MeXe Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 This is a tutorial on how to make sw33t borders. It works better on bigger sigs, but it looks ok on small ones. Step 1 Take the image that you want to put a border on. I used part of an old render. Step 2 Ok now right click the lasso tool and select the option Polygon Lasso . Step 3 Select the outline of what you want the border to look like, for straighter lines select the shift key. Now go to select, then press inverse. Make a new layer then fill in the area with white. Step 4 Change the foreground color to a light shade of gray, and the background to a dark shade of gray . Now go to Layer, Layer Style, Bevel and Emboss. . Leave those settings as they are, but click on gradient overlay, then change the gradiant to Foreground to Background. Also set the angle to -90 for a better look. Then click on stroke and set the size to 1 and the color to black Slap on some text, and you have yourself a nice sig :D. Here is what I came out with: If you have any questions, just post them right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlr Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Pretty good tut, you left it very basic and easy to understand. The pictures pretty much explain how to make the boarder by themselves. You should maybe add on there how to make a transparent boarder. very good job :wink: Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeXe Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 lol my brother had made a transparent border tutorial, it was on the sticky. im gonna see if there is any record of it on my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiphus Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Could use a noise filter with a motion blur to make it look more like metal.... right now just looks like a b&w gradient... (which it is) Before and After Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led-Zeppelin Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Very nice tut *gets on PS to do it*. Seen one similar on http://www.good-tutorials.com but this one is easier ;). The one I tried before had it's own metal texture, but I can't get it to work :(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funny_fell0w Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 nice.. too bad i dun have photoshop :( Forever F2P skill total: 1053 My Stats + Bank <!-- m -->http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=516379<!-- m --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeXe Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 ok lol that noise thing is great idea, i will change when i stop pking.. and btw if anybody wants a sig like the one i just made, pm and i will make one (not for free) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led-Zeppelin Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 This is what I managed to produce, didn't follow the guide at all though, lol. My first sig ever made: Little bit too big though, so I'll have to save it as a .gif insted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crimmson777 Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 nicey, suggest it to http://www.good-tutorials.com 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoris Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Nice and simple, people should have no trouble following it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalfes Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 nice tut! :wink: I could not make same size borders on each side... :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalfes Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Very nice tut *gets on PS to do it*. PlayStation? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestorm667 Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Photoshop m8. Not PlayStation. :wink: :twisted: F!r3$70r/\/\ :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadwolf Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Nice tut, the pictures aren't working for me right now but you can easily follow it from the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzicmainiac Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 it didn't work for me :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeXe Posted August 14, 2004 Author Share Posted August 14, 2004 be more specific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzicmainiac Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 i followed it step by step and there was no metal border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeXe Posted August 15, 2004 Author Share Posted August 15, 2004 i followed it step by step and there was no metal border dude u must be doing sumthing wrong, show me what u came up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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