Post your deskthority header images here

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Muirium
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15 Nov 2014, 11:19

Sure, just try some crops yourself. I did enough yesterday… (I'd start playing the world's smallest violin, but there's a waiting list.)

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ماء

15 Nov 2014, 11:21

yup, but win eror i cant open photoshop :lol: if not i've crop it 8-)
yeah the header is depiction of muri now :lol:

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webwit
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15 Nov 2014, 11:30


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ماء

15 Nov 2014, 11:31


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matt3o
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15 Nov 2014, 11:54


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matt3o
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15 Nov 2014, 12:04

I believe the worst keyboard on the planet deserves a place on the header :)
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ماء

17 Nov 2014, 12:23

Very nice header need more water theme :P
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matt3o
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17 Nov 2014, 12:42

this last one is very nice :)

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ماء

17 Nov 2014, 17:04

btw when i click images for header it automaticaly/preview the header changes, its new feature? :P

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Muirium
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17 Nov 2014, 17:07

Not quite:

http://deskthority.net/post34299.html#p34299

Although I see there is a wiki page for these I didn't even know about and haven't been updating. So join the TL;DR club!

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Madhias
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22 Nov 2014, 13:11

I made a header crop of the springs ماء mentioned, but from a similar picture, let's see how it looks:
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Some caps of the dirty beam spring keyboard i got recently:
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And an weird perspective of IBM caps:
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Muirium
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22 Nov 2014, 13:23

Springs is nice. SSK could use darker area on the left behind the logo. (Try shooting again from the reverse angle. The function row looks a good choice.) And I've no idea what all that grey's about on the other one! Badly exported Photoshop layers?

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matt3o
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22 Nov 2014, 13:26

I like them all madhias, I don't mind if the contrast with the DT logo is low actually

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Madhias
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22 Nov 2014, 13:29

It is no problem with layers, didn't work here with layers! It should be a cropped image with lots of grey. Like this:

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The SSK image i don't really like that much, it was some shot from a studio session, maybe i'll do it again, let's see!

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ماء

22 Nov 2014, 13:37

madhias wrote: I made a header crop of the springs ماء mentioned, but from a similar picture, let's see how it looks:
DT_Header_BeamSprings3.jpg
And an weird perspective of IBM caps:
i like this 8-) like hidden keycaps :lol:

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Muirium
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22 Nov 2014, 13:44

Ah, looks more confused when you're an administrator…
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Madhias
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22 Nov 2014, 13:47

Well, that's the load an administrator has to carry :)

mr_a500

24 Nov 2014, 14:51

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Oh, I see why this one was selected! The background looks like a Scottish tartan. In fact, it looks a bit like the tartan of... the Muir clan!

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Oh yeah... we're on to you, Muirium.

(just kidding - I like the header :D )

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Muirium
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24 Nov 2014, 14:53

My sect has additional duck motifs worked into the main clan pattern…

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seebart
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01 Jan 2015, 17:30

here are some of my shots as headers, update 1:
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I like the F barrel in preview. Works well in my opinion. That speccy header is great matt3o! Love it.
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Muirium
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01 Jan 2015, 17:43

#2 is okay. The Alps switches shot could use the focus on the right half of the picture, with blur behind the DT logo. Those work best.

I like #6: Cryillic AEK, but the colours are too grim. Needs a nicer light, or some tweaking I suppose.

Matt's Spectrum header would be better without the fake blur. (Blur is depth, and that's so flat it screams out fake to me!) I can play around with the original image if I lay my hands on it!

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seebart
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01 Jan 2015, 17:46

Muirium wrote: #2 is okay. The Alps switches shot could use the focus on the right half of the picture, with blur behind the DT logo. Those work best.

I like #6: Cryillic AEK, but the colours are too grim. Needs a nicer light, or some tweaking I suppose.
Yup I´ll have to play around a little with those. Their not right yet!

mr_a500

01 Jan 2015, 17:54

#1 is awesome! Ceramic gold pin chip, nice wavy traces, nice lighting on the "naked cage" - I love it.
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Muirium
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01 Jan 2015, 17:58

Logo readability isn't great though. But might be worth it in this case. I really do prefer authentic images over gradients and other fakery.

The best formulas for great DT headers are: put something solid coloured at the left, like a desk or a shadow; or focus on the right of the picture and get a nice smooth blur on the left. You want a smooth, preferably dark background for the header text.

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seebart
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01 Jan 2015, 18:10

I agree, the DT logo is not singled out in those. But I can resize and recrop. Sorry mr_a500 the chip got cut for logo space! ;)
Still needs some more work though. :x

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Muirium
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01 Jan 2015, 18:39

The Alps are much better!

Of course, you can simply make new posts to update the pictures. The thread remains easier to read that way. Not every image in here is guaranteed to make the cut. I'm the judge, after all!

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seebart
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01 Jan 2015, 18:43

Muirium wrote: The Alps are much better!

Of course, you can simply make new posts to update the pictures. The thread remains easier to read that way. Not every image in here is guaranteed to make the cut. I'm the judge, after all!
right but those images in my first try were really useless. I´ll make new posts with new pictures from now on. 8-)

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Muirium
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01 Jan 2015, 19:37

I put the two I think are good enough into rotation now:

http://deskthority.net/headers.php

Not a bad attempt!

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seebart
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01 Jan 2015, 20:11

Hey thanks! There's always room for self improvement.

mr_a500

01 Jan 2015, 20:13

Arg. What happened to the one I liked?

I agree that the logo readability wasn't the best, but it had all the elements I liked. Can't we find another crop for it?
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