Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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! Click the Rectangular
Marquee tool.
@ Click and drag just
around your signature.
# Click Edit.
$ Click Define Brush
Preset.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
The Brush Name dialog
box appears.
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% Type a name for your
signature, such as My
Signature Brush.
^ Click OK to save the
signature brush.
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& Open an image.
* Click the New Layer button to
add an empty layer.
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( Press B to select the Brush tool.
) Click the Brush Preset drop-down
menu.
q Select your signature brush and
click and drag the Size slider to
adjust the size to fit the image.
w Click once in the image.
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Your signature appears.
A You can click the Add a Layer
Style button to add a drop
shadow or bevel.
TIPS
Did You Know?
You can create a custom brush
from any signature or any other
image up to 2500 × 2500 pixels in
size. Signature brushes work best
when created with a brush
hardness set at 100%.
Attention!
If you create your original signature
in color, the custom brush is still
created in grayscale. You can
change the signature color by
changing the foreground color
before applying the signature
brush or after applying it to the
image on a separate layer.
Try This!
Add a drop shadow and bevel to
the signature layer using the Layer
Styles dialog box. Then lower the
Fill opacity of the layer to 0 to
give your signature a blind
embossed look.
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