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Originally Posted by TheDrunkenDwarf
Our limits are 450 pixels wide by 250 tall. Everything you need to know about hosting a signature file can be found in this thread. |
Further to this, and by way of example, ThunderAxe's sig (above) is 350x139, and my sig is 400x60. Often you're constrained by the image you choose to use as your sig, but also you can obtain a more artistic sig without any loss of information or compromise of layout in a smaller area (my sig as an example). My previous sig was 400x100 and took up significantly more vertical space, and to be honest I much prefer the smaller version - it's less obtrusive.
Don't feel you have to make a sig at the maximum size we allow.
Ultimately, resize / crop your background (assuming you have one) to the size you wish you final image to be, then work at that resolution - the end results are far better than making a large image and shrinking it down as you get a better idea of the end result.
Oh yes, and work in layers - much easier to alter, hide, adjust and position text and other element's if they're on their own individual layers.