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Original Author: JESUSFRK14 Date Created: June 5, 2007 Application: Mediawiki Programs Used: Mediawiki

Contents 1 Crystal Sig Tutorial 1.1 Step 1 1.2 Step 2 1.3 Step 3 1.4 Step 4 1.5 Step 5 1.6 Step 6

Crystal Sig Tutorial

This tutorial is for Paint Shop Pro users (Photoshop users can also use this tutorial). It will help you make cool signatures, and you can then take the effects (if you didn't know them already) and use them for other things (i.e. skinning, icons, etc).

Step 1

Start out with this image Click here to get the image used in this tutorial and duplicate the layer and set the blending mode to color. then fill the image in with this color: #C5F717. You should now have this:

Step 2

Then make a new layer and load this image click here to the the picture of the "eye" used in this tutorial into the layer and center the eye. Set the blending mode on Overlay.

Step 3

Next, make a new layer and select the Lasso tool and set the feather on 25. Make a selection and fill it in with blue, like this:

Step 4

Dulpicate the layer and change the color (hit SHIFT+L) and change it to a green. Repeat the last step but make the color red, then duplicate the layer and change the color to yellow, etc until the colors take up the space of the eye, like this:

Step 5

Merge the "colored" layers together and get the Ellipse selection tool up (with the same feather) and select the eye (but on the color layer), then invert the selection (CTRL+SHIFT+I) and press DELETE on your keyboard. The result sould look like this:

Step 6

Lower the Opacity some to your satisfaction and add text, and you're done! It should look like: