Well, this sig was made a long time ago, I lost it because the site it was on went down, and all my tutorials were lost. Here it is Oh an umm, creds, reps are appreciated pls ty. Hi Anyways, I will start working on this tutorial today, though I doubt I will finish today. This tutorial will cover the following: -Backround Brushing -Coloring -Render -Text Now, lets get started. Section 1: Backround Start off by making a new document I use the size 400x135. (Make sure backround is set to 'Transparent') -Select the PaintBucket Tool (M) and fill the backround with the color black. -Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) -Select a brush pack, and start brushing in White. http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3821/ctut19im.jpg After you get it to look something like this, Create a new layer, and start brushing over in Black. Ths is what it currently looks like: http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8875/ctut26nh.jpg I made about 2 more layers brushing over in black and white untill I got something I thought I can use, shown below: http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8663/ctut32au.jpg Seems to me like the backround is done, now we have to do the coloring :\ Section 2: Coloring There are multiple of ways to color your signatures. Really, theres plenty. I will be making tutorials in the future showing you on other coloring methods, but in this tutorial we will stick with the method I use, and the method hundreds of others use. This is one method I like. Heres what we do: -Layers>New Adjustment Layer>Color Balace Now, I wont take a picture and show you every colors I used, but I will tell you the settings I used. Midtones: 41 | -53 | +33 Highlights: -16 | -31 | -16 Shadows: -56 | -40 | 9 You should have a purplish colored signature in front of you. Next, do the following: -Filter>Render>Clouds Press Ctrl+F (To repeat the clouds effect) several times untill you get something you like. This is what mine looks like: http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4103/ctut48hd.jpg Now we will add another color balance level as we did just a minute ago. -Layers>New Adjustment Layer>Color Balance The colors I used were: Midtones: 75 | 0 | -68 Highlights: 40 | 0 | -41 Shadows: 44 | 0 | -40 Once again on the same color layer, go to Filter>Render>Clouds(Ctrl+F) -Repeat the 'clouds' effect several times untill you get a nice mix of the colors. This is what mine looks like atm: http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3863/ctut51wz.jpg Still, I am not liking the colors, so I will add another color balance level. -Layers>New Adjusment Layer>Color Balance This time, I used a differnet color, settings told below: Midtones: 0 | 58 | 0 Highlights: 0 | 19 | 0 Shadows: 0 |83 | 0 Repeat once again the clouds effect, and do that several times untill you find a mixture you are pleased with. Below is what mine looks like at this point: http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5152/ctut67vi.jpg Many people, especialy begginers at this step like the result, and move on to there render, however I do not like it, so I will add a bit more to it. To continue along, go to: -Layer>New Adjusment Layer>Brightness/Contrast... I used the following: Brightness: -9 Contrast: 31 From what I just had a minute ago, I got to this: http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/456/ctut7jpg0uz.jpg Note - You can also see my layers table, you should have the clouds linked with the color balance layers as I have it in my layers table. Erm, still feel like I need something, besides for render ofcourse. At this point, everyone should save thier sig as a .psd file, just incase the mess something up. Well atleast this is where I usualy save my psd files, before I start messing and trying new things. This takes be back to making the backround look better. Section 1: Backround - Blur Yea yea, I will add a bit more to the backround, but wont be using the brushes. - Hide your Brightness/Contrast layer. For all you GFX newbies, you can do this by clicking on the little 'Eye' icon located in the layers table on the left side of the layer that says 'Brightness/Contrast' After having the layer hidden, click on any other one of your layers and go to: -Layers>Merge Visable You should now have something like this in your layers table: http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1568/ctut80qn.jpg 1 Layer which is still hidden, your brightness/contrast layer, and your now to be called backround layer. You can un-hide the brightness contrast layer. -Click on the backround layer on the layer table, and press Ctrl+J (Doing this will duplicate your backround layer) -Filter>Blur>Motion Blur -Set that layers mode to - Overlay Hmmm, well I used this blur technique on 2 of my other sigs, and it turned out well, but foor the sig I have I just dont like the results. If you like it with the blur, keep it with the blur, if not, then remove the blur again. Move on to the next section. Edit: My sig looks good with a guassian blur and mode set to overlay with a lower ocapacity, That is what I will be using. For all of you, feel free to use whichever you want, or dont use it at all. Section 3: Render At the moment, this is what my signature looks like: http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5505/ctut94lx.jpg And I like it the way it is now. Some people cant use there renders well. Theres multiple ways of blending renders, tips, and hints on how to make it look better. Picking your Render If your signature looks bluish purplish, dont pick a render thats yellow and green colors. Pick a render that will most suite your backround. A more..., camoflauge render. Also, make sure the render you will use fits the theme of your signature. For example, the picture below shows my sig, and below the sig is a render. I would most definatly not want to use that render in my sig, it might blend a bit, sure, but it just, doesnt fit. http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1264/ctut106gx.jpg Some people might like it if I used that render, but I wont use it, I will still be looking for a render. Heres the render I will be using: http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1982/ctut117qt.jpg Resizing your Render The size of my render atm is 475x800. Too big. To make it smaller, -Image>Image Size - Change the width to 170, and the height will automatically change for you. Some people prefer to have the whole render shown in your sig, like this: http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/2940/ctut125as.jpg I dont like it so small, I will enlarge my render size to 210 for width, and the height gets automaticaly changed. -Select the Move Tool(V) and take-and-drag the render to your sig. Dont even know why I am saying this, if you dont know how to move your render to your sig, go do something else. -Once in the sig, duplicate the layer with the render. -On the duplicated layer, give it either a gaussion blur, or a motion blur.(Depends on which you used up there) Blah blah my render looks like ----, so I will use a different render that also looks like ----. Anyways, in a few steps your render will look something like this: http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9876/ctut138cl.jpg Disregard what I said above if I make no sense, bare with me, needed to edit several times and I am trying to get best results for all of you guys. Move the render to your signature, and duplicate the layer. On the duplicated layer, go to -Filter>Blur>Gaussion Blur I used a blur of 5.4, and set the mode for that layer to 'Screen' On the same layer with the blur'd render, go to Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast Mess with the settings, untill you get something bright to make it look somethin like this on the sides, almost like a light effect http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9876/ctut138cl.jpg After doing that, click on the layer with the render, the one that hasent been blured, and go to -Image>Adjustments>Color Balance and set the color to match it with the backround. Your render should look alot better now. (Make sure you only add the color on the render itself, not on the entire signature.) This tuorial was not finished, and I do NOT plan on finishing it, but I will start working on other tuts soon. Remember, Creds/reps appercaited.
nice tut, however, i think it would be liked a bit more( iknow i would) if i didnt have to click on EVERY link just to see a picture
Yea I know, but like I said, i lost this tutorial and this one guy saved it, so this is how I got it back, and i didnt feel like going throguth every image to put img. tag on it, and if I had the original version I wrote, it would have beem alottt more neater. The sections I made bold and underland, made italic text in some places Thanks for the help, but I know this lol. Rely on what I said above, maybe you'll understand why there not coded properly. <!--QuoteBegin-koolkidd theres no border or text ohmy.gif or blending[/quote] Yes, I know. Well, normally, I put the borders after I'm done with my sig, and if you read the intro of the tut, you would understand that it's not completed. The text I put in after I am done blending the render, and the render blending in that tut. is not completed.
how do you upload a sig to your signature when you post, I have an Elena From SFII Sig I did but i need to know how to post it. Thanx
ty for the comment <!--QuoteBegin-Noob Xaibot how do you upload a sig to your signature when you post, I have an Elena From SFII Sig I did but i need to know how to post it. Thanx[/quote] Go to you'r controls, which can be found at the top right hand side, right below where it has IRC, RULES, SHOP, etc., if you still cant find it, erm, then let me know.
Go to you'r controls, which can be found at the top right hand side, right below where it has IRC, RULES, SHOP, etc., if you still cant find it, erm, then let me know.[/b][/quote] No, what I meant, was once in that menu, after I click signature, what do I do next. Sorry for my Username Being so literal at this point :lol: I assume its got something to do with an image code in your signature or something? my sig is to large to upload to my site then link here (its geocities freesite-sucks).
Go to you'r controls, which can be found at the top right hand side, right below where it has IRC, RULES, SHOP, etc., if you still cant find it, erm, then let me know.[/b][/quote] No, what I meant, was once in that menu, after I click signature, what do I do next. Sorry for my Username Being so literal at this point :lol: I assume its got something to do with an image code in your signature or something? my sig is to large to upload to my site then link here (its geocities freesite-sucks). [/b][/quote] Go to www.imageshack.us to upload you'r signature, then after uploading is done, you will see a list of links. The very last link there will say Direct Link to Image, thats what you will need. Go to you'r signature, and use the image tags. Replace the () with [] (img)http://IMAGE URL THAT YOU JUST GOT(/img) Reps apperciated everyone, will get better tuts as soon as I can get the host to put the server back up
