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Grunge/Smudge Signature - Apr 04 2006
This tutorial will teach you how to make a signature with using grunge and smudge effects.
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Step 11

Now we are going to place some simple colors on the background, it can be done in a lot of ways, but this time I just choose the easy way and I put a color balance above the very first layer (with the clouds on it). Play a bit with the color settings until you think it looks nice.


This is how mine turned out:

Step 12

Now all we need to do is add some text and put a nice border around it.

First the border:
Make a new layer on top of every other layer, now press ctrl+A, and it will select your whole sig. Then go to Edit> Stroke and add a one pixel border around your sig, it looks best when you use a color that is in your sig.

Now on to the text, I didnt want to make the text to big, because we want people to look at the brushing and smudging, and not at the text. Make a new layer under your border layer and type your name. I used these settings:


Some general tips for the text:
-use a color that is in your sig,
-use a font that is easy to read
-And always use the AA settings.

Now I used Edit> Transform > Rotate it untill you get something like this, and put the text in a corner:


As you can see I also added a little butterfly on the dot on the i, just to give the text that extra touch;
This is how I did it:
1: rightclick on your text layer and choose Raterize Type
2: now zoom in and witht he Erazor tool (E) delete the dot on the i
3: make a new layer
4: Then I added the butterfly like brush (i think it comes with ps) and placed it on the right spot

Completed

If you followed everything here, your sig should look something like this and you are finished :)

This tutorial is paginated, please navigate
[ Steps 1-2 ] [ Steps 3-4 ] [ Steps 5-6 ] [ Steps 7-8 ] [ Steps 9-10 ] [ Steps 11-12 ]

Final Image



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