Making the perfect Christmas Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So you would like to make a Christmas Signature ready for the winter season?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made a new Christmas Signature the other day, although it's not my best, it's pretty good. I am going to teach you how to make a little signature like mine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm going to be using Photoshop CS that you can get a trial version from Adobe.com also I'm going to assume that you'll want to make it as big as you can, so make a new canvas, 450x175 pixels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Create a canvas 450 wide x 175 high.

 

 

 

2. Open up your web browser, and go to http://img.dafont.com/download/?os=win&file=almonte_snow to download the font i used in my signature of have a look here http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=804&page=1, this site has a load of xmas fonts, just for you.

 

 

 

3. Once you have downloaded the font(s), you just need to add it to this folder... 'C:\WINDOWS\Fonts', it will take about 3 seconds to install, after that it should appear in your fonts list, if it does not, just do a program reboot.

 

 

 

4. Return back to your canvas and create a background image, i just used a simple white christmasy background, because i did not have much time, but you could improve on mine and add a funky background.

 

 

 

5. Add the text using the [t] tool, it's easy, move around, strech, just play around until it looks cool.

 

 

 

6. Save the file as a GIF and upload.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my first guide, critisims accepted, although please be nice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finished Article

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was going to include that snowman picture that i mocked up in 2 minutes, your free to use it, as long as you don't say you drew it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas.

imo it looks too cold and it atualy made me feel cold. what you need it warm colours and plenty of them, golds, greens and reds, like in that song that guys dream. thats it karma comelian(sp?) =) lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yeah not that christmassy, rather cold and 'hospital' like aka steralised clean eww kinda thing =(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i want warm please, not cold. *brrrr* its freezing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PJB21

Over here in NZ summer is xmas :P :mrgreen:

 

 

 

Great time

not much of a guide OR tut imo, its just text and a cut out of an RS pic?