C4d Smudging Tutorial Adobe Photoshop CS2

[KenshinKRP 0]

This C4d Smudging Tutorial will teach you how to make signatures like this.

 

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Step 1. Open a 350x120 document and make it black. Go to Filter>Render>Len's Flare. Set it to 140 on 150mm Prime. Create new layer.

 

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Step 2. Open up 1 C4D Render you have and position it on the left and leave the right open. You can re size it using ctrl+t.

 

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Step 3. Hit ctrl+t then click on the image and hit flip horizontally. Position it right so that they meet in the middle.

 

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Step 4. Hit ctrl+e, and set the blending mode to screen.

 

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Step 5. Open up your main stock image, paste it on your signature in the making in the middle. Now re size it using ctrl+t. Remember hold shift while resizing for best quality.

 

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Step 6. Hit ctrl+j 5 times. Now hide all of the copy layers that you have now.

 

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Step 7. Move the original render layer to the far right and smudge it. Use these settings for best results. Set the layer to overlay.

 

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Step 8. Unhide the next layer and move it to the far left. Smudge it, use the same settings as before and set the layer to overlay.

 

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Step 9. Unhide the next layer, smudge it. Set the blend mode on that layer to soft light. Next do filter>blur>Gaussian Blur set at 6.0.

 

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Step 10. Unhide the next layer and set it to soft light.

 

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Step 11. Unhide the next layer and set it to multiply.

 

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Step 12. Now were getting it. Make a color balance layer after the render multiply layer.

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Step 13. (Optional, for this I didn't use) You can make another color balance layer if you choose.

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Step 14. Unhide the last render layer, and leave it as it is.

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Step 15. Now you want to add your text, I found setting your text in a corner works the best. I used the following settings.

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Step 16. Now you want to add your boarder. I used a simple 2px boarder on this signature.

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Congratulations you just made a c3d smudge signature!

[Slay 0]

Nice tutorial, I like the result and it was easy to follow.

[KenshinKRP 0]

Thank you Slay. Im glad you liked it. Again im sorry for the picture problem.

[Saint_Michael 3]

one suggestion line up your images with your steps although most of us could follow it. Those starting out will not an idea what images goes to what.

[KenshinKRP 0]

Ive done that for the rest of my tutorials. Again thanks, and im sorry.

[Saint_Michael 3]

to fix it you can edit your posts here, so when you get the chance just fix it up and your set.

[Led 0]

I have used C4d's before, and used smudging before. But never together.Nice technique.I'm guna try this

[street 0]

really nice effect there adding a c4d is always a better way to make a sig have more detail and catch the eye of the viewer in the sig i have i used a c4d render you cant see it that good but it is in there.