Sigtag

PI Version: X3 (you can use earlier, and newer versions too)
Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Featured tools: Text Tool, Pick Tool, Path Tool
Additional filters: VM Toolbox (or VM Stylize)
Additional files: Tube - You can choose any tube you want. I used a tube from Jecajo, which can be found on the PSP Tube Depot homepage. Just remember to read the TOU for every artist.
Additional material: here

Tutorial: Copyright © Inge Klement

DESCRIPTION: Make an easy, but stylish Sig Tag with PI and a filter from Visman.

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	Open your tube, minimize and then open a New Image and choose a color that fits your website, letters, et. cetera. This time I've chosen the color of my website. Size of the New Image: 400x400 Pixels. Open the path, which were included in the zip file and place the tube on the layer. (You might have to recolor the path so it fits your tube, but that's no problem with PI.) Right click/Align/Center Both and close the original path. Right click the path on the canvas, choose shadow and use the standard settings: 1. one (red arrow) + 10/10 + 50/100/10 Right click/Merge All.

	In some filter downloads you will find the Zoom Blur filter under VM Toolbox, and with others you'll find it under VM Stylize (doesn't really matter - the settings will be the same anyway)! Go to Effect/VM Stylize (red arrow)/Zoom Blur (white arrow) and use these settings (1): Amount: 10 Adjust: 166 Your screenshot might look different, since I'm using Filters Unlimited 2 - but the settings are the same anyway. Click Apply. Resize your tube, and place on the main picture.

	To make the name like I did, choose the Line and Arrow Tool (white arrow), Shape: Freehand, Mode: 2D Object, and draw a line like the one you can see on the screenshot (red arrows). Depends on the length of the name you want to use! The color doesn't matter. Leave the line activated, right click/Wrap/Add Text to Active Path (white hand).

	Now the word Enter will appear. Just type the name you want to use. When you're finished with that, click the Pick Tool (white arrow) and then the Text Tool (red arrow). Now you can change the type of the font, the size, et. cetera. (1). I've used a color from my tube for text, and I also added a 1 pixel border (white hand) to my text. When you are satisfied with the text, but still have to many letters left, leave the Text tool, choose the Pick Tool, right click the Text and Convert Object Type and choose From Text/Path to Image. Now you can use the Eraser Tool to remove the letters you don't need.

	When you are satisfied with the name, click the Pick Tool (white arrow), activate the tube, and use the Arrange command Bring to Front (red arrow).

	Keep the tube activated, right click/Shadow and use these settings: Black + 5.altern. (red arrow) + 50/101 (white hand) / 10. Click OK and deselect the tube. Activate the text, right click/Shadow, and also this time we are choose the 5.altern., but now we use the default settings (50/100/10). If you like what you see, you can Merge All.
Here's the result in the original size :))

That's it! A stylish, but still very easy Sig Tag ... made with PI and one 3rd party filter. HAVE FUN!!!
If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it - please email me!