Signature Service

[Sarsparilla]

Excellent team work Xander its great.


I have decided to post a font tutorial, now this tutorial has been done a few times so you may have seen it before. It’s to create a text tool that looks like the Spike tv logo. Although I use it for whatever (check my signature).

First of all you need the font:
Subway: http://roflnub.com/images/tuts/subway.zip

Step 1: Open up a new image if you want you can make it whatever but if you just want to test this tutorial then make it 230x110.
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Step 2: Fill the background in with a grayish colour make sure its not to dark or to light it should be fairly neutral. It is better for it to be darker then lighter though.
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Step 3: Select the text tool ‘T’ and place it in the middle and type out spike (insert your name). Make sure your font size is 72 and its set to smooth. Make sure yoyur foreground colour is white.
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Step 4: Now here comes the tricky part which I have to screenshot the images which I cant be bothered doing right now so ill edit it later. Right click on your text layer and select blending options. Select inner shadow Set it to multiply>black, opacity>75% distance>0 choke>0 and size>5.
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Step 5: Go to outer glow and set the mode to Screen. Opacity>75%, select an orange colour,#FFA800 for me. Spread>14% size>18. Range>50
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Step 6: Go to bevel and emboss. Style>inner bevel, technique>smooth, direction>up, size>0, soften>0. highlight mode> screen (white) shadow mode>multiply (black). Both opacity’s on 75%.
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Step 7: Go to gradient overlay. Blend mode>normal, opacity>100% make #FFA800 sorta in the middle of the colours so use a yellow and a dark orange. Yellow to dark orange. Angle>90 scale>100.
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Step 8: Go to stroke. Size>5 if you a using a smaller thing then 230x110 then set to stroke appropriately. Position>outside, blend mode>normal, opacity>100, fill type>colour, colour>(black).
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Now that’s it although you may want to select new style on the side so you keep this and don’t have to do it everytime. *inserts pic* and that should be your result now combine it wit my background tutorial and you have go yourself a signature….well missing some images but maybe we can coax Xander into making an image tutorial.