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Go to Bottom - Back to Photoshop tutorials - Back to all tutorials This tutorial was written by: xxCHANCExx Open a new image document. Any size will do, but I reccomend something around 410x130. For this tut, I will be using this render: 
First up, open up your render. But it's not for what you are thinking yet. For the first layer (bottom layer), you are going to cover your whole image with your render. For best results, try to find a solid colored spot that matches the renders main color. Like so: 
It's ok if your render doesn't cover up ALL of the space, but try to cover up as much space as possible. Feel free to adjust the size too so it will fit. That's what I did. Now you want to blur your new background. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Under Angle, put 90, and for distance, put 90. Click ok. Your render might move a bit, so adjust it and move it around until you find a good solid position that covers the image: 
After you finished step 3, time to make a layer over your giant render. Take out any grunge brushes you have, doesn't matter what kind. Abstract will even do if that's what you want. Just brush with white/black. Try not to overdo the brushing though. Otherwise it will look unbalanced. Use a nice blend of black and white to get a nice combination of dark and light. You only need to brush about 2-8 times. After you're done brushing, set that layer to overlay. You should get a nicely colored grungy/abstract background, depending on what kind of brushes you used: 
Now it's time to add your render. Just resize it to fit your image like you would normally and place it wherever you like. If you're render is more realistic than cartoony (ie: a car, very good graphics game render, etc.), then you might want to consider sharpening your giant render background, your brush layer, or even your render. Just go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen. It make the sig look better sometimes. Sharpen as many times as needed. 
Duplicate your render and take out the smudge brush. Slightly smudge your render so it sort of "flames" around your render. Make sure your smudged render is behind your real render. You don't have to do this step if it doesn't look that great. This is reccomended for the darker renders. Mess with blending options if you wish. I set mine to overlay: 
Make a new layer over all your layers. Take out your brushes you used in step 4. Pick the main color in your render and brush in the new layer. Again, use very few brushes, maybe even less than you used before. Now set the layer to either Overlay or Soft Light. Whichever looks the best: 
Open up any C4D renders you want in your sig. Don't add more than maybe 3. I had 2 in my Zelda sig. I'm only adding 1 in the one I'm working on now. Desaturate your C4D render(s) and set it/them to Color Dodge. To desaturate, go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. If that doesn't look good, then just fool around until you get a result you like. It's mainly just to add some light and to fill up some space: 
Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter. Click ok and you will come to the Photo Filter window box. Make sure Filter is selected. Then scroll through and find the "deep" colors. Those usually give the best result. Depending on what color your sig is, choose the color that will best enhance your sig color. If you don't have a color up there that matched your color best, then choose Deep Emerald, it usually works for everything: 
This part is probably the least needed. But if you want to give your sig an even more fuller color, then go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map. Click ok and then simply choose a gradient pattern that makes your sig look best. But obviously it will look horrible at first, so after your done choosing, make the opacity 50% and put the blending on Soft Light. If it doesn't look great, you can always change it by double clicking the little half circle in the layer navigator window. The reason this is optional is because it doesn't always work well with every sig: 
Well, you are done with the hard part. Now comes the easy part. Simple add text to the sig. If you have questions about the text with this type of sig, I can help you seperately. Next, just add a border. 1 pixel black works very well with this sig: 
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