Im a n00b, so help :D

[SketchZ]

._. Can someone tell me.. what a curves layer is.. and how I can make one. <.< I'm not so good with gfx vocab :O!

A real helpful explanation would be helping.
Thanks

[SketchZ]

I think I know now...:

The Curves Dialog

What the curves dialog does? It can be used to adjust the lightness of colors just like adjusting brightness and contrast does, but with more control on what pixels to brighten or darken. We want to darken the gray, less bright dots so only the more bright ones remain visible. Try adjusting the curve yourself, the image shows the preview of how it will look. Look below for how the curve should approximately look like.


http://www.tigert.com/gimp/tutorials/the_bazaar_1999/pics/dialog005.png

^^ that it?

[maggerz]

Yea, pretty much, but i dont like to use it, its kinda hard. you have to keep dragging and draging and adding anchor points till you get a good result l=/

[beanmiester]

Ya it is kinda hard to do but if you can get it right your sig will look better because of the lighting.

I don't know how to do it in gimp but look for it where colorify is

In photoshop you hit the adjustment layer button and select curves

[SketchZ]

Color > Curves

[brohana]

Exactly
It can be used if your sig looks alittle bland and monotone
you can change the lighting and intensity of the sig
very useful in my opinion