Sig question

[Etaphreven]

Err, in Photoshop.:D

Let's say the whole image is 1000x1000 pixels

Layer 1 has the background (till that border), like in Culebra's sig. The background is smaller than the size of the image, let's say 800x800. The rest to 1000x1000 is transparent. (Select his sig here on your browser so that you can see what's transparent aswell.)

Layer 2 has those ships that come out of the sig, for example. Now remember, the whole image is 1000x1000 while the visible background is only 800x800. The ships are placed on the edge of the so-called background, but on this layer.

Another way to think of it is to imagine that layer 2 doesn't overlay layer 1. Imagine that layer 1 is 800x800, and that layer 2 is around it and transparent. Now imagine putting something a ship render for example so that it's on both layers.

... does that make any sense?:P