Kinda Figured out how to do this. Let me know what you think! :D:eek:

 

I guess i could have made it a little bigger

It looks like you just took a picture and MS Painted some text onto it. Needs lots of work. Hehe.

Text is shoddy. You could easily crop out more of the vertical and make it 400x100 successfully and still keep proportions nice and pretty. Also, add some effects. Sigs like that need something extra -- sometimes even just a border -- to be "complete" or else you just have a screencap with text on it.

It looks like you just took a picture and MS Painted some text onto it. Needs lots of work. Hehe.

 

Text is shoddy. You could easily crop out more of the vertical and make it 400x100 successfully and still keep proportions nice and pretty. Also, add some effects. Sigs like that need something extra -- sometimes even just a border -- to be "complete" or else you just have a screencap with text on it.

pretty much what he said,cep i'd like to add nice try though:p

i'd like to add nice try though:p

Absolutely. Don't get discouraged. Keep working on your sigs and look around for tutorials; there are SO many out there.

 

So keep on keepin' on!

thanks guys. That is pretty much what i did. i have never done this before. I am going to try and find the tutorials. thanks for the constructive criticism. Would be good if y'all could post some links.

try this one

 

http://www.thearmory.cc/forum/showthread.php?t=20993

 

j/k

try this one

 

http://www.thearmory.cc/forum/showthread.php?t=20993

 

j/k

You comedian LOL.

 

Gamerenders.com

 

planetrenders.com both have renders and tut sections.

You comedian LOL.

 

Gamerenders.com

 

planetrenders.com both have renders and tut sections.

Ok Klinkster. I am reading up on how to make a cool sig, so i start with a theme ( a pic of some sort) then in need background. They are calling it a CD4 render. What is that?

I have been looking around and just downloaded adobe Photoshop. i still dont know how to make these things. I dont understad how to layer and insert photos and all that stuff. I have looked at the tuts and they are to advanced for me. I am a noob when it comes to this stuff. Would love some help.

If you can get on Vent, I can give you some tips and help you through a signature, but just to immediately address the things you have talked about in your last two posts --

 

1.) What you called a "theme" is more commonly referred to as a "render", which is just a cutout of a character or person.

 

Render = Cutout of person or thing. Stock = Picture. It can be of anything. A stock is just a picture. You will hear these two terms very often.

 

2.) C4D is a program that is used to make 3D objects.

 

3.) To layer something, just click, in the bottom-right corner (by default), the "Create New Layer" button.

 

4.) To insert a photo, you can generally just click-drag. Open sig (400x100 palette), open picture, click picture, drag picture onto palette. Then press Ctrl+T and hold shift while you resize.

ya, what he said.

 

You start with background

Click new then make it 450 X 100 (that is our biggest size possible on the forums).

Now you have a blank sig of the correct size.

Find a pic you like or "stock" and save it to your desktop so it's easy to find.

Make a new layer.

In photoshop hit ctrl + o and a browse box will appear now choose the pic and it will open in PS.

Drag it onto your sig and size it how you want. Here you can use just part of the pic or size it to fit the 450 X 100. Mess around with the picture now to make it how you want, maybe a gaussian blur to make it seem further back than your render that you are about to place in the sig. This gives you depth.

A good way to mess around is make 3 or 4 duplicate layers of the background pic. Hilite the bottom one and ripple it for instance. Now hilite the next layer up and erase parts. This will show the ripple from underneath in the spots you erased and you still have parts clean.

Now and a render and make a few duplicates of it too. Do the same kinda things to it and see what you come up with. This is pretty basic stuff.

Now flatten your layers and add a EDIT>STROKE of 1 px the same color as a prominent part of your sig or just use black.

There ya go. That's a pretty basic sig there.

 

I couldn't catch you in Vent before I had dinner, so... maybe some other time.

the sig masters are on the case

ya, what he said.

 

You start with background

 

Click new then make it 450 X 100 (that is our biggest size possible on the forums).

 

Now you have a blank sig of the correct size.

 

Find a pic you like or "stock" and save it to your desktop so it's easy to find.

 

Make a new layer.

 

In photoshop hit ctrl + o and a browse box will appear now choose the pic and it will open in PS.

 

Drag it onto your sig and size it how you want. Here you can use just part of the pic or size it to fit the 450 X 100. Mess around with the picture now to make it how you want, maybe a gaussian blur to make it seem further back than your render that you are about to place in the sig. This gives you depth.

 

A good way to mess around is make 3 or 4 duplicate layers of the background pic. Hilite the bottom one and ripple it for instance. Now hilite the next layer up and erase parts. This will show the ripple from underneath in the spots you erased and you still have parts clean.

 

Now and a render and make a few duplicates of it too. Do the same kinda things to it and see what you come up with. This is pretty basic stuff.

 

Now flatten your layers and add a EDIT>STROKE of 1 px the same color as a prominent part of your sig or just use black.

Thanks Klinkster. I am going to give it a try later today. I will show the outcome.

You comedian LOL.

 

Gamerenders.com

 

planetrenders.com both have renders and tut sections.

Klink,

I am trying to drag the pic into the layer and it will not go. I can open the pic, but it is in a whole different sheet. Not apart of my backround or layer 1. This is hard!!!

Here is one I put together.

 

oops, didnt mean to attach thumbnail.

 

 

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your getting there,keep on doing

Klink,

 

I am trying to drag the pic into the layer and it will not go. I can open the pic, but it is in a whole different sheet. Not apart of my backround or layer 1. This is hard!!!

It should be a new window within PS. If it won't drag then you might have to change it to RGB. It might be a gif or something else that won't match with the type of baackground that you have. IMAGE>MODE>RGB. After you change it you will be able to drag it as long as your background isn't locked. IF it is locked then just make a duplicate of it and drag it onto that layer.

Whenever i try to take a render and apply it. It is always to big. Then when i shrink it, it gets all distorted. What am i doing wrong. I look at the other sigs, and there is not distortion.

Well I completed my 1st attempt. Let me know what you think

Good no distortion.

 

You make the window big enough to get the whole render in the window. Drag from one corner towards the middle of the sig and it should stay uniform. It doesn't have to be perfect but close enough so it doesn't look bad.

 

Now you must work on blending the render into the background.

 

Using colors or part of the render as the background helps to blend it easier too.

 

 

I took the render and used it as the background. It is just enlarged and used Polar Coordinates filter to change the look then just enlarged it more to use the part I wanted for the background. The colors match the render nicely because they ARE actually the render. Color is important to match.

 

Just put the render on top now and you can blend it more then.

Check this one out

 

OK pretty hacky job here. You can see what I mean about blending though. Duplicate the sig then choose the bottom layer and do some filter on it. THen go to the top layer and erase some and it will look blended.

 

Of course there are many advanced ways you can learn but this is a basic idea.