Author Topic: Userbar Tutorial (Read 5407 times)

Blaze · « **on:** July 24, 2008, 07:21:04 AM »

Userbar Tutorial[/color]

Today we're going to make a userbar. These are commonly used in forum signatures. This is what we will be making:

Step 1: Create a new document with the following information:

Step 2: Fill it with any colour, it doesn't matter for now. In the colour pallete, select the foreground and background colours you wish to use. I am using Black And Grey. Navigate to Blending Options > Gradient Overlay, and use these settings:

Step 3: Now we have a background. Now it's time to move onto a logo, emblem or an image to represent the userbar. I am using the current GTAStunting logo. Paste the logo into your document, press CTRL+T, and resize and position to your liking (Be sure to hold CTRL while resizing to keep the dimensions):

Step 4: Choose the Text Tool, with the font Visitor TT2 BRK (Available on Dafont.com under "Visitor". Use 13pt, with no anti aliasing. Here is what it looks like now:

Step 5: Create a new layer (CTRL+Shift+N), and fill it with Scanlines (Click for scanline tutorial!). Change the Opacity to 40%. Here is what it should look like now:

Step 6: Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create the following selection:

Fill the selection with white, and change the Opacity to 15%, and the Blending Mode to Soft Light. It should look like this:

Step 7: Create a new layer above everything else, press CTRL+A, then navigate to Edit > Stroke, Use 1PX - Black - Inside.

Done!. Have fun making userbars.

Mythic · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:29:19 AM »

Use "Elliptical Marquee Tool" in order to get the selection like in "Step 6".

StrangereQ · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:30:50 AM »

Easy, very easy for me. Look in my sig.

Blaze · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:34:45 AM »

Who cares if it's easy for YOU, its for people who are not so confident.

Emperatris · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:39:25 AM »

We know that it's very easy, this tutorials is for the ones that who doesn't know how to make a userbar. Thanks for the share.

StrangereQ · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:51:13 AM »

Ok guys. My outcome

Flat Face · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:51:15 AM »

Quote from: StrangereQ

Easy, very easy for me. Look in my sig.

Lol wow you can actually make something.... lol go home douche.

nice n detailed tut.

Smacktard · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2008, 08:01:41 AM »

Quote from: StrangereQ

Ok guys. My outcome

You missed the scanlines.

Yeah there's an easier way to do the elliptical marquee thing but hey, it's your tutorial.

Lyserg · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2008, 08:29:27 AM »

Nice tutorial.

Labiloute · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2008, 08:46:49 AM »

Quote from: Smacktard

Quote from: StrangereQ
Ok guys. My outcome

вαℓυ · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:28:50 AM »

Quote from: StrangereQ

Easy, very easy for me. Look in my sig.

Yea StrangereQ, ripping other people's works should be very easy for you.
Nice tutorial dude.

Shifftee · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:52:04 AM »

Really great tutorial, Blaze, your blazin'

Sucre · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2008, 10:29:10 AM »

Easy, plus i got other cooler ways

I'll share them soon enough.

Very nice.

StrangereQ · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2008, 10:48:51 AM »

I don't ripping! Do U want to see/check the .psd file?

Blaze · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2008, 11:08:45 AM »

Keep this shit out of my thread, keep it to PM's.