treva
ICC Chairman
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to make a very nice and effective signature using the simple program, photofiltre. In all i will make a few tutorials but my first one will be the simplist first.
I will be making this signature:
Step 1:
Firstly find your picture. If you are looking to make a cricketer signature, Cricinfo is the best place to look. Now once you have your picture positioned on your document (signature forum rules are 300x100) find the polygon tool
Step 2:
Now once that is selected go around the edges of your render, so in this case sachin tendulkar playing a shot. click to set the lasso around the render and click when needing to turn. This is what you should come up with by the end of cutting:
Step 3:
Then right click in the area selected and a drop down options list should appear. Click on the 'Inverted Selection'
Now you should have something looking like this:
Step 4:
Now go to Filter > Color > and choose an option from there. In this case I will be choosing grayscale but Sepia and Revive/Tarnish Colors are also good.
You can add effects before grayscaling it by going to Filter > Artistic and then choosing an effect. Smudge Stick looks good.
Now your document should look like this:
Now if there are other areas that have not been grayscaled like in between the arms, repeat step 4 by cutting that inside bit and adding your chosen color (Grayscale or Sepia ect) like so:
But remember to right click and undo the inverted selection otherwise your whole signature apart from the chosen part will be highlighted.
Step 5:
Now time to add a border around your signature. Go to the rectangular tool above the polygon tool and select the whole signature. Then go to Filter > Frame > Simple Frame
Then you should get some options to choose and set it to this
Step 6:
Now to add text. Click on this icon at the top
Now choose your font, Size, Bold/Italic, Colour and then click on the effects page to add stroke (an outside line of colour) and shadows.
You should end up with a final signature like this
Hope you found this tutorial easy to follow and hope you are able to make great signatures using photofiltre
There will be more tutorials on the way so watch this thread.
I will be making this signature:
Step 1:
Firstly find your picture. If you are looking to make a cricketer signature, Cricinfo is the best place to look. Now once you have your picture positioned on your document (signature forum rules are 300x100) find the polygon tool
Step 2:
Now once that is selected go around the edges of your render, so in this case sachin tendulkar playing a shot. click to set the lasso around the render and click when needing to turn. This is what you should come up with by the end of cutting:
Step 3:
Then right click in the area selected and a drop down options list should appear. Click on the 'Inverted Selection'
Now you should have something looking like this:
Step 4:
Now go to Filter > Color > and choose an option from there. In this case I will be choosing grayscale but Sepia and Revive/Tarnish Colors are also good.
You can add effects before grayscaling it by going to Filter > Artistic and then choosing an effect. Smudge Stick looks good.
Now your document should look like this:
Now if there are other areas that have not been grayscaled like in between the arms, repeat step 4 by cutting that inside bit and adding your chosen color (Grayscale or Sepia ect) like so:
But remember to right click and undo the inverted selection otherwise your whole signature apart from the chosen part will be highlighted.
Step 5:
Now time to add a border around your signature. Go to the rectangular tool above the polygon tool and select the whole signature. Then go to Filter > Frame > Simple Frame
Then you should get some options to choose and set it to this
Step 6:
Now to add text. Click on this icon at the top
Now choose your font, Size, Bold/Italic, Colour and then click on the effects page to add stroke (an outside line of colour) and shadows.
You should end up with a final signature like this
Hope you found this tutorial easy to follow and hope you are able to make great signatures using photofiltre
There will be more tutorials on the way so watch this thread.
