do you guys like starting big?

[M4x]

when you make a sig do you guys like starting big then adjusting the image size as you go?

[Flow]

i know what size to make it by the stock size

[.nautilus]

I usually like starting big when I have enormous stocks. For instance, my halo sig started at 600x225 because my stock was a 1600/1200 wallpaper.

[hottik]

I like a preset size for my sigs... then i judge what stock or render i'm going to use. After I find what one I then pick what type of sig i'm ging to make and then the it flow.

[Ralic]

I do the same as hottik :)

[xcine]

It depends really, I don't have a set way of doing it.
Sometimes I'll start bigger and crop it as I work with it and sometimes I'll use a preset size.

[Ralic]

I honestly dont know what you guys mean by starting big when making a sig.

I set my canvas at a size, and make my sig fit it ;)

[M4x]

When we say starting big we mean making the canvas size big then adjusting the actual image size as we go

[Hardcaw]

No I don't. I seem to find that reducing the size of a sig after it is done results in it losing a lot of detail and quality.

[Ralic]

Yeah, thats happened to me once :)

Loosing quality sucks :(

[.GJ]

No I don't. I seem to find that reducing the size of a sig after it is done results in it losing a lot of detail and quality.[/b]

I agree with that however i keep in mind that i am going to shrink the image size at the end so make my effects slightly bigger.

I always used a set size until about 1 week ago when i realized that starting big and then shrinking comes out looking really good and it is easy to get a good size at the end ouf it because you can crop unwanted bits and also shrink the size which makes the effects looks small but precise and cool :)

[Kadie]

No i just make the sig the size i want it from the beginning.

[laxatk]

I usually have my preset size and then just adjust the stock/render accordingly. Pretty much the only time i ever scale it down or crop is when im doing photo manips.

[PinkElephant]

Need to try adjusting it... Sounds interesting!

[Hootnnuts]

i start with a size and keep it that way...

[.GJ]

i start with a size and keep it that way...[/b]

I used to until a few days ago xD

So much better starting big xD

[dacavman]

i start with a size and keep it that way...[/b]
I pretty much do the same except when i have finished making this sig, if i have too much neg space then i crop it

[.Nitrate.]

No, I just set it to the normal sig size I use and go :P

[Lovely★Complex]

Nope, I just choose a size based on the stock and stick with it.
I only ever shrunk the tag size once and found I hated it at a smaller size.

[chrissk84]

I crop the stockto the size I want and then go.
I never ever start bg and then scale it down later or whatever.

[storm_eagle22]

start at double the size you want your final to turn out

that way you can do some crappy brushing and detail work that will look pro once sized down

[muse]

i always start with the size i wanna finish with, and i just crop every layer [otherwise photoshop tends to lag a lot]