treva
ICC Chairman
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to make a very nice and effective signature using the simple program, photofiltre. In all i will make a few tutorials but my first one will be the simplist first.
I will be making this signature:
Step 1:
Firstly find your picture. If you are looking to make a cricketer signature, Cricinfo is the best place to look. Now once you have your picture positioned on your document (signature forum rules are 300x100) find the polygon tool
Step 2:
Now once that is selected go around the edges of your render, so in this case sachin tendulkar playing a shot. click to set the lasso around the render and click when needing to turn. This is what you should come up with by the end of cutting:
Step 3:
Then right click in the area selected and a drop down options list should appear. Click on the 'Inverted Selection'
Now you should have something looking like this:
Step 4:
Now go to Filter > Color > and choose an option from there. In this case I will be choosing grayscale but Sepia and Revive/Tarnish Colors are also good.
You can add effects before grayscaling it by going to Filter > Artistic and then choosing an effect. Smudge Stick looks good.
Now your document should look like this:
Now if there are other areas that have not been grayscaled like in between the arms, repeat step 4 by cutting that inside bit and adding your chosen color (Grayscale or Sepia ect) like so:
But remember to right click and undo the inverted selection otherwise your whole signature apart from the chosen part will be highlighted.
Step 5:
Now time to add a border around your signature. Go to the rectangular tool above the polygon tool and select the whole signature. Then go to Filter > Frame > Simple Frame
Then you should get some options to choose and set it to this
Step 6:
Now to add text. Click on this icon at the top
Now choose your font, Size, Bold/Italic, Colour and then click on the effects page to add stroke (an outside line of colour) and shadows.
You should end up with a final signature like this
Hope you found this tutorial easy to follow and hope you are able to make great signatures using photofiltre![Smile :) :)](/forums/styles/planetcricket/xenforo/smilies/smile.gif)
There will be more tutorials on the way so watch this thread.
I will be making this signature:
![tendulkarsigjc4.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F4788%2Ftendulkarsigjc4.png&hash=09ad143c9d515e289536c5d45fb9fa17)
Step 1:
Firstly find your picture. If you are looking to make a cricketer signature, Cricinfo is the best place to look. Now once you have your picture positioned on your document (signature forum rules are 300x100) find the polygon tool
![lassogw6.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F4026%2Flassogw6.png&hash=600705067cdb0eb6cc80e17b5bfc1ac0)
Step 2:
Now once that is selected go around the edges of your render, so in this case sachin tendulkar playing a shot. click to set the lasso around the render and click when needing to turn. This is what you should come up with by the end of cutting:
![tendulkarcuttingor7.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F6112%2Ftendulkarcuttingor7.png&hash=c145fb0cfd597bac4df3ecac8f9fc164)
Step 3:
Then right click in the area selected and a drop down options list should appear. Click on the 'Inverted Selection'
![invertselectionrt4.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F9056%2Finvertselectionrt4.png&hash=71633c303731eb0d0ae1b12e1538f03d)
Now you should have something looking like this:
![invertedselectiononsachor9.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F8789%2Finvertedselectiononsachor9.png&hash=cb41fbf0f303853a95ebb8d583ea7405)
Step 4:
Now go to Filter > Color > and choose an option from there. In this case I will be choosing grayscale but Sepia and Revive/Tarnish Colors are also good.
![filtercolorgrayscalexr1.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F4174%2Ffiltercolorgrayscalexr1.png&hash=5605a800bd397d6fe7d1b9a3e4f2da2b)
You can add effects before grayscaling it by going to Filter > Artistic and then choosing an effect. Smudge Stick looks good.
Now your document should look like this:
![tendulkargrayscaledpc5.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F8567%2Ftendulkargrayscaledpc5.png&hash=e567beac61185cfe0bb9a45284b51b99)
Now if there are other areas that have not been grayscaled like in between the arms, repeat step 4 by cutting that inside bit and adding your chosen color (Grayscale or Sepia ect) like so:
![invertedselectiononsachuz2.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F923%2Finvertedselectiononsachuz2.png&hash=9114e13ab2a342ffaf25015428cf456c)
But remember to right click and undo the inverted selection otherwise your whole signature apart from the chosen part will be highlighted.
Step 5:
Now time to add a border around your signature. Go to the rectangular tool above the polygon tool and select the whole signature. Then go to Filter > Frame > Simple Frame
![simpleframedn5.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F9205%2Fsimpleframedn5.png&hash=81e424482e7f49a90167f028139d82b6)
Then you should get some options to choose and set it to this
![simpleframe2vw5.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F4642%2Fsimpleframe2vw5.png&hash=812bc3a632be6dc31e41e746000ac016)
Step 6:
Now to add text. Click on this icon at the top
![textnc4.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F396%2Ftextnc4.png&hash=1343e212f01b8edb0d452d2791da901e)
Now choose your font, Size, Bold/Italic, Colour and then click on the effects page to add stroke (an outside line of colour) and shadows.
You should end up with a final signature like this
![tendulkarsigvg2.png](/forums/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg295.imageshack.us%2Fimg295%2F2539%2Ftendulkarsigvg2.png&hash=1b9e3b627dffc8e634c1af0509620806)
Hope you found this tutorial easy to follow and hope you are able to make great signatures using photofiltre
![Smile :) :)](/forums/styles/planetcricket/xenforo/smilies/smile.gif)
There will be more tutorials on the way so watch this thread.