First Sig

[thatonepoorkid]

This is the first sig i have ever tried so please i need alot of feed back im not very good with my program either so if anyone is good with adobe photoshop elements 4.0 please gimme so tips with that

[RocketsDWM]

I would try to make the background a little bit darker and make the words stand out more. Great first sig though!

[thatonepoorkid]

k i'll see what i can do and please people feedback i've got like 30 veiws but one response i wanna get better but i need to know how

[washamur]

I can't tell if you made a border for it or not, there's a portion of it that doesn't look like you did.

Remember: Border's add the "finished" look ... besides the text, I would say it is one of the most important parts of the sig.

Easy way to apply a border:

(If using Photoshop)

Create New Layer
Move it to the top, if not already there
Click - Select > All
Click - Edit > Stroke
1 px > Black > Inside

... and ... walla! Simple, yet effective border.

As far as the sig goes ... I would try some lighting effects on that background as well as darkening it.

Work with some brushes and shapes to get your desired effect.

Go Here: DeviantArt.com - in the search blank, type: Grunge Brushes or Fractal Brushes or Tech Brushes etc. (you get the idea).

When you find the brush you like, click download to desktop.

If the file comes up as a .abr extension - just choose to save it to : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2\Presets\Brushes

Same thing as if it's a .zip file - just extract to that location - or whereever your PS file is located.

Hope some of this helps ... good luck, and great start!

[bojanglesmn]

I can't tell if you made a border for it or not, there's a portion of it that doesn't look like you did.

Remember: Border's add the "finished" look ... besides the text, I would say it is one of the most important parts of the sig.

Easy way to apply a border:

(If using Photoshop)

Create New Layer
Move it to the top, if not already there
Click - Select > All
Click - Edit > Stroke
1 px > Black > Inside

... and ... walla! Simple, yet effective border.

As far as the sig goes ... I would try some lighting effects on that background as well as darkening it.

Work with some brushes and shapes to get your desired effect.

Go Here: DeviantArt.com - in the search blank, type: Grunge Brushes or Fractal Brushes or Tech Brushes etc. (you get the idea).

When you find the brush you like, click download to desktop.

If the file comes up as a .abr extension - just choose to save it to : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2\Presets\Brushes

Same thing as if it's a .zip file - just extract to that location - or whereever your PS file is located.

Hope some of this helps ... good luck, and great start!

What he said.

[thatonepoorkid]

I can't tell if you made a border for it or not, there's a portion of it that doesn't look like you did.

Remember: Border's add the "finished" look ... besides the text, I would say it is one of the most important parts of the sig.

Easy way to apply a border:

(If using Photoshop)

Create New Layer
Move it to the top, if not already there
Click - Select > All
Click - Edit > Stroke
1 px > Black > Inside

... and ... walla! Simple, yet effective border.

As far as the sig goes ... I would try some lighting effects on that background as well as darkening it.

Work with some brushes and shapes to get your desired effect.

Go Here: DeviantArt.com - in the search blank, type: Grunge Brushes or Fractal Brushes or Tech Brushes etc. (you get the idea).

When you find the brush you like, click download to desktop.

If the file comes up as a .abr extension - just choose to save it to : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2\Presets\Brushes

Same thing as if it's a .zip file - just extract to that location - or whereever your PS file is located.

Hope some of this helps ... good luck, and great start!

ok thank you for the advice and here is a question is there somewhere i can go to download new text the text on this program is just really boring and not exactly what im looking for

[chargersfan36]

ok thank you for the advice and here is a question is there somewhere i can go to download new text the text on this program is just really boring and not exactly what im looking for

dafont.com

And it might be boring because it's Elements. I haven't used that before but I know Tha Rock does and what he can do with it seems more limited than Photoshop CS2.

[thatonepoorkid]

ok thank you for the advice and here is a question is there somewhere i can go to download new text the text on this program is just really boring and not exactly what im looking for

dafont.com

And it might be boring because it's Elements. I haven't used that before but I know Tha Rock does and what he can do with it seems more limited than Photoshop CS2.

i found a font i really like but where do i save it?

[chargersfan36]

For mac I wouldn't know. For PC:
Unzip the files
Copy them
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Fonts
Paste

[washamur]

For mac I wouldn't know. For PC:
Unzip the files
Copy them
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Fonts
Paste

.. or ..

C:\WINDOWS\Fonts