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This lesson demonstrates how create an entwined signature - or logo.
Utilising Layers Tutorial Here
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open a New document, and set the following attributes.
Then from your new document’s top menu, left-click the following tab, to maximise the image. Tip: Quickly resize the image’s grey workspace by pressing Ctrl then tap the Plus or Minus keys.
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Now, set the Foreground colour to White. Tutorial.
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Then from the left-side toolbar, activate the Horizontal Type Tool. Tutorial.
And enter the following attributes into its Options bar. I am utilising a font named Fairydust.
Apply the first letter of your name (in capital letters), then click the Commit any current edits tick.
Now, activate the Move Tool. 
Then left-click, and drag your type to a central position.
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Again, activate the Type Tool. This time, change the font’s size - or create your second initial in lower case. This ensures the second initial is slightly smaller than the first, as illustrated below. Important! Ensure you begin your second initial application slightly below the first - this ensures it is applied onto its own layer.
 
Your Layers palette will now resemble the following.
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If you prefer, apply a filter of your choice to each letter. I am going to utilise an Eyecandy 5 Impact (Glass) filter. Therefore, left-click to activate your first initial’s layer, (D).
Then from the top menu, choose Filter then choose Eyecandy Impact then choose Glass. Click OK when prompted to Rasterise the type, then choose a glass filter you like - I am applying the following settings for my D, and you will notice (for impact), I have applied a Reflection Map to the glass.
 
Click OK to apply the glass effect to your text.
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Now, activate the second initial’s layer (in the Layers palette), and apply a different coloured glass filter to it. After you have completed this, you are ready for the next step. Note: I applied an Amber glass to my letter m.
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It is time to entwine your letters. Therefore, from the toolbar, activate the Move Tool, and position your initials over one another, as shown below.
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Then from the toolbar, activate the Rectangular Marquee Tool.
And set the following attributes into its Options bar.
Now, carefully drag out a rectangular marquee around the following area - if you make an error, from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Step Backwards.
Tip
Draw the marquee large enough to incorporate the area you wish to entwine, but no bigger.
Note
For my name through a hoop graphic, I applied an Elliptical Custom Shape - then an Eyecandy 5 Impact Chrome filter. I then positioned the Rectangular Marquee Tool as shown below. Additionally, I used the following Custom Shape Tool attributes. Custom Shape Lessons Here!
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Ensure the upper initial is the active layer in the Layers palette. In my instance, it is the letter m.
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Now, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Duplicate Layer - it is not necessary to name the layer - click OK. The Layers palette will now resemble the following.
Note
If you have more than one area you wish to entwine; surround both areas with separate marquees, ensuring you change the selection setting to Add to selection.
This allows you to apply more than one selection to your type.
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Now, from the keyboard, press the Delete key. Note: The change will not yet be apparent, this is because you have deleted part of the duplicated layer.
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From the Layers palette, grab the D layer, (or the layer at the bottom of your stack) and drag it above the M layer (your second initial). Your entwined effect is now complete, and your initials should be entwined - as illustrated below.
 
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If your initials are not entwined, reposition the layers accordingly.
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Now, press Ctrl then D to remove the marquee. Then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Merge Visible.
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To apply a drop shadow, click the Add a layer style f or fx icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. Then click Drop Shadow from the drop-down list. I applied an Eyecandy 5 Impact Perspective Shadow.
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Finally, (if necessary) crop your image. Alternatively, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose New Fill Layer and choose a Pattern, Gradient or Solid Colour to fill your new layer with. I filled my background with a Pattern - my filling layers lesson is here! To complete my entwined logo, I dragged the pattern layer below the entwined logo layer.
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Congratulations, you have created your entwined type, link here to save your work!
Note
I sharpened my final logo with the Smart Sharpen filter. Sharpen Images Tutorial.
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