(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ~INTRODUCTION~
Hi guys. Welcome to my first tutorial on NGU related on GFX. I will show you how to create smudge tutorial that looks like this.
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This tutorial is for those that just began making signatures. And smudge signatures look great, so I hope you will like this tutorial. I have used PS CS5.

~1st step~
Open Photoshop and create 400x150 file. Then load your render. Make 1 copy of your render. You will use your first render to make background, and second one for focal(render, main thing in PS). Stretch your first render used for background, until there is no empty space. If your render is too small, then make more copies of that render, and put one behind another. It will look like this.
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~2nd step~


First, merge all your background renders buy selecting them(ctrl + click on that layer), and then click Ctrl+e. That will make your backgorund layers into one layer. Its time to smudge. Choose smudge tool.
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Then click F5. You will get a window where you will change settings of your smudge. Here are the settings.
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Then you will get something like this. It looks bad now, but it will look better.
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~3rd step~

Place some textures on the background. I prefer "star" textures. Change the textures mode to Screen and set opacity around 50%. It will look somehow like this with textures.
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~4th step~

We will now add a render. Do not place it in the center, place it left or right, but not to right or left, it should be on sides, close to center. After you added it in a nice position, you will need to smudge its edges so it would fit nice with the background. It will look kinda like this.
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~5th step~

Use a 300px soft black brush to add shadow on sides.
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Now use a 300px soft white brush to add light.
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Set its mode to soft light and change opacity to around 70%, or use any other opacity you like. It will look like this.
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~6th step~

Its time to add gradients.
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Add this gradient.
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Set its mode to soft light, and opacity to below 50%. Your choice. Add some photo filter, and contrast, and it will look like this.
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Looks nice, right?

~7th step~

We will sharpen the signature. Create a new layer. Then click Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E, or you can go to Image->Apply Image.
Then go to Filter->Sharpen->Sharpen. It will look like this.
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~Finished~

Thats it, we have finished. God, I am tired from writing Oui Now, you can make your own smudge signatures, or play with more thing in PS, and create better signatures.

NOTE: This is for those who just started creating creating signatures in PS, so I would like if no one would troll or hate.

nice tut but mine didn't come out very well :/

I cant make the brush settings like yours, mine don't has the transfer option

problem solved

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It's good?

made this a while ago but it looked pretty similar to the tut so i'll post it haha

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