User Bars

If I wanted to make a user bar, how would I go about doing so?
Thanks in advance.

 

whats a user bar?

 

<div class="quote_poster">echo369 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">whats a user bar?</div>

The thing under my sig

The one that says Maxdaman91 with an Arsenal badge and an Argyle badge and then DYC Member

 

I can make userbars, the one max is using was made by me.

 

You think of posting tutorials of how to make them Wolf?

 

theyre really easy. ill post steps later.

 

if you want me to do it just tell me what you want to be done and il lgive it a go (i want to do one lol)

 

http://www.tutorialtomb.com/upload/pictures/userbartut.gif

i found this tut on google for a user bar...

 

and then to make it into an animation all you have to do is this:

lets say youve got 3 layers.. you go to 'Window > Animation' and a little box opens, you get the three layers youve created together and then you duplicate the top layer and put one up the top and one down the bottom.. then you click the 'next frame' button (or whatever the button is) and then drop the opacity by 10 or 20 (dependin on how long you want it).. do this until the opacity is 0 and then do it to layer 2 and 3 and then stop.. then press play and it should work..

 

The only thing then is you save it and it will go lesser quality because it has to be a GIF to be animated. Does anybody know of a way to save an animation with good quality? And not saving it as a flash/swf file.

 

What program do I use?

 

Photoshop. Everybody uses Photoshop and basically everything that's made and posted here is done on Photoshop.

 

Sorry I thought it was different for user bars.

 

nah you just change the canvas size thinner

 

<div class="quote_poster">Hudge Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Sorry I thought it was different for user bars.</div>You don't have to use Photoshop. You can use programs like Fireworks (formerly made by Macromedia, bought out by Adobe, who make Photoshop) or even Paint Shop Pro, but Photoshop is top of the pile and most professional graphic designers use it, so it's definitely the best for amateurs like us who just make sigs and user bars.