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Signature Background
Create a nice effect to use on forum signatures and banners.
ryan on 05 Jul 2004
Signature Background





1) Make a new document, anysize doesn't matter. Now press "D" on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white. Make sure your background is WHITE.



2) Select the Gradient Tool and make a horizontal gradient like mine below:


3) Go to Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates and use these settings:



Now add Filter>Sketch>Chrome:



4) Now we want to distort the grey circle that was created. Go to Filter>Distort>Wave and use these settings:



Add colors CNTRL+U:



5) Duplicate the layer. Apply Overlay to the top layer:





6) Emerge the 2 layers together. Use the Rectangular Marque Tool and find the best part of the graphic and select it:



Here is my final forum signature:


ryan on 05 Jul 2004

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