Engel:
Signature Tutorial
Ok, this is my first attempt at a tutorial so bear with me... im using ps CS. Well then, lets get started, this'll just be full tutorial but a basic one. Hope it helps some of you out...
Start of by opening ps (duh) and creating a new file 400 x 150, im using a transperant bg. Ok now that we have that done go filter > render > clouds. You should have something basic like this now...
Ok, now lets get our brushes out... im using brushes called 'Funsize Abstract'... ok now create a new layer and click on this layer to make sure its the one we're brushing on. Then just brush around until you get something that looks alright.
This is what I got...
ok, now to make it look a bit more better lets play around with the layers levels... to keep this basic we'll just use auto level option. Ok click on the cloud layer, then go up to image > adjustments > auto levels. This will make the cloud a bit more darker and lighter.
So now i have this...
Ok, now lets add a lil colour to the sig. Staying on your cloud layer go; image > adjustments > colour balance. Normally you'd just play around until you get a colour you like, this is what i used and what i got...
Midtones: -12, 0, +19
Highlights: +24, 0, -29
Shadow: 0,0,0
Heres what mine now looks like:
Ok now lets start working on our other layer; click on your brushed layer and lets start fiddling with it. First hit crtl+e to merge the two layers together, now go image > adjustments > colour balance. Here is what i did this time;
Midtones: +27,0,-34
Highlights: +24,0,-30
Shadows: +22,0,-20
Here is what i came up with;
Ok simple enough bg, now we need some stock. Here is the stock i used;
Its in png so it will have a transperant bg. Now then, as we know its too big so lets shrink it a bit. Go to image > image size. Make sure that constraint proportions is ticked! I made the height of mine 400 pixels. the width should shrink to the right size automatically...
click ok, now then get your rectangle tool and just select the image, dont worry if you get the bg because it wont show. Select the image and hit crtl+c to copy it. Now then lets return to our sig...
Just click on your sig and hit crtl+v to paste the stock on it. Then do some basic placement to where it looks good. This is what i have now...
ok then, lets do some blending. I decided to set my blending mode on hard light; this is done by just clicking on the scroll down option list currently set to normal, when you click on it a bunch of options should appear, just click on hard light. If you cant find this let me know... its in the layer window where your layers are.
Ok now then grab your lasso tool and set it for 15pixel feather (again if you dont know how to do this just let me know and i'll post it up) and just go quickly around the edges of your image... this is what i got;
Ok, now go layer > add layer mask > reveal selection
you'll notice now that the area you selected can be seen but fades into the bg, simple blending... now if you want you can click on the burn tool and just muck around and make some parts of your bg darker... but since some of you might not want to i'll just skip that part. Ok time for text...
Click on your text tool and then just select where you want to type your text... nothing special here just type what you want there... now add a border. Just alt+crtl+shift+n to create a new layer, make sure this is at the top of your layers, now grab your rectangle tool and select your entire sig; and edit > stroke, mine is 1pixel and black and placed in the center. click ok.
now you have a border, you can add some scan lines and what not else if you want... anyway this was my quick finished result. Anything you didnt understand just let me know and i'll try and explain. Hope it gave out some tips lol.
