1. Make a good looking sig background, here's mine. Now make a new layer above every other layer *Go ahead and use it as a sig background for yourself if you want, I don't care.* http://img112.echo.cx/img112/1101/tut11ww.jpg 2. Now, using the Polygonal Lasso tool, HOLD DOWN SHIFT *gives you straight lines* and trace around until you get something like this.... http://img106.echo.cx/img106/4905/tut22be.jpg 3. Right Click and press Select Inverse, then, using the Paint Bucket tool, fill it all in Black. *I made the right part too thick, I know, bite me* http://img132.echo.cx/img132/7957/tut38zb.jpg 4. Now, Right Click the border's layer, and click Blending Options. Go to Styles, and use the DARKER version of the 2 styles I provide *uploaded at the bottom of this page* and you should get something like this. http://img198.echo.cx/img198/9932/tut41vw.jpg 5. Next, using the Rectangular/Elliptical Marquee Tools *and to be extra creative, use that Polygonal Lasso and Shift thing we talked about earlier*, delete parts of border to get something like this. http://img186.echo.cx/img186/5224/tut54tv.jpg 6. Now that looks pretty nice, but it now we can see through it! Oh noes!!!11 Which is why we'll be making another tech border UNDER your current one. So make a new layer, put it UNDER your first tech border, and get tracing with that Polygonal Lasso and Shift untill you get this. http://img39.echo.cx/img39/4931/tut69zc.jpg 7. Now Right Click, Select Inverse, and fill this one in Black using the Paint Bucket Tool again. http://img39.echo.cx/img39/9977/tut77os.jpg 8. Right Click this second tech border's layer, and go to Blending Options, and use the LIGHTER version of the two styles I provided. http://img220.echo.cx/img220/4606/tut83lr.jpg 9. Now you can add some minor details into the second tech border's layer. http://img235.echo.cx/img235/6405/tut94ll.jpg 10. Those look neat, but grey on green? To change the colors, you can do 1 of 3 things. 1) Under the borders' Blending Options, go down to Color Overlay, and mess around untill the colors look acceptable. http://img235.echo.cx/img235/2791/tut1016fg.jpg 2) Put these two layers below your Color Balance layers. *Usually looks better* http://img235.echo.cx/img235/641/tut1024kk.jpg 3) Just leave it like it is. 11. Now we're done, just add some text! For tech borders, you can strategically place text in the "grooves" or in the center. For my text, I put the text layer under the tech borders, and added a drop shadow. http://img201.echo.cx/img201/9867/tutfinalu5yg.jpg I'll admit the border in my sig looks better, but this isn't about me, it's about you, so post your results and good luck! Put the Style thing in Photoshop->Presets->Styles
Ty for the tut. Really helped a lot with making borders. I'll post my border tonite when my hosting is working
