Tutorial: Singletone Sigs.

**Fondo**

Alright, you have always wanted to know how to make your sig look like an old photo? Here we go.

This is what I started with:

Step 1: Scale down your screenshot in PS so it fits nicely into the 500X150 pixel box.

Step 2: Make a copy of your main layer and cut out the RSI in it. Keeping you layers named helps.

Step 3: Now blur the Layer with the cut out RSI, I usually do around 5 pixels.

Step 4: It should look like this now. Not preatty yet, but wait.

Step 5: Blur the edges of your RSI on the main Layer. Also blur/smooth the skin tone changes with your blur tool on lighten and about 25% strength.

Step 6: This is where the magic begins to happen. Change the brightness of your Main layer to -15.

Step 7: Merge your basecoat layer and your blur layer. Should look something like this.

Step 8: Change the Hue/Saturation to Hue:0, Saturation:-100, and Lightnes: -1.

Step 9: Change the color balance to +5,0,-20. As seen in picture.

Step 10: Add a photofilter and use the preset Sepia. Should look something like this now.

Step 11: Add a Film Grain filter but put everything to 0 except put Intensity to 2. Looks like this. You could also add a little grain if you want.

Step 12: Now add a border. This you can do however you like. I tend to use a color that is used by one of the shades in the sig itself.

Step 13: Add your name... or not. I tend to use a color that appears in the sig.

Step 14: FINISHED, enjoy your finished product.

I hope this helped anyone at all. Well I'll see you guys later.

**Degu**

Wow that's a very nice tutorial Fondo. I enjoyed going over it and i learned some things that i never knew before.

I am sure many people are going to enjoy this tutorial and i hope they make good use of it.

**Fondo**

Well, thank you Degu I'm glad you could learn something.

**Fondo**

Just as another tip. Listen to music while making sigs. Think of the mood you want your sig to be in and then listen to music that puts you in that mood. Trust me it works. ^^

SystemCtrl

Fondo wrote:
Just as another tip. Listen to music while making sigs. Think of the mood you want your sig to be in and then listen to music that puts you in that mood. Trust me it works. ^^

Yup. I always got my hard trance blastin' when making stuff. ~ ([-_-]) ~

Kool tutorial man. :smileyhappy:

**Fondo**

Greatness, another person to share their passion for music. (I used to be a DJ at AWR you know ^^ "BRAG" SMILEY

I'm glad you enjoed the tutorial.

Just as a question, did I teach you anything or show you another way of doing things or is my tutorial just old news?

**Dragonram**

You taught me about the sepia thing, I never even knew it existed lol. And the photo grain filter thing too, I never really used it but I might do sometimes from now on. great job matey!:smileyhappy:

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**Degu**

Ok, from now on, Fondo is known as 'Sepia Man', I am known as 'Over blurred lens flare man' and drag is known as 'ouch you burnt my color man'...

**Fondo**

Degu5000 wrote:
Ok, from now on, Fondo is known as 'Sepia Man', I am known as 'Over blurred lens flare man' and drag is known as 'ouch you burnt my color man'...

LOL I Love those nicknames. HRHRHR

**Tseng.**

i started following your tutorial but i kinda deviated here the result.

**Dxy**

Very neat tutorial man. I dig the color/tone whatever. XD it's swank.

**Fondo**

Tseng. wrote:
i started following your tutorial but i kinda deviated here the result.

Very Nice.

Militis

Once I cut my rsi out and try to blur it, only the space where my rsi was blurs....nothing else does ? tips ?

**Dragonram**

Click the layer that your RSI that you've cut out isn't on :smileywink: I'd direct you to my tutorial as that has a bit of cutting out explaining in it. Gimme a few secs.

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**Dragonram**

*Mumbles* Stupid edit *Mumbles*

Here's the tutorial I did, there's a little bit about cutting out the RSI in there, hope it helps :smileyhappy:

Click Me!

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