Click on the move tool and center the text.

Remember the text we copied earlier? Go to edit and paste as new layer. Use the selection tool, rectangle to surround then click on the text to select it.

While still selected flood fill with the diamond pattern.

While still selected add a drop shadow using these settings:

Move over the gold text slightly to the right and down, select none.

Make layer 1 active and flood fill with the background color of your choice. You can also add background images and extra images of things particularly associated with the person u are making the sig for. See the examples at the bottom of the page.

If you want to crop your image this is the stage to do it. Merge visible layers then save as sparkle1 Save again as sparkle2, sparkle3 and sparkle4.

You will be left with the sparkle4 image, open the other 3 and arrange them all as best you can so that u can see all 4 of them.

Select the picture tube tool and find the white sparkle. If your font is 72, start with a sparkle size of about 60 and put one sparkle randomly on each letter of each image - trying to make the placement random in each image

Reduce the sparkle size by approximately 15 and repeat putting 1 or 2 sparkles on each letter randomly.

Depending how sparkley u want the sig to be u can then reduce the size agian and add another round of sparkles putting 2 - 4 sparkles on each letter. Make sure you always place the sparkle on the diamond area and not on the gold.

Once u are satisfied with your sparkles save all the images and close.

Open Animation shop Click on animation wizard, using the following settings.

• Same size as the first image - checked
• Canvas color - opaque checked - click on the color square and chose the same color u used for your background.
• Upper left corner of the frame - checked
• With the canvas color - checked
• Yes, repeat th eanimation indefinately - checked
• How long do u want each frame to be displayed - enter 30 seconds
• Click add image and add all of the sparkle images.

Finish.

Click the view animation icon and admire your work then save it :)

Below is the image created with this tutorial and a couple of alternative examples.