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#1 --shadow-of-death--

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Posted 09 April 2007 - 04:02 AM

i played around in attempt to get a smudge and came up with the effect in the following tutorial.. be very picky with the render you use here.. some renders dont work for this style.. i started with a diff render and didnt like the look near the end sorry..

outcome:
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tutorial:

start by making an image of your chosen sig size with a black background..

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now open your render.. i used this one:

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if you didnt cut your render out properly, go to layer> matting> defringe.. choose 1px..

to make the render fit in your sig, press cntrl + T for the transform tool.. make the render fit..

dupilcate the render layer 4 times..

with the top layer, set the blending mode to overlay and the opacity to 50%..

leave the second layer..

with the third layer, go to filter> blur> motion blur..

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on the fourth layer, go to filter> distort> shear..

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on the same layer, go to filter> distort> wave..

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now the last thing on this layer is to go filter> blur> gaussian blur..

play around with the slider bar until it looks something like this:

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with the fifth layer, go to filter> blur> motion blur..

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duplicate this layer twice and use the move tool on the 2 new layers to put the blur on the left and right sides of the sig..

it should look like this:

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make a new layer above the rest of the layers.. choose a nice brushset to suit the style of your sig.. i suggest [click] for decorative or [click] for c4d..

brush around the render on the background but not on the render itself.. it wont look nice but it will soon.. it should look like this:

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set the blending mode to overlay.. it will now look like this:

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now we need some touch-ups.. it doesnt look so appealing yet..

make a new layer above the rest and go to image> apply image.. use default settings..

in this layer, go to filter> sharpen> sharpen.. set the opacity to 50%..

make another new layer and go to image> apply image..

press cntrl + B and use these settings:

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go to image> adjustments> brightness/contrast.. use these settings:

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make another layer and apply the image.. go to filter> render> lighting effects.. drag the box at the end of the line until you get an angle like this:

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set the opacity on this layer to 20%..

put your text on the sig..

now make one last layer and hit cntrl + A and then edit> stroke.. choose 1px one the inside with the colour as black.. after this, get the single row marquee tool and zoom the image to 1600%.. highlight the line under the stroke at the top of the image.. fill it with black.. do this for 4 lines under the stroke at the top and over the stroke at the bottom.. leave the sides as they are.. and youre finished your sig.. heres how it should look..

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and if you really put some work into it you can get an outcome like this one

#2 jayx20

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Posted 14 April 2007 - 12:48 PM

thats awesome man

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Posted 22 April 2007 - 07:36 PM

nice tut :D..

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Posted 26 April 2007 - 10:03 AM

Thanks for the tut! Mine didn't come out nearly as cool as yours but this is what I got...
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Posted 10 May 2007 - 07:42 PM

I love this tut, heres what i made
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Posted 15 October 2007 - 05:20 AM

Nice tutorial. Might try it out sometime. Thanks! :)

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Posted 17 October 2007 - 02:23 PM

Thanks man
This is great
nice skillz on it!
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