A Rough guide to Sig Creation

Step 3 - Placing the Images

I like to work with enlarged images, therefore, I have magnified my empty sig by selecting 'View' 'Fit on Screen' as shown on the right


Next, I will place the background into the sig pic. Using the rectangular marquee tool (shown right), I will select an area of the sunset that I wish to use (shown below).
Then cut (CTRL & X) the selected area from the image. Switch to the new, blank layer, and paste the image onto the sig.

 
The image will need to be re-sized to fit, so select 'Edit' 'Free Transform' as shown on the left and re-size the image to fit the sig.
In the layers box, this should be showing as Layer 1.

I will now switch to the window with my photo in it. Cut it from here and paste it into the sig. It should show up as Layer 2.
This will also need re-sizing.
While in free transform mode, you can also position image layers, so I will place myself on the left of the sig. (Right)

Repeat the above step for the atom image, placing it to the right of the sig and you should end up with the sig as shown below and three layers in the layers box..

Now we start to move onto the fun stuff.

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