[Tutorial]Adding simple 3px Stroke

[Lithium]

He here is a easy tut for good stroke ^_^ that I have wrote.

1) After finishing a signature make a new layer
Layer->New->Layer. (or press Shift+Ctrl+n)
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2) Put the new layer on the top of the layers. Now choose Magic Wand Tool ( press w ) and click on your signature
(remember to select the new layer that we made in the first step)
now the whole signature will be selected.
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3) Now go to Edit->Stroke (keep the signature selected)
Put there the next setings:
Width:1 px
Color: Black
Location: Inside
and press ok, press Ctrl+d

4) Use the Magic Wand tool again ( press w ) and click on the signature again.
Go to Edit->Stroke (keep the signature selected)
Put there the next setings:
Width:1 px
Color: white
Location: Inside
and press ok, press Ctrl+d

5) Last time use the Magic Wand Tool ( prees w ) and
go to Edit->Stroke (keep the signature selected)
Put there the next setings:
Width:1 px
Color: Black
Location: Inside
and press ok, press Ctrl+d

6) Change the layer mode to "Multiply" and that it you fineshed
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Here what i got

All cradit gose to me Lithium and my lilforum.

 

[OutKaster]

nice tutorial man
i got a wierd effect in my own signature lol

 

[Lithium]

lol what you mean? ^_^

 

[OutKaster]

Well the stroke arrond my borders it appeared like a third border lol but it was messing with my tech effect lol

 

[Lithium]

-_O don't use simple stroke with tech boreder lol use one of them ^_^

 

[OutKaster]

i know lol i just wanted to see how it looked like

 

[Lithium]

you can also fill the white line with Pattern one of the blak and white and then color it its what I did with my avatar.

 

[rage_man]

cool ^^

 

[Lithium]

Its just look long but its taking only few sec to do it =]