Full Signature Tut [Photoshop] [Advanced users]

[paradox]

Really Good tut on how to do a beutiful sig, i found this way all by myself lol.

Step 1:

Start off with a 300x130 with white background:



Step 2:

Get your Favorite Brush, No matter Grunge or Abstract, Just don't use the defaults.


[tip: Don't use the same brush over and over again, use a quanaty of brushes]


Step 3:

The render, If your asking about the Coloring of the back ground, Don't Worry, thats when the render comes in to Play.

Find your perfect render any where you would like. Now Cut the render out and paste it to the back ground you just made.


Step 4:
Select the Render layer, Copy it,then click on the copy and go to filter>Blur>Motion Blur, and just fool around with those settings i Recomend:

Angle: 0
Distance: 40

Step 5:

In order to fill the back ground you might have to copy the motion blur layer a couple of times.

And Set all the copies to Overlay.

Step 6:

Click on the background layer and Go to Image>adjusments>color Balance

Make the Back ground color kinda match the color of the render so it makes it look good.


Step 7:

Click on the Laso, and select the out side edges of the render, make sure your feather is 5 or it won't work as good.[make sure your on the render layer, not the copies, or the background]
Then Right click>Select Inverse then delete


Step 8:

Add Sum Text that looks good, and your set.


I hope this Tut wasnt confusing. I don't know if it is or not.

Feed back would be most apreciated, Bad Comments teach me to make better tuts, good tells me what i did right.


Here is Similar Result, Different Bushes and different Size.

[Michael]

Wow, that is a pretty nice template, Paradox! (it's great to have you hear by the way.) One thing that I would suggest is not setting all of the layers to Overlay. Perhaps set all but the top. Then have the top layer on normal (or even hardlight if you want the details of the lower layers shown clearly) and change the opacity of that top layer to 70ish. I'm thinking about 73-75. Play around with it and see what comes up. Also, I would try to keep the name you are placing on the sig as clear as possible. The effect you have going with it is great. I like the blue smog look that matches the kind of eerie backgeground. Finally, finish it off with a border to kind of "capture" what you've done and not to let it run off. ;]
I really enjoyed looking through this tutorial, Paradox. I look forward to seeing a lot more from you.

[paradox]

Thank you Michael, Im glad you liked it. It was my first time in ages writing a tutorial since i left www.flashindustries.com mabey you heard of them? I was a mod there, and made preety good tuts. But any way. lol, Got lil off topic, Thanks for the feed back, and yes all that really helped me out. I will make More Tutorials Later on. I have a bit of knowledge that i can share

[Andrew]

Wow looks amazing, And i lovbe the turn out, The render is so well blended.