Post by Tim Capps on Nov 25th, 2013 at 3:02am
Pretty easy. I jus took a screenshot of an airplane and edited it in a free "photoshop" program called paint.net. Nothing fancy. I think that picture is based on one I used as the title of my AVSIM review of the 757. But any picture that can be made into proper banner dimensions can be used. Putting text on -- including your name -- is easy. You just select the text tool and type! Whatever size, color you want. Captain Sim also has their own pre-made banners, but I prefer something that gives scope to my meager creativity.
If you would rather just send my your favorite screenshot, I could put whatever you wanted on it. Remember, though, it has to be able to be long, rather than square. (Although you can "extend" a uniform blue sky background by just copying and pasting the sky until you have enough for your text.) Graphics are handy, though, in case you want to post screenshots, or illustrate a support issue.
As for putting it at the bottom of the messages, there's a place in your control panel for options (look at your 'User CP.") That includes your signature. Your signature can be just text (like my recent flights) or an image, too. Once you have your image -- that conforms to the Captain Sim forum rules -- you need to post it on some hosting place like imageshack. Once it's up there, imageshack will give you the little code string for a direct link from your hosted image to your signature.
All this sounds a WHOLE lot more complicated than it really is. If you find an image you want to work with, we'll get you set up.
http://imageshack.com/a/img51/2741/5apo.jpg
It's just that simple.
If you would rather just send my your favorite screenshot, I could put whatever you wanted on it. Remember, though, it has to be able to be long, rather than square. (Although you can "extend" a uniform blue sky background by just copying and pasting the sky until you have enough for your text.) Graphics are handy, though, in case you want to post screenshots, or illustrate a support issue.
As for putting it at the bottom of the messages, there's a place in your control panel for options (look at your 'User CP.") That includes your signature. Your signature can be just text (like my recent flights) or an image, too. Once you have your image -- that conforms to the Captain Sim forum rules -- you need to post it on some hosting place like imageshack. Once it's up there, imageshack will give you the little code string for a direct link from your hosted image to your signature.
All this sounds a WHOLE lot more complicated than it really is. If you find an image you want to work with, we'll get you set up.
http://imageshack.com/a/img51/2741/5apo.jpg
It's just that simple.