We are going to be making a sig like tihs one



Part 1: The Signature

1. Open up a new document with a transparent background and make it 373x100.

2. Go to Layer >> New >> Layer. Name the layer "Background." Delete all the other layers except for the Background layer.

3. Hit D on your keyboard to reset the colors and then go to Filter >> Render >> Clouds.



4. Next go to Filter >> Render >> Difference Clouds and apply that 5-6 times.



5. Now go to Filter > Stylize > Extrude and use the default setting.



6. Now to add color. Go to Image >> Adjustments >> Hue/Saturation (make sure that the word "colorize" is checked) and choose a nice color.



7. Now we are going to put a border around the image. Go to Layer >> Layer Styles >> Stroke. Use the follwoing settings.

Size: 1 px
Position: Indside
Blending Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Fill Type: Color
Color: White (FFFFFF)



8. Make a new layer. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, create a small box and fill it with the color black. Then go to Layer >> Layer Styles >> Stroke, stroke it with the color white and 1px. Change the opacity to 50%.



9. Now take out the Line Tool and make a 1px white line coming down out of the box (holding shift makes the lines straight) While still holding shift add another white line going to the left until you are about 2/3 to the end. Go to Layer >> Rasterize >> Layer.



10. Now we are going to make the scan line. Using the Line Tool, make a line inside the box that goes from left to right (make sure to hold the shift while making the lline). Then go to Layer >> Rasterize >> Layer. Again using the Line tool make a line inside the box that goes from top to bottom(make sure to hold the shift while making the lline). Then go to Layer >> Rasterize >> Layer.



11. Now we are going to add a text. Go to Dafont.com and download a font called "Dark Crystal Outline." Using the Type Tool, type the text you want and move it right next to the long line. Make sure your using a the Dark Crystal Outline font and it is in color black.


As you can see, I erased some of the long line in order for my text to fit.

12. Create a new layer called "White Font." Now fill the layer with the color white. Move this layer directly above the text. Now on you keyboard press Ctrl+G.
The layer is going to merge with the text and the text will become white. Using the Move Tool, move the White Font layer out of the text so you cant see it. The layer should be right on the edge of the text so that when you nudge it to the left just a little it is visible.





13. Now to make the white ball, make an new layers. Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool and holding shift to make it a perfect circle right in the middle of the line. Then fill it with the color white.





14. Now switch to ImageReady

Part 2: The Animation

1. In the animation window, duplicate the first frame.

2. Ok then using the Move Tool, move your scan lines the inside the black box. Hit the Tween button right next to the duplicate frame button and change the amount of frames to 15. Then you can do this over again to make the scan like to go from the last place you stoped it to another place. Then in the end make sure it goes back to the original place. (To make it go back to the original place, dublicate the first frame and move it all the way to the end and then tween.)

3. Then dupilicate the last frame. Move the white ball to the bottom and Tween it to 10 frames. The dupilicate the last frame and move the ball to the left all the way to the end of the line. Tween it to 20 frames.

4. Dupilicate the last frame and then lower the opacity of the white Ball to 0%. Then move the White Layer all the way to the right and then Tween it to 50 frames.

5. Dupilicate the last frame and then move the White Font layer all the way to the right. Tween it to 50 frames.

6. Dupilicate the last frame and change the opacity of the white ball to !00%. Then move the ball all the way to the right and tween it to 20 frames. Then duplicate the last frame and move the ball to the top where it originally was. Tween it to 10 frames.