some questions about effects Options

[Nina-Williams]

How can I make curves likes this signature?

http://i39.tinypic.com/2po37u8.png

[waccoon]

If you're using Photoshop, the Pen tool would be your best bet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDrtyNmp3A4

Otherwise, a solid brush would work if you're careful.

[manny-the-dino]

Yup, the Pen Tool would do the job. Here's another tutorial on the Pen Tool.

[venti-anemoi]

Or, if you were lazy, you could draw a straight line and filter >> randomize >> wave and mess around with the settings (shape is sine).

[Nina-Williams]

I couldn't use the pen tool, it's way confusing. However I tried by taking a basic brush and drawing a curve like wave, but I don't understand this...
I duplicate the layer and I put on the first a stroke. Then I'm trying with the wave effect to make it like that, but the whole image is getting like a wave. I tried with a brush, but it doesn't seems well.
Any other ideas?

[digitalfragrance]

^ Make sure that the layer you are applying the effect to ONLY contains the brush drawing. With the way you described it, it sounds like the background image and the brush is in the same layer.

[Nina-Williams]

I did that, but look how it turned;



Actually, the edge of the layer still exists... (Not sure how to descibe that, I speak horrible english.)
I tried to fix it by using the feather feature and cutting it, but it doesn't seem right. I hope you understand what I mean.

[digitalfragrance]

What version of Photoshop are you using? That shouldn't happen to the whole image if you have the one part you want to edit on a separate layer.

Check out some of our pen tool resources - http://www.createblog.com/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=958

Or, download some squiggly photoshop brushes to use instead - http://leals.deviantart.com/art/line-brushes-93142192

[venti-anemoi]

Are you saying you want the edges of the top image to follow the curved line? You have to manually erase the parts you don't want; Photoshop won't do that for you. Move the curved line layer up a few pixels until the bottom edge of the top image is completely below all parts of the line, then go to the layer that the top image is on and use the eraser tool to carefully erase the parts under the line. Or you could use a layer mask if you know how to. You'll probably need to move the bottom image up some so that you don't get empty space between the curved line and the top edge of the bottom image.

Sorry if that's confusing >_<

[Nina-Williams]

Are you saying you want the edges of the top image to follow the curved line? You have to manually erase the parts you don't want; Photoshop won't do that for you. Move the curved line layer up a few pixels until the bottom edge of the top image is completely below all parts of the line, then go to the layer that the top image is on and use the eraser tool to carefully erase the parts under the line. Or you could use a layer mask if you know how to. You'll probably need to move the bottom image up some so that you don't get empty space between the curved line and the top edge of the bottom image.

Sorry if that's confusing >_<

Nooo, it worked, I understood! Thank you, good that I didn't used the pen tool it's so hard.

[Mikeplyts]

This should be closed then.

[manny-the-dino]

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