Simple Forum Signature

This tutorial will show you how to make a simple forum signature.
Difficulty: moderate/intermediate
Final Outcome:
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First take out a nice stock and paste it into your sig.
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Blur some parts if nessesary. (in my case it was).
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Take the same stock again, but this time in full size. Find a good spot, then set it to lighten. Erase some parts of it.
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To reduse the colors some, make a black and white graditen map and lower the opacity to around 25%.
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Make a new layer and apply image. Then take out the smudge tool and start smudging in places. Smudge at 100% strength.
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To add some more colorfull things. Take the stock again at full size and paste in into your sig. Set it to lighten. Then hit ctrl+u and change the hue to some good colors. Erase parts of this layer.
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Do the same thing again.
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Add a light source by brushing with a 100px soft white brush.
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Add a colorbalance layer.
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To add some more colorfull things. Take the stock again at full size and paste in into your sig. Set it to lighten. Then hit ctrl+u and change the hue to some good colors. Erase parts of this layer.
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Change the contrast some.
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Brush with a 100px soft round black brush and the corners. Lower the opacity.
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Make a new layer and apply image. Smudge some parts of the sig.
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Make a new layer and apply image. Then shapen it in some places. (filter - sharpen - sharpen).
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Then make a new layer and apply image. Then take the blur tool and blur in some places.
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Again make a new layer and apply image. The go to filter - blur - gausian blur. Set it to lighten and lower the opacity.
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To add some more colorfull things. Take the stock again at full size and paste in into your sig. Set it to lighten. Then hit ctrl+u and change the hue to some good colors. Erase parts of this layer.
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Add some colorbalance layers and gradient maps of your choice.
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Make a new layer and apply image, then take the blur tool and blur it in places.
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Again a new layer and apply image. Smudge some nessesary parts.
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To add some more colorfull things. Take the stock again at full size and paste in into your sig. Set it to lighten. Then hit ctrl+u and change the hue to some good colors. Erase parts of this layer.
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Make some final adjustments and you're done!
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Thanks for reading this tutorial.
Tutorial and signature are made by Mooseman.