Simple Sig background Tutorial for dummies.

**Caver** · 05-05-2008, 04:26 AM

Hello, this is for people who has no idea how to start with photoshop CS3

You can say its a "beginner's tutorial"

but anyways, follow these steps and click on the spoilers to make a cool looking background for your signature

Step1: Open up photoshop (duh) then go to File>New.. and make a 1000 x 1000 pixel plain white image

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Step2: Next, is going to your gradent tool in your tool set thingy most likey to your left

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Step3: Now make sure you gradient tool is set to all of this in the spoiler below, dont forget to change the mode to difference (as shown in the picture)

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Step4: Now drag your gradient tool across your 1000 x 1000 image horizontally while holeing "Shift", keep doing that untill you have something like this..

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Step5: Press Ctrl + j twice to make a layer & layer copy

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Step6: now go to Filter>distort>polar coordonates as shown

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Step7: Once the new window is opened make sure "rectangular to polar" is checked and click ok (do this for both layer and layer copy)

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Step8: Next, go to Filter>Distort>Twirl... on your layer copy

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Step9: In the twirl options make the twirl 100 degrees

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Step10: This is what you should have so far, also highlight layer 1

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Step11: Once again go to twirl for your other Layer only this time make it -100 degrees

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Step12: Right-click on your Layer copy then go to blending options..

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Step13: Now keep everything normal but go to Blend Mode and press lighten

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Step14: Now check if you have something like this or close enough to it

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Step15: Now rightclick on one of the layers and click on "merge visible"

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Step16: Once you merged your image together Press Ctrl+B to open one of my favortie Tools

Once opened, you can change the color to what you like,

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Step17: You can change the color of the shadows, midtones, and highlights, I went with this for no particular reason.

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Step18: Now go to Select>All or Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C to copy your 1000 x 1000 Image

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Step19: Go to File>New... and make your sig size here (I go with 400 x 125)

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Step20:Now Paste your Image and then using the tool marked as a black arrow (dont know the name lol) drag your image until you found a spot you like to put it as.

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Walla!

**Caver** · 05-05-2008, 04:38 AM

~*Very sorry for double posting but the images wont be found if I edit the post above*~

Note that my finished Image is low quality because of pasting and saving through MS Paint... The outcome is ALOT better!

UPDATE: It was missing picture 3 lol