signature tutorial.

[Demon link]

Please not, this is not my tutorial. But this is extreamely helpful for noobies e.g me .

The Background

1. OK, lets start by creating a 320x100 document with white background in photoshop. Then Press "D" on your keyboard to have your colors reseted.

2. Go to "Filter/Render/Clouds".

You will have something similiar to this:


3. Create a new layer. Then get the brush tool, and start brushing with black color on the layer. (A good place where you could find good brushes is www.deviantart.com).

4. Create new layer, change your color from black to white, and start brushing again.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 few times, each time using different brushes, untill you are satisfied with your result. This is what I got:


Render and Colors
1. First, you need a render image. I will use this one:


2. Open your render in photoshop, and drag it onto your signature. Scale it down in size, and position it as you wish. To scale it down to size press CTRL+T.

3. In the "layers" window, click on "create new fill or adjustment layer", and then choose "Color Balance"


4. Choose your favorite color, and click OK. I used these settings to get a nice purple color.


The result:


Text and border

1. Now let's put some text on the signature.
Get the type tool (press "T" on the keyboard), choose a font you prefer, and type your name on the signature with white color.

2. In the layers window, click on "add a layer style", and then choose "Outer glow"


3. Apply these settings:


4. Create a new layer, and with the pen tool, draw a 1 pixel black border arround the signature. Then under that border, draw another one with white color.

5. Your signature is pretty much complete now. Don't be afraid to play around in photoshop changing things. After adding some effects, this is my final product:


Mods, I think this should be stickied.

[Amoriale]

Well, you might think th mods should stickie this but it's still a sig tutorial. Should the other ones be stickied?

Anyway, I'm guessing this is for photoshop, right? It's a very nice tutorial. I hope to one day try it, but I don't have photoshop.

[Razekial]

Originally Posted by Demon link

Please not, this is not my tutorial. But this is extreamely helpful for noobies e.g me .

You may want to post a link to where you got it.

Mods, I think this should be stickied.

Why?


The tutorial, it's OK. I'm not too hot on the outcome, and I think that sigs are extremely limited if you simply brush a background and paste in your render, as it is here. I'd suppose it could act as a gateway for newbies to get into more advanced techniques, though.

[Demon link]

Originally Posted by Razekial

You may want to post a link to where you got it.



Why?


The tutorial, it's OK. I'm not too hot on the outcome, and I think that sigs are extremely limited if you simply brush a background and paste in your render, as it is here. I'd suppose it could act as a gateway for newbies to get into more advanced techniques, though.

Well, it is for beginners, but the origonal link does'nt work, sorry.

[sea]

It's tutorials like this that have caused me to disable forum signatures.

[Keaton]

Okay, so I get to the Color Balance part, but then the whole image becomes dark red (the color I chose)... >.>

[.Hog]

Dee, you brush-whore. The sig is just clouds, brushes, and mosaic. I definitely agree with sea.

Not original...jk...but not really.

[Demon link]

Lol, I never made the tutorial, I am in the process off uploading my one on to youtube.

[Silent Angel]

Where did you copy and paste/ get this?

[Amoriale]

Well, did you get ermission to use this tutorial? Next time you should make your own.

[e_alert]

Originally Posted by sea

It's tutorials like this that have caused me to disable forum signatures.

Seconded. Or is that thirded? Or fourth'd? Or fifth'd?

I'm not sure what's worse: the outcome of the tutorial, or the pure genericy of the method.

[Hiro]

You tutorial is most nice. Here's what I made from it.



I learned a few things from your tutorial, as I have made sigs before. I also used one of those scan line tuts, too.

[LinkRanger]

Wow. A tutorial on how to make crappy sigs like a 12 year-old. Bravo.

[Necco]

Originally Posted by LinkRanger

Wow. A tutorial on how to make crappy sigs like a 12 year-old. Bravo.

Haha, wow. I actually think this is a good tutorial for a beginner to Photoshop. It's written okay, it's result example could be better. Ohwell. :/

[Umi]

Wow guys, its not that bad of a tut, nor is it that bad of a sig. At least hes contributing something to the tiny list of tutorials on here. Plus, he might really help someone using Photoshop whos not quite as 'skilled' as you all are. Ever heard of constructive critisizm? How is this not considered flaming? Damn guys, get over yourself.

Thanks for the tut, Demon Link.

[GoldStud]

Wow. Guys, its not that bad of a sig. And its not that bad of a tutorial. Some people could learn something from this. Stop attacking it like starved hyenas, at least. Jeez, Sea, I'd think you should know better, being Admin and all.

[Rantick]

the one problem with tutorials like this is you usualy get the same sort of outcome.So when people show off their sigs they look like they ripped each orthers work.Though good tutorial anyway!

[e_alert]

Originally Posted by Rantick

the one problem with tutorials like this is you usualy get the same sort of outcome.So when people show off their sigs they look like they ripped each orthers work.

Well, they did rip each others' work.

[F3]

It's like some sort of unholy compounded rippage. Maybe we could insert these simple formulaic sigs inside one another and see if some sort of paradoxical Escher-esque pattern emerges! It would certainly be more interesting.

[dantheman338]

Thanks for the tutorial mate, learnt alot more about makin good sigs, i hope mine can look even half decent as some of the ones i've seen floating around.