Created December 2003 © §harang© - Sharang's Place

Please do not place or copy this tutorial without my permission,
you are more than welcome to link to it with a text link.

This tutorial is written for PSP7 and assumes you have a good
working knowledge of the PSP tools.

Any resemblence to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.


Supplies Needed

Paint Shop Pro
The Font I Used - Here - Gessele.
My Supplies - Here - This includes the tube and my mask.
This wonderful tube is by Audieanne at Montage Menagerie.
Many thanks Audieanne.



1. Open the tube and mask in PSP. Minimise the mask for now.
Shift & D to duplicate the tube and close the original for future use.
In your layer palette, click on the watermark layer to make it active.
Layers > Delete.
Image > Resize by 50% Bicubic Resample, All layers - Unchecked.
Image > Rotate > Left > Free = 15.
Effects > Sharpen > Sharpen.
Minimise this for now.

2. File > New using these settings :

3. Set your foreground to a dark colour from your image
you minimised earlier. I chose #684865.
Set your background to a lighter colour. I chose #A476B2.
Set your foreground to gradient and set it as follows :

4. Floodfill your new image with this gradient.

5. Masks > New > From Image using these settings :

6. Masks > Delete.
Click on yes to the pop-up window.
Effects > Sharpen > Sharpen More.
Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel using these settings :

7. Image > Canvas Size using these settings :

8. Bring up your tube that you minimised earlier.
Edit > Copy.
You can now close that tube as we've finished with it.
Click back on your new image to make it active.
Edit > Paste > As New Layer.
Using your mover tool, position the tube to where you're
happy with it, you can see my finished sig as a guide.

9. Set your foreground back to solid colour, keep
both foreground and background colours as they are.
Using your text tool add your name using these settings :

10. While your text is still selected go to
Selections > Promote To Layer.

11. Image > Rotate > Left > Free = 45.
Effects > Sharpen > Sharpen.

12. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel.
Use the same settings as before but change br> the depth to 2.
Using your mover tool, positiong your text to the left.
Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.

13. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow using these settings :

14. Click on your Crop Tool.
In your Tool Options Palette, click on Crop Settings.
Select Opaque Area - Current Layer checked.
Click on Ok and then Crop Image.

15. Layers > New Raster Layer.
Layers > Arrange > Send To Bottom.
Floodfill this new layer with white.

Layers > Merge > Merge All (Flatten).

Save as a JPG and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial and you like your new sig.





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