Loki. said:
1. I didn't lower the opacity of "Shinjiro" but I took it down a little on "Atae". I added more effects to the text though, like the all forbidden bevel&emboss, and a gradient overlay. (edit: Oh poo. The emboss on atae made it more obvious that it was before. :| I'll fix that on the third revision.)
2. Got rid of most of the scanlines, since the guy at PC didn't like them, but kept a little because Raito says they're okay at the bottom. :| You can't really tell anymore though.
3. Again, the super painful brightness/contrast on my older tags was really not my fault. ;; *points to monitor* The proof is in this tag, how much less ouch it is compared to the ones before I adjusted my screen. <-- Doesn't apply at PC, since nobody harped me on the brightness/contrast. xD;
4. Got rid of the black vector brushes. They weren't doing much other than blocking the smudge from view anyway. :|
5. Fixed the over-exposed gradient in the back.
6. Did Useless' suggestion to apply the image and erase it with a spatter brush to fill in the empty space.
7. Made the border... um. Blacker? :/
8. Added two photofilters to make the lighting less icky. :|