Spood Sig tutorials using GIMP 2.4!!!

[Spood]

Well, I am going to put a bunch of sig tutorials (if I do that many) here.
#1: A Brushless Signature Tutorial. Basic
Open up a new white canvas with the dimensions width: 400 height: 125, in other words 400x125!

Go to:
Filter>Render>Clouds>Plasma

Tick the randomize square or you can enter the seed number like mine. It doesn't really matter!

Your canvas should now look something like this:


We are now going to make the image colorless.
Go to:
Colors>Desaturate. Just click desaturate, do not worry about anything else.

Your image should look roughly like this:

Now to add some color, YAY!!!
To do this go to:
Colors>Colorize. Use the slider to find a color, try to match your render.

These are my setting I will use to match my render.


Now we are going to spice it up with some effects!
Open up the layers window by pressing Ctrl + L. Click on the layer you have been using, which should be called Background, and duplicate it by pressing the little button on the bottom.

Your layer window should now be like this:

With the copy selected, go to:
Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur

and use these settings: Horizontal and Vertical: 13

Open up the layers window again and we are going to change the layer mode. You should use either "Overlay", "Color" or "Soft Light". Test which works best for you. I used "Soft Light"

Mine looks like this now:


Time for the render!!!
Find a render you like from either http://www.planetrenders.net or http://www.gamerenders.com and save it. I'll be using this one:

Create a new layer and paste your render into it. If your render is too big resize it by using the scale tool.

Duplicate your render layer and paste the render on the layer so many it times that it covers the canvas up!


Make sure that layer is selected and do another Gaussian Blur.
Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Set both boxes to 18.

Now we have to change the Layer Mode on the blurred layer to "Overlay" and move the original render layer above the blurred layer.


Now we get to add some text! You can get some cool font from www.dafont.com, then you save them to your desktop, right click>install and then refresh the font panel in Gimp!
I'm going to be using a font called Space Patrol and The Quiet Scream
Use white as your text color and select the Text Tool, giant T. Click anywhere on the image where you want your text and type in what you want.

Set the layer mode on the text to "Overlay" and duplicate until you like it. I only duplicated mine twice.


Now time to add a border. Make a new layer and make sure your foreground color is Black. Press Ctrl+A, which selects all and then go to:
Edit>Stroke Selection. Make the line width 2 and press Stroke. Then press Shift+Ctrl+A to deselect all.

CONGRATZ!!! YOU JUST FINISHED THE SIG!!!
Here's my result, I added some extra text as well:


Post your results and comments below!!!

-Spfd

[BFM_dStruct]

Great Work Spood!

[BFM_JANE]

Thanks Spood! I wish I could make sigs, but I don't have the patience to learn. Well, I certainly have the time now, maybe I'll try it out.

Side note, you've have gotten sooo much better at making sigs, you're up there with the best of them. Your sigs look great and I like your style a lot!

[Spood]

Awww, thanks Jane ... hmm maybe I'll make you a sig with a tutorial i got off -db-Inferno(H!_Voltg3)

-Spfd

[BFM_MiG]

nice tutorial

[Mith]

Thats a great tutorial, awesome job!

[Dragster]

Wow nice!!

[D:]

nice now i can make sigs

[D:]

thx spdf i made this one http://i40.tinypic.com/2qjhrn6.jpg

[Spood]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

Thats awesome Basanio!!!!!

-Spfd

[Soz 0wned U]

Cool!  My thread needs a bump and a good upgrading .
Nice work.  Maybe though dim the advance stuff down and make a beggeniers way.
As so people can follow it very easyily and not get confused by more advanced stuff,
not saying yours is bad its awsome

[BFM_JANE]

I'm going to make my first sig ever, and it's going to look a lot like the one posted here. Stay tuned!

Side note: Spood, do you always spell "color" like that? What a disturbing lack of the letter U!

[Soz 0wned U]

JANE Is LAME!  Aussies spell it with a "U" like colour and .......... more words

[Spood]

No, i spell it colour like i spell other things differently, metre for example. but i spell it color because its easier for you "americans" because some might be a little "slow"!!!     and because when i change the colour of my font i need to put it as color!

-Spfd

[BFM_JANE]

LOL

And don't spell down to us! >.<

You aussies and your special U and -re...

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