ShadyChiri new siggy

[davie.psp.cs4]

well i found a image and the girl in it looks shady so shadychiri sprung to mind :

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/shady.png

[iamsorry]

wow thats very emotive and beautiful, I was wondering if you could make a tutorial so photoshop newbs like myself can have a shot of trying to do similar work.

I am interested in making a sig for myself, s a tut would be great :) please !

[davie.psp.cs4]

i have never made a tut nor have i made a easy sig but ill try next time i do a sig ill try making a tut with it

[iamsorry]

thanks, looking forward to it :)

[Cuddles]

Another amazing job well done Davie good for you dear hugs keep up the good work

[_Ghost Rider_]

Yeah please make a tut so that i can also learn :)

[iamsorry]

Hey Davie, could u give me some pointers in how to liven up this image i made.

I dont like the embossing on the text is there any way to make it seem more metallic?

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs216.snc1/8320_311405920056_772760056_9175797_1564403_n.jpg

[Cuddles]

You can not use that size for a siggy so hope you would make it smaller please just to big. It is very dark as well need to lighten it up

[iamsorry]

lol cuddles its not meant to be a siggy :) its for my desktop :P

[davie.psp.cs4]

if you give me the original image and that font type im sure i could make that image shout out a bit more unless your set on doing it yourself ???

[~ZeR@TuL~]

http://i36.tinypic.com/ta4o3o.jpg
that one is from my user on www.mkdforum.org (http://www.mkdforum.org) my username there is ~ZeR@TuL~
and it says assasian on my sig now because i looked better than assassin

[Cuddles]

Sorry did not know it was for your desktop it will look great I bet

[Cuddles]

Here it is

[shadychiri]

Thanks alot Dave. Storm totaly disconnected me for 5 hours. i appreciate it :)

[davie.psp.cs4]

well you keep asking so i thought why the hell not and here it is :

Davie's Sig tutorial a easy step by step guide that will , if followed correctly help you make a nice sig for yourself.
Shall we begin :
the first thing we will have to do is install you a art program and crack it there is quite a few avalible but in this tutorial we will install :

PHOTOSHOP CS4

You will need a crack/fix so :

this is a personal links so do not repost :

PHOTOSHOP.FIX (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GUQ06744)

Save the above file (PHOTOSHOP.FIX) to your desktop

So lets download photoshop cs4 from here :

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Now all you need to do is download the 30 day trial ok get that clear just get the 30 day trial, intall the 30 day trial and when installation is compleate and it asks you for a :
product key
just select the 30 day trial and let it finish installing
once installation is compleate close the hole application and then on your key bord press Ait+Ctrl+Del for task manager then under the prosses tab look for :

Photoshop.exe

And end the task , then get the " FIX " i provided you with it should be on your desk top ?? and exstraxt the file thats in there called fix once extracted double click the file to open it then leave it open (inside the fix file is a dll file)
Now open My computer and double click c: drive then go :
Program files/Adobe/Photoshop cs4
scroll down and look for the file called " amtlib.dll " reaname this file to " 1amtlib.dll " and be shure it renamed the file
now get the fix file, up and drag the " amtlib.dll " from there in to the same place you just renamed that file in .
close all windows and start cs4 you will again be presented with a screen asking for a product key just quit this screen by clicking the " quit " button in the bottom left
" Are you sure you want to quit the application "
click yes ................ cs4 will automaticaly start full retail product and features.

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[davie.psp.cs4]

Now you need to know how to use it ..... its best off to start with a small creation then get bigger as your confidence grows and your tallent flurrishes, so hete in this part of the tutorial i will learn you how to make a :
500x175 Signature / Tag
so with cs4 open, got to :
File/New
a window will appear ... this window :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/sizepreff.png
use the settings exact to the screen shot .
Now we begin, we are going to need a stock image to work with so ill go deside what stock we are going to use you wait here .........

so ok we have our stock image :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/_explosion27oo.jpg
open it in cs4 and select the MOVE TOOL from the tool menu down the left of the screen :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/MOVETOOL.png
Drag the stock image into the new document you opend ( the 500x174 one ) :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/dragdrop.png
Nect in the 500x175 doc center the image you just added then we are going to free transform " Ctrl+t " and hold down shif while we resize the image and make it fit :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/fitimage.png
now select the " smudge tool " from the tool menu :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/smudgetool.png
then click the brush menu drop down :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/brushmenu.png
select the " leaf " brush :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/leafbrush.png
then open brush settings :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/brushsettings.png
and set as shown :

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http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/settings1.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/settings2.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/settings3.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/settings4.png
Then from the center out make small jagged strokes till you get this :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/smudgeeffect.png
Now we will need a " Render " so ill get one while you retrace the steps to be sure your good to go .....
Right then here is our render :

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[davie.psp.cs4]

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/9648_render_renders1.png
Open in photoshop cs4 and use the move tool to drag and drop the render in to your 500x174 document center the render and then free transform the render Ctrl+t and hold down shift why you resize the render :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/resizedrender.png
then in the layers display box :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/layerdisplay.png
Right click the render layer (it will be the top layer)
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/layerdisplay2-1.png
and duplicate the layer 4 times :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/layerdisplay3-1.png
Now select the 1st copy of your render :

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http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/1strenderlayer.png
(Notice the red circle around the eye , if you click the eye the layer is hidden only click if i tell you to)
again select the smudge tool and select the brush shown and then open brush settings and use the settings show :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/renderbrushsmudge.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/rendersettings1.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/rendersettings2.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/rendersetings3.png
now starting from the center smudge outwards then do the same on the layer above but try to create a different effect from the frist render :

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[davie.psp.cs4]

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/untitled2.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/aftersmudge2xlayers.png
now with the next render layer :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/untitled3.png
we anre going to " Blur " this image so got to filter :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/filter.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/filter3.png
and use the settings shown :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/blur.png
you should now have this :

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[davie.psp.cs4]

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/blur.png
now with the next render layer duplicate it once :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/duplicate1.png
withe the duplicated image we are going to again " Blur " :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/blur3.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/blur-1.png
now drag the top layer under the second making it the 3rd then duplicaye the top layer :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/dragundermake3rd.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/duplicate2.png
Now keeping the top layer selected select the smudge tool and then chose this brush with these settings :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/brushsettings1.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/brushsettings2.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/brushsettings3.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/brushsettings4.png
What tou will do here is just slightly smudge the edges of the top render once your happy with it right click the top image in the layer display box and select blending options when the window appears select " drop shaddow " and click ok then duplicate the layer, so now we have this :


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[davie.psp.cs4]

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/sofar.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/sofar1.png
OK so now we need to bring it to life , make a new layer :
shift+ctrl+n make this layer your top layer just drag it to the top :
Then apply image :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/applyimage.png
and click ok :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/applyimage2.png
Now got to image/adjustments/hue saturation :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/adjustments.png
move the " Hue " dial left and right till you find one you like i went for :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/afterhue.png
Now select the eraser tool and select a soft round brush and delte the eyes only :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/afterhue2.png
Next we add light there is 2 ways to do this and so you know them we will do both in this sig,
So i need you to go to Image/Adjustments/Brightness and Contrast
slide the dial left or right till you get a light you like
ive gone for this much :

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[davie.psp.cs4]

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/lighteffect1.png
now make a new layer then apply image and set the opacity to 52% :

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/opacitylevel.png
now select the layer below :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/lowerlayer.png
go filter/render/lense flare place the flare where you think looks best i have played around and settled for my opacity at 13% and my flare here :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/flare.png
now then all we do from here is add and delete so lets find a nice glowing picture to add ...
i have used this image : http://media.software.com*****psdmag/en/source_files/glowing-person1.jpg
now open with cs4 and drag and drop it on your sig
Resize it with ctrl+t and hold shift down till you have done resizeing
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/resized.png
Now where i have high lighted the word normal on the above image ... click the small arrow next to it and select "lighten"
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/lightenset.png
now in the layer dissplay box select layer 2 copy 7 :

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/duplicatelayer2copy7.png
Duplicate this layer and then make it your top layer : http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/toplayernow.png
Now select the layer below and duplicate it :

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/layer5duplication.png
Again make this layer your top layer : http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/deleteingsome.png
select a soft round eraser brush and erase around the face and eyes only : http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/changecolour.png
now go to Image/Adjustments/Hue and Saturation set the top dial as you wish i whised for :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/whatushouldhavenow.png
In the layer display box select layer 5 (your original image that is now your top layer) :

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/thislayer.png
and again go to Image/Adjustments/Hue and Saturation and set it to the same colour you did on the top layer:

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/nowweshouldhave.png

Now we need to finish it off so select your top layer and apply a new layer then apply image :

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[davie.psp.cs4]

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/lastone.png
Add a new layer :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/newlayer.png
Now in your paint colour selection options :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/colour1.png
Set them both to these colours :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/colour2.png
Now go to Filter/Render/Cloud's :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/smoke.png
Set the opacity to about 94% make it so you can just see the image :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/smoke2.png
Now select the eraser tool select a soft round brush and delete what i have here :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/lookssillyay.png
Look's pritty silly now ay ??? well select the smudge tool and then select this brush and size :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/brushtypesize.png
With these settings :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/endsettings.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/endsettings1.png
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/endsettings2.png
Then all your going to do is smudge the cloud effect layer in a circular motion till you get this :
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/finnished.png
And thats about it you can add text if you want even a border i did just to finnish the look off :

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm186/davieG-star/finnished2.png

Now all thats left for you all to do is go back to the top and do it all over again with a different render image and this time try your own effects i thingk
i just coverd the basic with this begginers tutorial
enjoy happy sig making
davie.psp.cs4

[Cuddles]

Some very nice work there Davie

[Streetz]

Thankz for the tut. And very nice sig. :) Good job.