2010 Actually I had an idea for a pencil / hand drawn / crayon drawn logo and tabs. That makes more sense, but there needs to be consistent company/site branding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 That makes more sense, but there needs to be consistent company/site branding. Says who?! This is all about customization! I'm all about customization and I've found something I can really participate in on this site.. without bombing out within the first month. :rofl: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Author Founder Share Posted January 12, 2010 Anyway we could add our own tabs and logo? *Hopeful.*Edit: Here's one to get the ball rolling: Comes from one of my fractals on deviantArt that I designed. :) Thats nice, remember to try and make the design fit with the tabs and logo kinda like the space ones do in the examples. So you get another example of how the logo and tabs sit over the header bg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Share Posted January 12, 2010 Says who?! This is all about customization! I'm all about customization and I've found something I can really participate in on this site.. without bombing out within the first month. :rofl: I like the idea of a crayony logo. Or a green Tron-style logo :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2010 Just a heads up, scenes also work on colors. So if you want to have the red logo + site, you can have that + your bg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 So you get another example of how the logo and tabs sit over the header bg. Wow.. :blink: :woot: . That looks sharper than I thought it would! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2010 Timan, perhaps you're able to mock up a PNG overlay they can use to test whether the designs work with the tabs? No - the tabs themselves aren't customizable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Author Founder Share Posted January 12, 2010 Timan, perhaps you're able to mock up a PNG overlay they can use to test whether the designs work with the tabs?No - the tabs themselves aren't customizable. We're way ahead of you Rob ;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 Right, by my calculations, the Neowin logo should be in the middle of the spiral here. This is yet again another one of my fractals. I hope this one overlays the way I intended it to! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckboii Share Posted January 12, 2010 the two space headers are nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Share Posted January 12, 2010 Heres mine - geeky! With neowin look basic background Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Author Founder Share Posted January 12, 2010 Right, by my calculations, the Neowin logo should be in the middle of the spiral here.This is yet again another one of my fractals. I hope this one overlays the way I intended it to! Nice! see first post for the template or download here http://b6.s3.p.quickshareit.com/files/scen...atezip7f54f.zip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) Nice! see first post for the template or download here http://b6.s3.p.quickshareit.com/files/scen...atezip7f54f.zip Edit: I found a .dll that lets me open photoshop files in paint.net! Check this out! Edited January 12, 2010 by Minifig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Arrow Share Posted January 12, 2010 Install GIMP, PSDs work there, unless you're attached to Paint.NET. :p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2010 Someone can convert the PSD to a transparent PNG presumably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Share Posted January 12, 2010 Actually, got it working guys. :] Time to work on more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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