pyrochild Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to open or download it Here's what you're making: Yup, here it is. Finally. The long-awaited pyro-sig tutorial. I didn't even want to write a tutorial on this, but was suckered into it by countless requests, both in the main forum as well as private messages. A few emails even came my way... weird. To be perfectly honest, I don't think this is actually worth a full-blown tutorial, but hey, anything to keep y'all happy... These instructions are to create an exact duplicate of my signature. Obviously, you just might want to change something or other, especially the name... unless you're the nitwit who keeps stealing my username on other forums. And deviantART. Grr. Font and plugins needed: Evanescence from pyrochild's plugins: Gradient Bars Outline Object Curves+ (Optional) Gradient Mapping (Optional) from MadJik's plugins: Water Reflection from evanolds' plugins: Conditional Hue/Saturation (Optional) The procedure: 1 - Set Primary color to WHITE and Secondary color to BLACK -Paint.NET starts up with Primary BLACK and Secondary WHITE. Click the little bent arrow by the color wheel or press 'X' on your keyboard to swap them. 2 - Create a new image, 1000 x 200 pixels. File -> 🆕 New... 3 - Select the top half of your image Tool: -> Rectangle Select -Your selection should span the whole width of your image, and go from the very top to about halfway down. You can use the text in the Status Bar to help you select the correct height 4 - Run Gradient Bars Effects -> Render -> Gradient Bars... -Set Scale to 1.50 5 - Create a new layer Layers -> :AddNewLayer: Add New Layer 6 - Set your primary color back to BLACK and Secondary color to WHITE -Press 'x' -or click the little arrow again -or press the black and white swatch button 7 - Draw a reflected gradient across the image Tool: -> Gradient, Linear (Reflected) -Start your gradient from the middle of the image and drag it across to either the right or left edge -It's fine if your gradient only covers the top half of the image 8 - Set the Blending Mode of the top layer to Color Burn Layers -> :LayerProperties: Layer Properties... -Depending on your gradient, there may be a black bar in the bottom half of your image. Ignore it; it'll disappear in step 9. 9 - Merge the layers Layers -> :MergeLayerDown: Merge Layer Down 10 - Duplicate the layer Layers -> :DuplicateLayer: Duplicate Layer 11 - Set the Blending Mode of the top layer to Negation Layers -> :LayerProperties: Layer Properties... 12 - Merge the layers Layers -> :MergeLayerDown: Merge Layer Down 13 - Color! -Use whatever methods you feel comfortable with to recolor the image -I used Curves+ in the original, but now I think I'd prefer Gradient Mapping. Conditional Hue/Saturation works also. -If you don't know how to recolor it, well, there are lots of other tutorials that cover that, so ... http://searchpaint.net/ 14 - Run Water Reflection Effects -> Distort -> Water Reflection... -Set Duration to 200, all other values can be left at default. 15 - Create a new layer and name it Shadow Layers -> :AddNewLayer: Add New Layer 16 - Draw your text on the Shadow layer Tool: -> Text -Font: Evanescent 72pt 17 - Duplicate the Shadow layer and name it Text Layers -> :DuplicateLayer: Duplicate Layer 18 - Put the shadow behind the text Layers -> Rotate / Zoom... -Start with these settings, then tweak them as needed to make the shadow look like it's being cast by the text -Roll / Rotate: 0.00, -90.00, 75.00 -Pan: 0.00, 0.30 19 - Add a new layer under the Shadow layer and name it Glow Layers -> :AddNewLayer: Add New Layer 20 - Draw a filled ellipse Tool: -> Shapes Ellipse :ShapeInterior: Draw Filled Shape 21 - Run Gaussian Blur Effects -> Blurs -> Gaussian Blur... -Radius: 25 22 - Recolor the shadow You know how... if not, http://searchpaint.net/ 23 - Run Outline Object on the Text layer Effects -> Object -> Outline Object... -Width: 15 -Softness: 254 24 - Run Water Reflection on the Text layer Effects -> Distort -> Water Reflection... -Distance: 70.00 -Waves period: 1.50 -Duration: 100.00 DONE! Post your results... -If you plan on using this as your sig image, remember to scale it down to no wider than 500px and no taller than 150px. Otherwise, a moderator will remove it. 1 2 Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 *nods* Still classic. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 BOOM BABY!!! Not as good as the original, but it's good to hear how it was done. Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 david.atwell and I decided that the new version of Water Reflection is defective, so the waves look funny. Hopefully MadJik will fix it soon. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I always wondered how you go the flames to 'shrink' towards the center. Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Classic. I'm going to try later. Quote +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 [attachment=0]pyro style sig.png[/attachment] My attempt, I tried to get something slightly similar to Myriden's try without a tutorial to help Anyways, for once a sig tutorial which deserves to be stickied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 ... Myriden's ...Who?Thanks pyrochild, I may never use it, but the inward sloping gradient bars ('grass'? Yes?) were a complete mystery. Blend mode *slaps forehead*. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 Thanks pyrochild, I may never use it, but the inward sloping gradient bars ('grass'? Yes?) were a complete mystery. Blend mode *slaps forehead*. Yep, that's the problem I've seen in pretty much every imitation version. (Up until I put up this tutorial, at least) Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Thanks pyrochild, I may never use it, but the inward sloping gradient bars ('grass'? Yes?) were a complete mystery. Blend mode *slaps forehead*. Yep, that's the problem I've seen in pretty much every imitation version. (Up until I put up this tutorial, at least) I think I just took a lot of selections and shrunk them... Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkShock Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Sweet! Thanks Pyro! I've been wanting to try that out. I'll post my result later. :wink: Quote ---- Gallery | Sig Tutorial | deviantART | Sig Videos | PhotoBucket ----D E S T I N Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkShock Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Here's my go at it: Also: I like how you did the instructions. :wink: Quote ---- Gallery | Sig Tutorial | deviantART | Sig Videos | PhotoBucket ----D E S T I N Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostok7 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Very well written tutorial pyrochild. Like wither i have also wondered how you got the gradient bars to shrink at the middle. Anyway, here's my try: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 Also: I like how you did the instructions. :wink: Very well written tutorial pyrochild.Thanks. I figured since I'm one of the people who is constantly bashing people who write mediocre (or just plain crappy) tutorials, I figured I'd better do my own tutorial pretty darn well, lest I be deemed a hypocrite. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logmeister Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 About a week ago, right after you changed your signature and before this tutorial I tried whipping up a replica (spent hours trying to find the font). Granted, I used jitter and reflection rather than the water plug-in, but I believe it turned out better than it would have with the new version of the water plug-in. And, by the way, really like the tutorial. If only I had thought to color burn...nah, I woulda never thought of it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 spent hours trying to find the fontCoulda searched... it's only been asked about 20 times it turned out better than it would have with the new version of the water plug-in.Yes, the new Water is kinda screwey. MadJik claims it has always been that way... I found the old version and tested, and indeed the problem is present, but in the old version it's only even noticeable if you're looking for it. In this new one, it's much more pronounced. It slaps you in the face.And yes, yours is probably the best one I'd seen before the tutorial, besides mine (duh) and Crazy Man Dan's, but that was mainly just a recolor. I think. (And Crazy Pyro Man's, but that's a-whole-nother story) Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Actually, my copy was made from scratch. Crazy Pyro Man's was a recolor of that one. As you can see, the gradient bar seed is exactly the same. Lazy me... :wink: Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenlin Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Gah!! The layer modes! I should've known I missed the layer modes!! No wonder yours was so brilliant and mines was bloody potato. Heres my first attempt at duplicating it. Which was utter bloody potato. http://quenlin.deviantart.com/art/Styx-68501642 And heres my second, much better than the first. http://quenlin.deviantart.com/art/Styx-redone-68580834 And heres the finished product. http://quenlin.deviantart.com/art/The-Pyro-Sig-72390429 The font I used was Dark Crystal, you can find it on dafont. Thank you so much for posting this Pyro, your sig is actually the first thing I've ever tried to duplicate. Read my DA page and you'll see how I did the shadowy bit at the top. A little perspective knowledge helps aye? Quote My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasengan105 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 different text different steps Quote dA|PDNchat|Apophysis|Club-Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 Cool results Quenlin and rasengan105. *sigh* if MadJik doesn't fix his water reflection bug soon, I'm going to have to rewrite the blasted thing myself. I'll stick some useless new feature in it and tack a + on its name Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frojo Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Wow, this has finnally been made a tutorial? Will the pyro-based sig theme ever end? starts recreating pyros new sig to get ahead of the rest Quote I'm still alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 starts recreating pyros new sig to get ahead of the rest The sig is easy... For a real challenge, try the avatar! Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 starts recreating pyros new sig to get ahead of the rest The sig is easy... For a real challenge, try the avatar! *shudders* Recreating that exactly would give me nightmares...you did a good job on it. Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Whoa, that means u made ur avatar urself? X_X whoa that's nice respect for u! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 Whoa, that means u made ur avatar urself? X_Xwhoa that's nice respect for u! No, Myrddin made it from a stock image. When I get some free time, I'm going to make a 100% PdN version. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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