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Title: HV Photoshop Tutorials: 1.1 - Designing Your First Signature
Post by: HiddenVenom on October 10, 2010, 06:30:35 AM

In this tutorial, you are going to create your first signature in Photoshop, with a simple design, and your name placed on it.

This is the PSD file for this tutorial: Link (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3887815/Tutorials/1.1/result.psd)

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Step 1

Create a New File. Set the width to 500 and the height to 125.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F1.jpg&hash=316e744796b9e9fcf57fb8005f09915b5ada5730)

Step 2

Rename 'Layer 1' to 'Background'.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F2.jpg&hash=b6903681cb0067f46efd972f695274ccc55a8a7f)

Step 3

Fill the Background Layer with black.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F3.jpg&hash=b5f4e94ad3057b9f23556b30cc79693b9d8e59bf)

Step 4

Create a New Layer and rename it 'Foreground'

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F4.jpg&hash=1c5f3dcc7b8b99009d52754072748a6514eed6ea)

Step 5

Pick out three colours on the colour picker that are similar to each other. I will use a dark blue, light blue, and a turqoise.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F5.jpg&hash=6bc84cc95b2771cd885b600744cf64d602d8f97d)

Step 6

Select the Brush Tool, pick your first colour, and then select the Soft 500 px Brush.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F6.jpg&hash=3039dfe22f2c94d5c679aaac88da854f1586fbb8)

Step 7

Single Click with the brush slightly off-centre.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F7.jpg&hash=34a9eb33c68d1dc1329d2a75037b45697864ecf9)

Step 8

Choose your second colour, and this time pick the 300px Soft Brush. Single Click to the top-right or top-left. Then choose your third colour, and repeat for the bottom of the image.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F8.jpg&hash=9d24bc58fb4434557575cfa3dcaf7e7c17127d20)

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F9.jpg&hash=5e921100dafaf8ad3dce453b972e7c30c38ef4f7)

Step 9

Now you are ready to add some text. Choose a font that you like (preferably sans-serif) and place it in the centre of the image. Your text should be black or white, whichever looks better.

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2F10.jpg&hash=2d38c111ee01b1bfcfc8c2541209274f5c7fa23a)

Step 10

Finished! You can now go on to the next tutorial, or continue with this piece in its following parts :)

(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F3887815%2FTutorials%2F1.1%2Fresult.jpg&hash=9567f22d76e5b07813094c8eb2faf3c899b4defc)