Step by Step SIG making in PS (as requested)

[mkymonkey]

OK so dacantu asked me to show you guys a few tips and tricks on how I make the sigs ya'll seem to love :D

So I've decided that the easiest way for me to show ya is to simply walk you through my process. Every sig I make is relatively unique. All because of the way the original photo is and because i guess just the mood I get from said photo.

Lets move on, I always set my Photoshop Environment up before I start. You should do the same, get comfertable with your space :D

(Note:when I post full res screenshots, I'll post them in thumbnail form. Don't want to warp the site and make you scroll more than you have to.)

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/172/step1workspace.th.png (http://img59.imageshack.us/i/step1workspace.png/)



EDIT: So because this thread was having problems loading (the pics were WAAAY too big before), I've decided to try to optimize it a bit. So everything is word by word from the original thread located here (http://www.3geez.com/forum/.) (I would save it if I were you :D):


But I've also broken it down in the next post...so scroll on down buddy!

[mkymonkey]

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[mkymonkey]

mods please delete

[mkymonkey]

mods please delete

[mkymonkey]

mods please delete

[mkymonkey]

mods please delete

[blazin3gen]

wow bro great write up takin forever to load lol

[mkymonkey]

wow bro great write up takin forever to load lol

yeah i know...lots of fucking screenshots :( i wonder how long it will last....using imageshacks bandwidth

[Civic Accord Honda]

great write up man!, im going to have to read this 9000 times until it gets embedded in my head haha

[dacantu]

Oh wow great job mky I feel like this will be a piece of cake now!

Well i know it wont but it will for sure be easier now... lol Im going to try to use this tomorrow and see if I can make something even remotely nice. lol

Can a mod sticky this in the how to's or in the picture thread?

[mkymonkey]

Thanks maing... I had the time so why not. If it gets stickied it was worth the battle

[dacantu]

its for sure worht the battle. Im hoping tomisimo or mark come through and do some stickying! wait I think john is also a mod! someone do this man justice for his hard work please?

[2ndGenGuy]

Killer writeup dude! I never could figure out how to change the character spacing! Glad I know now! :)

[mkymonkey]

Killer writeup dude! I never could figure out how to change the character spacing! Glad I know now! :)


well theres other ways of doing it as well. on the text properties pallete theres icons with percentages that you can mess with. this will move the characters up,down,left,right and will tilt too....kind of interesting. All of this is called kerning :D

For those interested in more info...
Wikipedia Description (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning)
Easier Kerning in Photoshop (http://v1.wolfslittlestore.be/easier-kerning-in-photoshop)

[mkymonkey]

OK guys I updated the How to...Should be easier to read, and faster to load

Also Mods could you please delete the marked posts?