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Make Hulk Forum Signature In Photoshop.

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This Text Effect Quickie will show you a real simple way to create a vibrant, poppy type in just a few minutes. It’s a great effect to use on promotional materials, posters, or even in website graphics!

Create a Papercraft Text Effect In Photoshop.

Create the Background

Go to FILE > NEW… and create a new 600px x 200px document with a white background. Check the image below if you are unsure about the settings.

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Now let´s create the gradient for the background. In fact, this is the gradient that we will be using for the text effect. It simply looked nice as the background too. 1 – Select the Gradient tool. 2 – Click on the gradient and the gradient editor window will open.

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1 – Create the new gradient using the settings in image below.
2 – Click on the NEW button and give it a recognizable name.
3 – The new gradient will appear on the gradients library.

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Select the gradient tool and then from the gradients pull down menu (1), choose the gradient we´ve just created (2). Select the ANGLE GRADIENT option (3).

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Check the image below to see how to apply the gradient. Place the cross on the top left corner of the image and drag it to the right.
It is very important to start (point 1) the gradient at the very top left corner of the image or even outside the image, but never inside the image, it won´t look good.
Since we are using the ANGLE GRADIENT option, it doesn´t matter where you release the mouse (point 2) as long as you keep the line horizontal.

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You should get a result similar to this one:

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<h2 class=”center” style=”margin: 40px 0pt 10px;”>Prepare the Text</h2> This stage involves much more than typing a word. You will have to create a layer for each character of the word. That´s because we will be using Layer Styles. And each letter will have its own Layer Style assigned to it.
Before starting, download the

and install it on your system. To install a font on your system follow these instructions for

or

After installing the font, select the Text tool, set 150px as the font size, and type the letter C.

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Press CTRL + ENTER (on PCs) or COMMAND + RETURN (on MACs) to release the tool. Click again with the text tool and a new text layer will be created. Type the letter R and release the tool again by pressing CTRL + ENTER (on PCs) or COMMAND + RETURN (on MACs). Do the same over and over until you have all the five letters on a different text layer each:

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Now we are going to arrange the letters to get the overlapped look of the final effect.

That should be fairly easy. Just select the MOVE tool, check the AUTO SELECT option, and drag each letter closer to the other and overlap them as much as you want.

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<h2 class=”center” style=”margin: 40px 0pt 10px;”>Creating and Applying the Papercraft Effect Layer Style</h2> To achieve the shaded paper effect we will create a single Layer Style and will apply it to each letter. Since each letter´s shape is different from the other, we will have to change the shading effect for each one. Go to the LAYERS PALETTE and select the layer with the letter C in it. Then choose GRADIENT OVERLAY from the Layer Effects popup menu.

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Copy the following settings, and keep the window open. DON´T press OK yet. Remember to use the new gradient we have already created some steps before:

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Now click on the DROP SHADOW Layer Effect and use the following settings. Keep the window open, DON´T press OK yet.

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Click on the STYLES option on the top of the window and then click on the NEW STYLE button and give it a name. The newly created style will show last on the list of styles. Now you can press OK to close the LAYER STYLES window.:

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To apply the new style to each letter you must select a layer (1) and then click on the new style on located on the STYLES PALETTE (2).

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Repeat the same for each letter. Don´t worry about the results. They will look incorrect but we will deal with that later. You will end up with something like this:

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<h2 class=”center” style=”margin: 40px 0pt 10px;”>Giving the Final Touches to the Papercraft Effect</h2> Although the effect is complete, the simulated paper cuts don´t look good. Let´s correct that. Go to the LAYERS PALETTE, select the layer with the letter R and click on the tiny arrow at the right (1). This will display all the Layer Effects of the text layer. Double click on the GRADIENT OVERLAY effect (2). This will open the LAYER STYLES window displaying the Gradient Overlay settings.

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Move the LAYER STYLE window until you can see the letter R. You should do this because you can only edit the gradient position of the letter R while the LAYER STYLE window is open.

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First, type -90 in the Angle setting of the Gradient Overlay window or you can also drag the gradient angle selector until it reads -90 degrees. DON´T CLOSE THE LAYER STYLES WINDOW YET.
You will see how the letter R gradient has changed its rotation and it is vertical instead of horizontal. In the next step we will move the gradient a little bit to the left to make it look better.

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You should still have the LAYER STYLES window open. If not, then open it as explained a couple of steps above. Now check at the top of the screen and you will se a message that says Click and drag to reposition the gradient. This means that while the LAYER STYLES window is open, you will be able to exactly click and drag the gradient inside the letter R, and reposition it at will.

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When you are done, close the LAYER STYLES window. You image should now look like this one:

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To reach the desired result, you should continue tweaking the rest of the gradients until they look like the final result. Check the image below to see a diagram of the changes you should make:

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<h2 class=”center” style=”margin: 40px 0pt 10px;”>Giving a Touch of Color</h2> The effect is finished. Since each letter has its own Layer Style, you can change the color of the gradient to whatever you want, as long as you keep the sharp paper cut shading effect. Let´s do something simple. Create a new layer at the top of all layers. 1 – Select the last layer (the T layer in this example). 2 – Click on the ADJUSTMENT LAYER icon and select SOLID COLOR. 3 – A new color fill layer will be created and the color picker window will open at the same time.

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Choose a color. Any color you want. You will be able to change it later. In this case we used #FFA200. Click OK and the layer will be filled with that color.

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After that, Go to the LAYERS PALETTE and from the BLENDING MODES pull down menu (1), select SOFT LIGHT (2).

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Finally! Here´s the finished Papercraft Text Effect. Try it with different fonts and with different colors. Post your results on the comments section at the end of this article.

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NOTE : ALL CREDITS FOR THE ORIGINAL TUTORIAL MAKER

Ok, this is an easy tut with a nice outcome, FF fans are going to love it! .PSD file is available for free download, scroll down for it.

So… lets get started. Make a new canvas, 450*150 px. This is the typical signature size allowed in forums, but if you want to make is smaller or bigger, that is up to you.

Final Fantasy Midnight Rain tutorial written by Lorelei © www.loreleiweb.com

Fill it with the #1a2c6f , dark blue colour.

Now you would need a pic of some FF girl. We based our sig on this wallpaper: http://www.vetton.ru/fantasy/6561.html (go there and save it to your computer.

Take this picture, duplicate it as a new canvas and re-size, to 33% of its actual size to get a smaller version.

Paste the big version unto your signature canvas, and move it so that the face will be on the right side.

Set the opacity of the layer with the face to about 30% or a bit more, we dont want this image to be dominating.

Duplicate this layer.

While the upper layer is selected, go to Filter >> Blur >> Motion Blur and apply these settings… Remember that the duplicated layer is also set to 33% opacity, not more!

This is what you go so far…

Now take the smaller version of the girl’s image that you have and paste it into the body of the signature, this time put it in the left side of the canvas, as shown on the picture below:

Using the Eraser tool with a smooth edge, remove the sharp line that separates the layers. Always use smooth edges, to avoid having same sharp edge just elsewhere on the canvas.

Make a new layer, fill it with white.

Go to Filter >> Render >> Clouds (while you still have dark blue as a primarily colour and white as the secondary) and apply the clouds effect to the new layer.

Go to Image >> Adjustments >> Brightness / Contrast and apply these settings to your clouds, to give them a more dramatic and visible touch.

Set the clouds layer opacity to 35% – 40%, and this is what you will get…

Using the eraser tool with smooth edges, remove the clouds from the small figure, in order to make it stand out.

Now we need to make an edge, before we forget.
Make a new layer, select the pen tool (not the brush!) with 4px master diameter and draw a box all around the signature. Make sure your line is staight. If you are unable to do it properly, hold the “Shift” button on your keyboard to use the straight line.

Go to Layer >> Layer Styles >> Blending options and apply this gentle shadow to your border. It will give a bit more depth to the picture.

This is the outcome of the border settings…

Make a new layer, fill it with white.
Go to Filter >> Render >> Fibers and apply these fibbers settings…

Reduce the fibbers layer opacity as shown on the picture below.

Now take a nice picture of a rain, with droplets.. You can use this one we pulled from some free images stock.

Copy it to your clipboard and paste unto the signature canvas.
Set it’s opacity to “Multiply”…

Select the typing tool and type a word over the signature. You wrote Midnight Rain”, but this is very very personal. We used the font called “moonstar”, available free at dafont.com

After having typed your word, apply these settings to the text, in order to give it an extra dreamy and deep effect.

Reduce the text fill to 35%.

Now that we know, more or less, how our canvas looks and organized, select the layer with the small girl image and go to Filter >> Render >> Lightening Effect. Apply this light over her face. We used a light purple colour – #e1e5fe

That is it, you are done! This is your result.

Fantasy Art for beginners – mysterious moonlit night written by Lorelei © www.loreleiweb.com

Believe it or not, but from a few ordinary photos and some primitive brushes, we will make this:

OK, despite the rather impressive outcome, this is a very simple
tutorial, you wont need more than a few brushes and a few pictures.
Most of it is a mater of technique.

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