Splashing Signature Background
Create a fantastic background to use on signatures and banners alike.

author:
  Ryan
title:
  Splashing Signature Background
date:
  Wed 7 April 2004
category:
  Web Layout and Design
credits:
 


New Document

Make a new document, anysize doesn't matter. Now press "D" on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white. Make sure your background is BLACK.




Render a few lens flares amongst your canvas:






Go to Filter>Sketch>Chrome and apply these settings:





Then go to Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates and use these settings:





Then apply Filter>Artistic>Plastis Wrap with the following settings:





Now we apply the color. Open up the hue/saturation window by pressing CNTRL+U.





Duplicate the layer. Apply Hard Light to the duplicated layer.





Now your image should be looking similar to mine:





Press CNTRL+E to emerge the 2 layers together. Use the Rectangular Marque Tool and select the area you want to use for your signature background:


Now go to File>New and it should already have detected the size of your copied selection. Make the new document and paste it. Add some looks and there ya go:



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