Julián's sigs

[mejulian]

First one on December 14.

[mejulian]

Second one on December 15.

[Gunners/Gers]

Using photoshop mate? The second ones much better, but try adding some effects to the text. www.dafont.com if you need to download more fonts as well.

[mejulian]

Thanks mate. Do you know which kind of effects I could add? I'm totally new to Photoshop and I get lost with so many buttons.

[Gunners/Gers]

Well first make sure youve got the layers window up (window --- layers)

then double click the text layer which should bring up another window with different effects you can play around with (like colour overlay, outer glow etc)

[mejulian]

Cheers mate. This one looks better, I think.

Third attempt on December 16.

[mejulian]

More or less the same thing. How do I do to select a player and remove the background?

Any comments are appreciated.

[Gunners/Gers]

There isnt really any easy way to, unless its a solid colour background then use the lasso tool. What you have to do is use a small eraser, and zoom in close to erase the background around the edges of the players, then use a bigger eraser to remove the rest. It'll become easier with practise.

Nice sigs btw, looks better with the text effects

Though maybe a bit tall for a sig? remember if you want to resize an image when its in the sig, highlight the layer then edit --- free transform.

[mejulian]

Originally Posted by Gunners/Gers

Though maybe a bit tall for a sig? remember if you want to resize an image when its in the sig, highlight the layer then edit --- free transform.

Thanks, I wanted to resize them but couldn't find how!!!

[Gunners/Gers]

Took me awhile to find it as well, just added it in as an afterthought, quite hard to find really.

[Berean Todd]

Originally Posted by Gunners/Gers

There isnt really any easy way to, unless its a solid colour background then use the lasso tool. What you have to do is use a small eraser, and zoom in close to erase the background around the edges of the players, then use a bigger eraser to remove the rest. It'll become easier with practise.

I do it a slightly different way, with the picture you are wanting to remove the person (or object, whatever) from, hit ctrl+alt+x and a window will pop up. Use the highlighter to outline the edges of what you want to remove from the photo, then fill it in with the dump bucket. It removes it automatically and you just have a small amount of cleanup to do. It's much easier really, though the steps are a little more complex. Here's a link to a walkthrough on it.

http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutoria...out/cutout.htm

[Gunners/Gers]

Yeah, ive tried it before but once you're into the erasing i find it easier. Each to his own

[mejulian]

Bringing this to life so I don't forget the tips-