Borders for vid caps

LD · 2008-01-20, 11:07 AM

I'm sure there's a name for them...you know those borders that go around vid caps that give a visual cue that there is a playable clip when you click the vid cap. The borders make your vid cap look like a Media Player window or something similar so the surfer immediately knows it's a clip.

I see them on pay sites all the time, and I would like to use something like that on my clip galleries.

Lemmy · 2008-01-20, 02:14 PM

If you're looking for something like this, just find a pic of any media player (or make one yourself), slap your thumb on it and link.

KG Gary · 2008-01-20, 04:09 PM

As Lemmy suggested to you, I make them myself.

While any media player is open, (not full screen), I press the Print Screen button on my keyboard, then paste that screen into my graphics program.
With some cropping and trimming here and there you can get some nice media player frames for your movie thumbs. I erase the middle of my frame to make it transparent. This allows it to sit nicely on top of my movie screenshots.

With a layers-based graphics program like Photoshop you can open the screenshots you have taken from your movies and use different layers to arrange them underneath your newly-created frame.
Copy and paste each screenshot into your frame project - under the frame layer.
Then show/hide the relevant layers to save each different screenshot as a new thumb, with your frame on top of each one.

Sorry if that was confusing.

An alternative is to simply put a big fat "PLAY MOVIE", or "SAMPLE CLIP", on each thumb. Or even find a media player icon and stick that in the corner of your thumbs.
A lot simpler than my long-winded tutorial-thing above, but a lot less pretty, and not what you asked for at all.
Maybe I should have shut up.

LD · 2008-01-20, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by KG Gary

Maybe I should have shut up.

Please don't shut up...

, that was very helpful. Lemmy, thank you too...again. (I owe you lots of beers).

Now, to see if I can do this without creating yet another cluster-fuck...

LD · 2008-01-20, 05:01 PM

Here's my first shot at it...I'll do some cleaning up, cropping etc, but this is basically what I wanted...so again, thanks!

http://www.lusciousdelights.com/test...mageplayer.gif

Lemmy · 2008-01-20, 07:01 PM

I took time out of my incredibly busy Sunday evening to make this tutorial on one way to create your own media player from scratch.

LD · 2008-01-20, 10:31 PM

Sweet!!

secretagentwilly · 2008-01-27, 10:05 AM

damn...that's pretty fuckin' sweet I might have to go with that...thanks...and good question luscious...hey lemmy, got any more tutorials? For the life of me, I can't figure out how to create good graphics...I know that's a big ass request, but for some reason, I just can't get started....I need to find some decent tutorials to get me started, I've looked on google and seems like the ones that come back in the search results are incomplete or flooded with advertising...and the fact that I'm lazy doesn't help the situation...either way, excellent tutorial..thanks again..

Lemmy · 2008-01-27, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by easymama

hey lemmy, got any more tutorials? For the life of me, I can't figure out how to create good graphics

If you can be a little more specific I might be able to come up with something. "Good graphcs" is a bit vague.

2008-01-20, 11:07 AM	#1
LD wtfwjd? Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,103	Borders for vid caps I'm sure there's a name for them...you know those borders that go around vid caps that give a visual cue that there is a playable clip when you click the vid cap. The borders make your vid cap look like a Media Player window or something similar so the surfer immediately knows it's a clip. I see them on pay sites all the time, and I would like to use something like that on my clip galleries. __________________ Artisteer Wordpress Theme Generator Create Custom Themes! My Little Network

2008-01-20, 02:14 PM	#2
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	If you're looking for something like this, just find a pic of any media player (or make one yourself), slap your thumb on it and link. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES!

2008-01-20, 04:09 PM	#3
KG Gary I can now put whatever I want in this space Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South East UK Posts: 744	As Lemmy suggested to you, I make them myself. While any media player is open, (not full screen), I press the Print Screen button on my keyboard, then paste that screen into my graphics program. With some cropping and trimming here and there you can get some nice media player frames for your movie thumbs. I erase the middle of my frame to make it transparent. This allows it to sit nicely on top of my movie screenshots. With a layers-based graphics program like Photoshop you can open the screenshots you have taken from your movies and use different layers to arrange them underneath your newly-created frame. Copy and paste each screenshot into your frame project - under the frame layer. Then show/hide the relevant layers to save each different screenshot as a new thumb, with your frame on top of each one. Sorry if that was confusing. An alternative is to simply put a big fat "PLAY MOVIE", or "SAMPLE CLIP", on each thumb. Or even find a media player icon and stick that in the corner of your thumbs. A lot simpler than my long-winded tutorial-thing above, but a lot less pretty, and not what you asked for at all. Maybe I should have shut up. __________________ Sponsors that used to convert with freesites Over 700 clean freesites

2008-01-20, 05:01 PM	#5
LD wtfwjd? Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,103	Here's my first shot at it...I'll do some cleaning up, cropping etc, but this is basically what I wanted...so again, thanks! http://www.lusciousdelights.com/test...mageplayer.gif __________________ Artisteer Wordpress Theme Generator Create Custom Themes! My Little Network

2008-01-20, 07:01 PM	#6
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	I took time out of my incredibly busy Sunday evening to make this tutorial on one way to create your own media player from scratch. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES! Last edited by Lemmy; 2008-01-20 at 07:11 PM..

2008-01-20, 10:31 PM	#7
LD wtfwjd? Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,103	Sweet!! __________________ Artisteer Wordpress Theme Generator Create Custom Themes! My Little Network

2008-01-27, 10:05 AM	#8
secretagentwilly You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 637	damn...that's pretty fuckin' sweet I might have to go with that...thanks...and good question luscious...hey lemmy, got any more tutorials? For the life of me, I can't figure out how to create good graphics...I know that's a big ass request, but for some reason, I just can't get started....I need to find some decent tutorials to get me started, I've looked on google and seems like the ones that come back in the search results are incomplete or flooded with advertising...and the fact that I'm lazy doesn't help the situation...either way, excellent tutorial..thanks again.. __________________ HandRodeo.com - The Best Adult Sex Cam Reviews - JoyToy.us