Saturday, September 05, 2009

How to create your own Signature

create your own SignatureHello there! I'm back (once again!!). This time, with How to create your own Signature, this is a really cool trick, which took me some hours write it down, but I think that's GREAT!!! Just so you know... this post is dedicated to my dear Meryl for her question about 'how adding some signature for a picture'.

Like I said before, PSD Holic will show you doods a quick and easy way to convert your signature into a really cool vector Photoshop Custom Shape. D'ya guys remember about How to install and manage brushes and other presets? This technique also works nicely for converting line drawings or even comic illustration as well.

Surely... It makes a little assumption that you doods have at least a working knowledge of using the Pen tool (P) to manipulate Paths. Also, if you’re planning to play along at home, so... you’ll need to be able to scan your best damn signature (or take a photo of it) and bring it down into Photoshop application.


Well, NO MORE WORDS... LET'S DO IT!


The first step in this process is of course to get your own signature from the paper into Photoshop. The funny thing is.. here I use a red stabillo to make mine, d'ya hve any idea bout it?!?!? lmao!!!


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Duplicate your blurry signature layer by simply pressing Ctrl + J. Lets call up the Levels dialog and increase the contrast between the black and white areas of this image. Press Ctrl + L to bring the Levels dialog up and grab the black point slider at the bottom left of the beautiful histogram and drag it to the right until sufficient contrast has been achieved.

See this gorgeous image below, lol, and change the blend mode of your signature copy layer to Multiply, the dark part becomes more darker with this kinda process.



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create your own SignatureWe’ve got a good dark signature now, we need to convert the writing to a selection. Now you could try to select it with the Magic Wand Tool (W), or by selecting a color range, but... I’ve got a much better... and damn... more accurate to do this with black and white documents. Merge this two Layers (Layer1 and Layer2).

Lets switch over to the Channels palette. See the image on left! Hold Ctrl + Click anywhere on the blue area, this act will make a selection just in about the dark area of your signature... Done?!?! Once the selection is made... Reswitch to Layer section again! Go ahead doods... lol.

See image below... the difference is the marching ants looks like.. lol. If you have done switching back to the Layers palette.. you will get the 1st left image right?!?!? Inverse the selection by pressing the Shift + Ctrl + I. Look the difference after you did it.


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Brilliant!!! Now select the Marquee tool by pressing the M key, then Right + Click anywhere along the "marching ants" of the selection on the stage and choose. Make Work Path from the menu that comes up.



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The hidden Tolerance dialog box will then appear ask you how many pixels you wish to use as tolerance for your awesome path, in other words, how exactly the path should follow this brilliant selection. I find that a tolerance of 2-3 pixels usually renders a result that doesn’t require a ton of tweaking after the conversion. Click OK to turn the selection we just created into a particular Path that we can now easily manipulate and then simply convert to our Custom Shape.



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Now it’s time to work with our path.



... but before we through it, ... this step is ...





OK, back to our job here... lmao! Once you’ve gotten your paths modified to your liking and with either the Pen tool, Direct Selection tool or Path Selection Tool active, Ctrl + Click anywhere along the path and choose Define Custom Shape from the menu that appears.


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Your sweet custom shape has now been saved and will automatically appear at the bottom of the Custom Shape picker, but let's go one step further and save this signature as a Custom Shape Set for safe keeping, because if you were to select Reset Shapes from the Custom Shapes menu right now you’d loose all your brilliant but hard work as well, lmao.


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Enter to your main menu, choose Edit > Preset Manager. When the Preset Manager appears, choose Custom Shapes from the drop-down menu at the top of the box, then navigate to the end of the thumbnail samples to find the shape you just created (**new shapes are always added to the end of the list).

Click on your new sweety shape to select it, then click the Save Set. Give your signature a name you’ll remember, pick a location to save to and click OK and you’re all set.



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Now it’s time to use your Custom Shape Signature! Switch to the Custom Shape tool by pressing the U key and make sure that you’ve got the tool set to Pixels and Custom Shape in the options bar at the top of Photoshop and of course, choose your new signature custom shape from the Shape Picker.



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Create a new delicious layer above your image, photograph, whatever! for your signature to live on by clicking the Add New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette, make sure, once again... make sure you’ve set your Foreground color to the one you want your signature to be (here I chose white) and then click and drag your signature onto the workflow making sure to hold down the Shift key to constrain it’s proportions.

And there you have it, your own damn signature as a sweet cute lil' vector Custom Shape perfect for signing photos, adding copyright watermarks, forging your wife’s name on your new motorcycle purchase, whatever your little heart desires!







... and here's the reason why I write this tut down ...






Yupp.. this post is dedicated to dear Meryl

Well, that's "only" it... Since I used my own mark here, no download is available for this lesson… not that you should need one anyway, lol.)


85 comments:

  1. hmmm... mau protes dulu. baru ntar komen postingannya.
    masa aku dibilang akang sih. nama aku aja princess, berarti neng. hehehe.
    nah itulah dia susahnya, kemampuan photosopku cuma bisa edit poto doang. hahaha

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  2. ok lah tutornya. si akang memang kreatif. harus berguru banyak nih.

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  3. salah kang. rere itu nama di cerpen. bukan namaku.he3x.
    kirain namaku yah. huftt, bandung panas

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  4. ooo gtu iia.. huehehehe.. iia mangap deee :) pis!!!

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  5. Kok bisa pinter gini sih....
    Photoshop gue gini2 aja, mentok gak jalan2, wkwkwkkwk....
    Thx ya buat tutor'x :)

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  6. wah potona sapa atuh Gen...heheh...menuju tkp...

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  7. @ Zippy : wahh komentar ngasal iia kang?!?!?!? merendah ajja nii... :( jd atut nii saiia nya :(

    @ wh : huehehehe... temen blog kang.. pinoy girl.. eee.. lady ding... ee.. apa sii klu udah punya laki?!??!?!! wkwkwkwkwkwk...

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  8. wah.. kreatip banget! mana gambarnya kegedean lagi.. hihi :P

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  9. Bingung, secara, saya gak bisa bahasa Inggris :( nyari transletter dulu. Pengen bisa sih kayak githu tapi, apa daya bahasaku tidak bisa :((

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  10. sekali lagi top lah nih postingannya haha, kalau yang ini kayaknya udah ngerti gue, dan tambah bisa pastinya setelah baca artikel dikau :P

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  11. wow! It's dedicated to me! ^_^ so sweet ^_^
    Thank you so much for making me a watermark dear ^_^ I really love it. It's so nice ^_^

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  12. @ Meryl (proud pinay) : yupp dear.. it's an honor to me present this one :)

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  13. woooooowwwwwww muantabbbbbb....makasih gen sharingnya....kereeeennnnnnnn

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  14. Woooooooooowwwwwwwwww kereeeeennnnnnnn.....makasih gen tutorialnya.....muantabbbbbbbbbbbb

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  15. mantaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbb akang berdua iniiiii :))

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  16. weksss... kok bisa salah posting msg sehhh cape dehh... hiihih pangaruh ngantuk pa laper nih yahh *auah :P *

    nti kalo mo bikin tanda tangan tia warnanya pink yah kak.. catett **kaborrrrr**

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  17. klo baca tutorialnya kyknya gampaaang aja.. coba deh klo saiia nyoba ndiri weee mpek pusing ngerjainx..mo donk dibikinin mz gen hihihi..oy post sy trakhir g mksd bikin takut..jujur sy jg lama2 jd takuut klo baca ulang..thx y mz

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  18. Wah! Bisa begitu juga ya ternyata? dicoba dulu ah...

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  19. aku kemaren buat pake my-live-signature.com

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  20. coba ach,,siapa tau juga bisa bikinnya..thanks atas tutorialnya ya sob...

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  21. dikandangin maksudnya??? mb g ngerti

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  22. thanks a lot, tutorialnya muantap banget. Baru tau nich ternyata bikin tanda tangan gitu ya

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  23. kekenyangan malah nga konsen kak.. niat mo bikin malah kaco nih.. sotoshop nya malah nga ada *ditaro dimana sih ma kakak tombolnya**

    signature nya tia warna pink biru jg gpp kak biar mirip ma jepit rambutnya Tia*ambil pulpen ma kertas juga ahhh^

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  24. Makasih sob infonya membantu banget buat newbie photosop seperti aq.thanks ya

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  25. aqo bli lagi Gen...mo bangunin Saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur-saur #sambil teriak-teriak pke megapon....#

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  26. Waaa.... Ngajarinnya sambil promosi niy,, masa' pake nama sendiri sih?? hehehe

    egh princess kan cewe, kog dipanggil akan??heheh kumaha ieu?? ^_^

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  27. nice post bro.. thx udh bagi² ilmunya..
    salam kenal

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  28. Sang Mister apik tenan karyanya yach....

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  29. Oooo..itu dari Reviewme... :D
    Coba aja...
    Atw jangan2 udah daftar..?? :D

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  30. Huahahhaah, sabar...
    Itu tergantung kategori Blog yang disubmit :D
    Ada trik'x, xixiix...
    Ntar tak bagi2 :D

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  31. baca yang seperti ini harus sabar, gak ngerti2...makasih sharingnya.

    jawab komentar di sda:
    maksudnya kebudayaan sendiri juga diajarkan ke anak, ini karena tinggal disini, jadi kebudayaan daerah sini juga diajarkan ke anak, tentu yg baik-baik. maaf kalau artikelnya membuat bingung.

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  32. halo kang saya lagi nih

    soal blog tak diakui di google, mungkin postingan saya ini bisa membantu:

    http://www.madegelgel.com/2009/08/mengapa-blog-hilang-dari-search-engine.html

    sukses mas!

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  33. Salam Cinta Damai dan Kasih Sayang ‘tuk Sahabat Sahabatku terchayaaaaaank
    I Love U fullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

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  34. Hi there! Thanks for dropping by.

    About joining the giveaway, just follow the links to the giveaway's host blogs. You'll find the instructions on how to join there.

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  35. keren... sayang ga jago photoshop - cuma ngerti edit foto doang :)

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  36. jadi pengen nyisipin signature di bawah tiap entry XD

    nice tut, ;)

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  37. hihihi keren... tapi aku ga familiar sm photoshop

    :D

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  38. ternyata bikinnya pakai photosop ta signature seperti itu, baru tau. hehe...
    liat tutornya kliatannya gampang, bareng aku coba kok sulit ya.. emang payah aku di photosop, kudu rajin-rajin baca tutor di blog ini kliatannya. :)

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  39. . klo disimpen dlm bntuk brush bisa kn ya....

    . jgn b. inggris po'o....

    . gk ngertiii

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  40. nice great editing, you arethe best editor friend

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  41. salam friend
    nice post,,,and many friend comment,nich,,,

    please take AWARD from blog NURANURANIKU,,,for GENIAL,,thank.

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  42. tengkyu yah kunjungannya, maaf nih baru singgah, hehe.. selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa yow..salam knal.

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  43. bener-bener bisaan, aku cuma bisa adobe photoshop doang.. Belajar ah ama kang tutor ini

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  44. apik kang, swiep mantabz.... kalo mampir kemari sayah selalu kagum, bolehlah kang kapan2 sayah berguru pada ente :D

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  45. hi genial, just want to say..thank you once again and have a great day..
    I really like the watermark ^_^

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  46. terimakasih buat semua temen2 yang masih mau mapir di sini :( saiia jd sedih :((

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  47. halo genial (namanya rada2 nih) thanks buat tutornya ya..
    sukses selalu sob!

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  48. rada-rada?!?!??! kang... mksd nya?!??!

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  49. eeehhhh jadi ada tandatangannya gitu ya di potonya.... xixixixi

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  50. wow... aku gak pernah makek itu bro... tips yang menarik nih, jadi kalau punya photo bikinan sendiri bisa dikasih signatur tinggal klik doang.. sip...

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  51. asli keren sob :)
    tambah mantap aja dha pokoknya

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  52. aikido masih tp skrg lg off krn bln puasa tar abis puasa baru nymbung lgi,postingan aikido smtr blm dulu :)

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  53. Update lagi nyooook.... :D
    Tumben rada lama update'x :D

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  54. Hi, "G". How are you? This post is very useful. Thanks :)

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  55. kok sedih sih kak.. padahal baru minta traktir sepiring somay ajah.. hhuuhuh Tia tetep mo demo ahhh.. somay .. somay.. :D eh salahh.. shoutbox.. shoutboxxx

    uhmm kak Gen kenapa sedih ??

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  56. "genial♂ said... @ September 9, 2009 11:03 AM
    terimakasih buat semua temen2 yang masih mau mapir di sini :( saiia jd sedih :(( " <---- ini bukti akurat dan otentik kak..nga bisa mengelak kannn ^^tuinkkk ^ kalo kakak lagi sedih :((

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  57. kang Geny emang top deh... aku saluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuttttt... kang geny ajarin buat template kayak gini donk???
    sampe sekarang aku cuma bisa buat tanda tanya..
    tanda seru..
    salam kenyal

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  58. Aduh mbak/neng ! Klo bsa pke b.ind y ! Q mlez yg mw ngartiin bingg sbnyak itu

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  59. it's make me confused ,. he..he..

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    Salam Cinta Damai dan Kasih Sayang ‘tuk Sahabatku terchayaaaaaaaaaank
    I Love U fuuulllllllllllllllllll

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  61. kok enda kelihatan yaaaaak

    apdeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttttt

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  62. Tutorialnya muantab kang..jelas bgt.. aku yg biasanya kebingungan dgn photoshop, kali ini tidak. :)

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  63. owh keyen kaliii signature-nya!!!
    btw signature itu apa yah oom pakdhe?!?
    no more words tapi tetep aja sampe ke bawah full words juga tu, huu boong huu

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  64. Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb baru bisa OL....:)

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  65. @ all : maaf baru bisa onlen ngebalesin komengnya... saiia paranin ajja iia satu2.. marathon time!!!

    makasii iia all :)

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  66. Tolong buatkan dunk gen, lha wong photosop tahunya ngecilin gambar aja ...

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  67. bole kang bole... mana aplot-an tanda tangannya?

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  68. keren nih tutornya, langsung trial ah ...

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  69. knp slalu ada keterangan error kang iia setiap saiia komeng di tempat sampeyan ?!??!

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