Semi-bold clipping mask text and subtext
Hey Guys, seeing as how short this tut took, im just gonna post up here. I made this for a friend of mine and he doesnt mind sharing his signature that he wanted new text on.
His original signature was:
http://www.abload.de/img/anizerz5og.jpg
Here's my post:
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Alright this didn't take too long to make. For text you want to get like standard-looking or futuristic-looking fonts. Dont get the "chiller" fonts or the flashy fonts that have stuff on them, this makes the text look very cheesy. keep the fonts simple. The font i used for the signame is Star Avenue:
Place it somewhere noticeable thats not in the corners:
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5651/88866978.jpg
Now we want to add variety to it, so what we do is hide the text layer, then new layer -> apply image. Unhide the text layer and right click the new layer you just made and set it clipping mask. Move around the new layer to add color to the text. For this sig its kinda hard because i needed a light color, so i moved it over to the light source and got this:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3502/18782747.jpg
Okay, it blends into the sig a little too much. We want it to stand out. Add blending options to the text. Drop Shadow -> 100% opacity, Distance 1 px, spread 0 px, size 1 px. Change the angle so it matches the light source. I got this:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/455/25582376.jpg
Okay so it stands out but Id like the color in the text to be more saturated. You can edit it by going to the clipping mask layer (the one you applied image to and set it to clipping mask) and then just pressing ctrl + u. Change it so that theres more color:
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9052/89621238.jpg
Okay maybe now you want some subtext? For this i used segoe print (its a default text), made it smaller than the main text and put it under it:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3654/70430472.jpg
But you need it to match the main text, and it doesnt really stick out that much. So use the same Drop Shadow as your main text:
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1623/72997893.jpg
And there you have it. Professional-looking text that imo, can improve signatures greatly. Lemme know if you have any questions :D
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Its not a completely legit tutorial but I figured if it can help, why not post it
