Just a question...

**danczwgunz** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-21-2008, 09:10 PM

Hi all,
Well, I've been busy creating my own sig lately, well @ least I was in September, it's my first actual sig that I did most of it (or jsut the putting together and cutting out) on my own.

Though, besides downloading some amazingly cool texts, I got a big problem. I cut my images so that they would be translucent (clear), but I have no way of taking all the difference images and putting them together without using the Photobucket way, which is not good one bit because it deletes the clear layer replacing it with the default black layer.

Does anyone have any other ways? Here's it so far, the guy on the left I have not finished cutting yet, the hair's the main part, and I got some other thing I have in mind for it, besides cutting down the width since the grafix don't show in the middle because they are too small since I had to even make those two fractals smaller.

**Commanderpyle** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-22-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by danczwgunz

Hi all,
Well, I've been busy creating my own sig lately, well @ least I was in September, it's my first actual sig that I did most of it (or jsut the putting together and cutting out) on my own.

Though, besides downloading some amazingly cool texts, I got a big problem. I cut my images so that they would be translucent (clear), but I have no way of taking all the difference images and putting them together without using the Photobucket way, which is not good one bit because it deletes the clear layer replacing it with the default black layer.

Does anyone have any other ways? Here's it so far, the guy on the left I have not finished cutting yet, the hair's the main part, and I got some other thing I have in mind for it, besides cutting down the width since the grafix don't show in the middle because they are too small since I had to even make those two fractals smaller.

when you have finished rendering the image and got it how you want it save it as a .PNG file and when you re-open it with PS it will be a render for you to use.

Hopefully you are when rendering, cutting the image out you want, then copy and past it onto a new background, so the back ground is checkered and the image is sat ontop ready to be draged onto what ever background you finally create, then to keep it saved in that format save it as a .PNG file.

I hope I explained this ok, as I am self taught I find it hard to explain as I do it like second nature now

**danczwgunz** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-22-2008, 07:22 AM

Yeah, it's checkered. What I do is before I am even starting to cut, I make a box, right click, new layer, put it under the current layer so that its the background.

Okay, I'll try that drag thing you said soon. Thkz

**citizenatlarge** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-22-2008, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by danczwgunz

I have no way of taking all the difference images and putting them together without using the Photobucket way...

Combine the layers within photoshop.. Just open all of your renders and copy them to a new transparent document that is the final size of desired siggy..

Once dragged there, you will be able to resize and place each as needed..

At some point, hide the renders, make a border, and a background based on the transparent layer.. (make sure this one is on top of the others in the layers palette or your renders will be 'hidden' behind it)

EDIT- Maybe this can help.. http://browse.deviantart.com/resourc...ature+tutorial If you can't see this, create an account @ deviantart.com..