Creating a Photoshop Brush with your Signature

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

12/13/2004 02:03:47 PM · #1

Greetings...

I was shown this tip last week and thought I would share it....

Using a digitizing tablet or a scanner, create a black and white image of your signature at a decent resolution. If you use a scanner, clean out any unwanted information in the image. You can use the levels slider to push the black and white and also paint out anyting else you don't want.

From the edit menu, choose DEFINE BRUSH and give the brush some arbitrary name... then click OK.

This new brush will appear at the bottom of your brush dialog box and you can use it in any color/size as shown here...

brianlh

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

12/13/2004 02:33:10 PM · #2

interesting - now all i have to do is have a presentable signature, and i'm set!

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/13/2004 02:38:39 PM · #3

I used one of mine to do this calendar cover...

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

12/13/2004 02:43:24 PM · #4

You could also save the image as a grayscale TIFF and place it -- this way you don't have to locate the file, but it probably adds some storage overhead to PS. You can make other specialty brushes too, like a logo. Great tip.

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

12/13/2004 02:48:28 PM · #5

Very Useful... I don't have an interesting signature like you tho :(

soup

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

12/13/2004 02:53:05 PM · #6

good tip - will mess with it tonight.

thanks

Sunniee

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

12/13/2004 02:58:05 PM · #7

Hmmmm, interesting! Gotta play with that! Thanks

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/13/2004 04:44:31 PM · #8

Originally posted by GeneralE:

What do you mean by 'locate the file'?

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

12/13/2004 04:50:46 PM · #9

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
You could also save the image as a grayscale TIFF and place it -- this way you don't have to locate the file, but it probably adds some storage overhead to PS. You can make other specialty brushes too, like a logo. Great tip.

What do you mean by 'locate the file'?

I mean next year, when you're editing a photo and want to add your signature, you'd have to remember what folder that TIFF file is stored in and navigate to it. Of course, for organized people like yourself that's a non-issue : )

As a brush, I'm assuming the data is stored within Photoshop itself, and you avoid the step of "locating" the file.

soup

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

12/14/2004 10:21:26 AM · #10

hey - that worked great ;}

thanks - even with a crummy scanner.