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Hi there, I'm going to show you how to make signatures like the
ones found on www.userbars.com
First of we start with creating a new image:
(Notice: We use the size 348x18 because when we add the border at the end, we get the proper size: 350x19)
First we find out what gradient we will use, often something that goes with the
theme we want or the colors of a logo/brand.. for this one i use a standard
black to white gradient.
Next we make a new layer (ctrl+l to get the layer window up),
in the next step we can do one of two things:
a) Make our own pattern: Make a new image, transparent background, 8x8 pixels.
Draw a diagonal line like in the picture below, and save the file
as (in my case, change the x.x to your gimp version)
~/.gimp-x.x/patterns/stripes.pat
b) Or, download the one i left for you here: stripes.xcf (16k)
The second beeing the easiest, just open it, copy, and paste as a new layer on
your image, and set the opacity to something nice.
Now its time to put an image/logo into our sig, in this example i used the
spitfire skateboard company logo, make a new layer, and paste it in:
Next is the text, userbars.com use a font found here but i used one called "Acknowledge TT BRK" i
found somewhere on the net.
But you might have noticed the sigs have a black outline on the text, i
haven't found any fancy ways (nor have i ever really spent time looking for one)
to add that i use a more simple approach:
Go to the layer tab and select "Layer to image size", now mark the text
as below, leaving a one pixel area around the text, and fill it with black.
Next, use the smallest pencil to fill the gaps and use the select tool to remove some abundant areas:
Next, we make a new layer, and we use the "Select elliptical area" tool to
select an area (from the top left corner to top right) which reaches around the middle of the picture:
Fill it with white and adjust the opacity to your likings, now, select the
background layer, in your layer tab (ctrl+l) and right-click, go to "Script-fu"
, "Decor" and then "Add border", add a black 1x1 pixel border and now tada:
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