Creating Shading behind signature?

[Bladerunner99]

Hi folks,
I've playing around trying to create the shading behind the signature as in the link below. I have my signature, but I'm trying to figure out how to get that black shading that goes across the entire picture.

Any help is appreciated, I'm relatively a rookie at doing this.
Just click on galleries to see any of the pics with an example.

http://jannel.ca/index2.php?v=v1

[jra]

Make a layer in PS with a black bar covering the area you want shaded and lower the opacity to create the amount of shading you desire.

[Bladerunner99]

Make a layer in PS with a black bar covering the area you want shaded and lower the opacity to create the amount of shading you desire.

Tks, i've actually been fooling around with that, I'm trying to figure out a way to create an action that will apply it to the photo behind my signature with out me having to do it manually, alot of trial and error.