[iGamer]

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a tech signature like this.



Part 1: Getting Started

1. You will need the following brushes for this tutorial. Please download them and install them.

*Big Brushes 200 Tech Brushes
*Big Brushes 200 Tech Brushes Vol. 2
*Rust 'n Grunge
*abstractTieskevo
*Nightsky Brushes
*Other types of Tech, absstract, grunge, brushes may be used.

2. Make a new canvas size 350x150px with a transparent background.

3. On the first layer go to Filters>>>Render>>>Clouds. You may keep pressing Ctrl+F until you get a nice cloud you desire. This is what I have.



Part 2: Brushing

4. Now with your Brush Tool start using your Rust n' Grunge brush. Just choose random onces and brush it onto a layer. Also make sure to change the color of the bursh to sometimes white and sometimes black. Do this brushing to several layers. For example make one layer black and one layer white. This is my result. I went kinda easy on the gurnge brushes. I made it really light and did not put alot of detail. But every sig depends. You can't copy me. You have to bursh until you fell you burshing is good.



5. Do the same thing as step 4 but now use the abstractTieskevo burshes. Here is my results.



Part 3: Renders

6. Now you will have to find a good render. For tech sigs you will need to find special types of renders such as mech, cars, robots, etc. The render I used is below.



I had a lot of trouble finding GOOD mech redners. So when I found the good ones, I saved it to my PC and I will post these so you guys can use it.



7. Now you will have to cut out the render and resize it. First of all before you resize it, make sure your render is in a new canvas, not the canvas of your sig. Then go to Image>>>ImageSize. Make sure the follwoing are checked: Scale Styles, Constrain Proportions, and Resample Image. Also change the Resample Image to Bicubic Smoother. Then on the top under Pixel Dimensions change either the Height or the Width to one you want. This is what I put.



8. Now drag the render layer into the sig canvas. You do this Left clicking on your render layer and holding onto the button and then dragging the layer into the sig canvas.



9. Now your render is in the sig canvas. Now make sure your render layer is select and then press Ctrl+U. Now we are going to reduce the color of the render so we can better blend in the render. Lower the Saturation to -50 or any other number you like.



10. While the render layer is selected, go to Layer>>>Layer Style>>>Drop Shadow and leave the settings to default and then click OK.

11. We need to do one last thing before we finish off the rendering part. While your render layer is selected, take out your Lasso Tool and on the top change the Feather to about 20px.



Now with your Lasso Tool go around your render but don't be too carefully. Just carelessly go around your render.



Now go to Layer>>>Add Layer Mask>>>Reveal Selection or you can click the button shown in the picture. That button can be found in your layer pallet.



Now you should have something like this.



Part 4: Finishing off the Sig

12. Above all the other layers make a new layer and this is going to be our border layer. Now press Ctrl+A and then go to Edit>>>Stroke and put these settings.



Now do this again but for the size put 2px and for the color choose a color that is diffrent from all the other colors in your sig. I choose red. Now do do this again but color black and size 1px. You should have something like this now.



13. Take out your Magic Wand Tool and then click on the RED (or whatever color your choose) and then press DELETE on your keybord.



14. Just to make sure we are on the right track, so far you have have the layers in this order.

Border
Render
Layers of the abstractTieskevo burshes
Layers of the Rust n' Grunge brushes
Clouds

15. Ok above your abstarct brushes layer, make a new layer and start using the Nightsky Brushes. Remember like I said before. Just choose random onces and brush it onto a layer. Also make sure to change the color of the bursh to white. Do this brushing to several layers.



16. Now this is best part you guys have been waiting for. It is the part where we use the tech brushes. Take out your Tech brushes and then create a new layer above your Night Sky burshes layer and put these Blending options on it by going to Layer>>>Layer Style>>>Drop Shadow.



So now ever time you create a new layer for the tech brushes, just put those settings. Now start brushing with your tech brushes. Just choose random onces and brush it onto a layer. Also make sure to change the color of the bursh to white. Do this brushing to several layers. For each each layer with tech brushes your have, try to lower the Opacity of that layer to make it look better. You don't always have to do that. You just need to know when it looks right with or without the lowered Opactiy. In this tutorial I didn't lower the Opacity but when I made a tech sig before I did lower the Opactiy. Here is my result.



17. Ok we are almost done. Now we just need to add some color to the sig. Before we do that lets make sure we are on the right track. Make sure your layers are in this order.

Border
Render
Layers of the Tech burshes
Layers of the Night Sky brushes
Layers of the abstractTieskevo burshes
Layers of the Rust n' Grunge brushes
Clouds

18. Ok now select to Render layer and then go to Layers>>>New Adjustment Layer>>>Color Balance. Now and new window should pop up. In the Tone Balance part choose Midtones. I the Color Balance part, just play around with it until your get the color your best desire.

19. Repeat step 18 couple of times. This is my result.



20. This step is optional but I did it because my sig looks a litted to light or faded. I am going to make it stand out more. Go to Layers>>> New Adjustment Layer>>> Brightness/Contrast. Now mess around with the brighness and the contrast to make your sig better.





Part 5: Text

21. Sorry but make sure once again that your on the right tract. Make sure your layers are in this order.

Border
Brightness/Contrast Layer
Color Balance Layers
Render
Layers of the Tech burshes
Layers of the Night Sky brushes
Layers of the abstractTieskevo burshes
Layers of the Rust n' Grunge brushes
Clouds

22. Since we are making a techy sig, then we will need a techy font. The font I used is Acens. Also another good font you can use is called 01 Digitall. There are alot of many other techy fonts out there but you just need to look for them. A good site to look for them would be www.dafont.com. If you are going to add a subtext like me, then you can use the pixel fonts like Visitor.

23. After you have got the right font, just put the text in your sig and it should be under the color balance layer. Now you can just add Blending Options to the text layer to make the sig blend int more.

Final Product





This tutoiral is credited to KillSpanGFX

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