Custom Made Sig and Avatar [12]


  1. Posts : 6,243
    win 7 ultimate32bit, Win8.1pro wmc 32bit
       #1321

    boohbah said:
    thanks jerry, im in the process of working out how to add a gold leaf effect on the embossed areas.
    i had to paint a layer then i have to work out how to make it look like realistic gold leaf.
    trickier than it sounds. :)
    booh ,This is my wallpaper ,do you mean this gold effect
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  2. Posts : 14,606
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
       #1322

    thanks pebbly, those are gradients .
    i mean more like this,



    the trouble is that the letters on goldens sig are so thin then any gold effect just looks like one color so no reflections and no variety in the gold color effect.
    i will persevere, im a determined bugger if nowt else
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  3. Posts : 1,965
    win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
       #1323

    Eureka Gold


    BooBah ........... Are you using Corel 6x? There is a preset in Fountain Fill for gold plate. If not try this R=214, G=157 and B=23
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  4. Posts : 2,726
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #1324

    Julian are you trying to create something like this
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  5. Posts : 1,454
    Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit Professional
       #1325

    boohbah said:
    thanks pebbly, those are gradients .
    i mean more like this,



    the trouble is that the letters on goldens sig are so thin then any gold effect just looks like one color so no reflections and no variety in the gold color effect.
    i will persevere, im a determined bugger if nowt else
    Try this tut; it's where your pic originated from.



    About the font, duplicate the text layer with ctrl+j and notch it a few px to the left, then to the same to the right to make each letter a few pixels thicker (and merge all those layers afterwards). That usually does the trick for me.
    You can adjust the tracking (space between the letters) by going to Window > Character, and then tracking is the weird symbol with VA on it and an arrow pointing left and right underneath that. That way the thicker letters don't look weird and packed together.
    Change the tracking before merging the layers obviously, as it is not possible to use that feature on a rasterized layer.


    Hope this helps:)
    Nommy
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  6. Posts : 14,606
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
       #1326

    thanks guys but you got the wrong end of the stick,

    i was trying to get the embossed areas in the sig i was making colin, i was trying to get it highlit by gold leaf effects,

    i kind of got it but not perfect,
    if any of you want to try then use the sig i posted earlier...here

    thanks for the tut nommy i saw that one a few times, hes really good at explaining, in fact i was reading a tutorial last night and the way it was written i was hearing that chaps voice as i read.


    i think i will stop now and come back to it in a day or so as fresh eyes will see things differently , put about 11 hours into this one, as i tried tons of other ways different styles and even learned to make custom brushes along the way.
    loving this stuff.
    anyhow heres the effort so far.

    preview

    Custom Made Sig and Avatar [12]-colin-final-1-.png

    sig


    Custom Made Sig and Avatar [12]-colin-final-2-.png
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  7. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #1327

    Now its looking way good
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  8. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #1328

    Definitely looking better Julian.
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  9. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #1329

    boohbah said:
    thanks guys but you got the wrong end of the stick,

    i was trying to get the embossed areas in the sig i was making colin, i was trying to get it highlit by gold leaf effects,

    i kind of got it but not perfect,
    if any of you want to try then use the sig i posted earlier...here

    thanks for the tut nommy i saw that one a few times, hes really good at explaining, in fact i was reading a tutorial last night and the way it was written i was hearing that chaps voice as i read.


    i think i will stop now and come back to it in a day or so as fresh eyes will see things differently , put about 11 hours into this one, as i tried tons of other ways different styles and even learned to make custom brushes along the way.
    loving this stuff.
    anyhow heres the effort so far.

    preview

    Custom Made Sig and Avatar [12]-colin-final-1-.png

    sig


    Custom Made Sig and Avatar [12]-colin-final-2-.png
    That very nice boohbah
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  10. Posts : 267
    64
       #1330

    Nice Work here Guy's
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