How to Create a Sharpen/Smudge Sig Saint-Michael Style

Step 1. Open Adobe PhotoShop(wow your good already)

Step 2. Open a New Document. (my size 300x120)


Step 3. Grab a render that has alot of detail design to it in which you want to smudge and sharpen and resize it to fit the document the best way you want. (using prince of persia)



Step 4. press ctrl+j to make a copy of your locked layer and then delete the locked layer.

Step 5. Make Several Copies of your render and place them all over the background to make sure it is covered and then using a feather brush (defualt brush size 27) erase any parts of the render that look cut off. After you do that turn of your default render layer invisable so as not to do anything until you need to (which is on a further step).

Step 6. Now Create a New Layer (Shift+Ctrl+N), then go to image and apply image now you have a copy of and the renders that you just layered into a single copy. Now turn your all your layers except for the first one and the last one which you did the apply image to (should be the last one).



Step 7. Now make a Copy (ctrl+J) of your applied image layer and then select the smudge tool and then select the default brush (Large Charcoal Smear (size 36). Now go to Brush tab in the upper right corner and use the following settings.




Step 8. Now smudge it until you cover the the duplicated layer.



Step 9. Now Make your Orginal render Visable again and then make it the top layer. Now press ctrl+J to make a copy of the render.

Step 10. Now Select that copy go to filter then to blur then to gaussian blur and move the slider around to the point it covers most of the render. (for this render 2.1). Then on your Layer Properties select lighten. You should be close to what I have.



Step 11. Now go back to your original render and press ctrl+j again and move the copy as the top layer. Then go to filter then to sharpen and then click on sharpen (why they put on twice who knows XP). Now Press Ctrl+F two more times and then go to layer properties and then lower the opacity just enough when both the sharpen and gaussian mix well.



Step 12. (Optional) Make a new Layer and select the grunge brushes that best work with this, meaning trial and error.



Step 13. Now to Add your Text, This is up to you.



Step 14. (optional) Now you can Add any little special effects that you would like

Step 15. Now Add a Border and you are done.

Step 16. Final Result

i love ur tutorials. they are really helpin me make sigs, but im still a n00b at them..

text is horrible mine aint great but the colours dnt work... and reflection isent great i dnt think...

Yes, the color on the text, isnt great. But, the purpose of this tutorial is not based on the outcome of the text.

2 true its go0d otherwise