Thursday, November 26, 2015
Text with texture
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Step 3 : The Channels pallete has opened. Click on Red, Green and Blue channels to look at the contrast.
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Step 5 : I have dragged the Blue Channel to the New Channels button shown by the red arrow, This forms a Blue Copy channel.
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Step 7 : We are back in the Layers pallete.
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Step 9 : A new layer i.e. Layer 1 forms above the Background.
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This is how the image looks.
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Step 13 : Make sure that Style is set to Default. Now use your cusor to rotate the light on the left.
Step 14 : On the left rotate the light till the it is shining right from the top. Drag the sides to make the light brighter. Then look at the Texture Channel on the right bottom. Click the dropdown and click on Blue Copy. This was the channel I duplicated in the Channels pallette.
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Step 16 : Click ok in the Lighting Effects dialogue box and you can see how the texture has changed.
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This is how the texture looks.
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Step 19 : Click the Type Tool and choose Horizontal Type Tool.
Step 20 : Type your text in the text box.
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Step 23 : Click on Layer 1. I wish to merge Layer 1 with the Background. Press CTRL+E.
Step 24 : Layer 1 and Background merges into a single layer i.e. Background. Press CTRL+J.
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Step 26 : Click the eye icon on in the text layer.
Step 27 : Now drag the Background copy layer above the Text layer.
Step 28 : The Background copy is now above the Text layer.
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Step 31 : Check the Colorize box and then drag the Hue slider to the right till you get a blue shade. Click ok.
This is how the texture looks. Not at all impressive.
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Step 33 : Click on the Add Layer Style button.
Step 34 : From the popup click on Bevel and Emboss.
Step 35 : These are the controls of Bevel and Emboss. Change the Technique to Chisel Hard, uncheck the Use Global Light and change the Angle to 90 degree. Drag the Depth slider quite a bit as shown. Don't click ok.
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Step 37 : Now click where shown on Outer Glow by the red arrow and the Drop Shadow dialogue box changes to the Outer Glow dialogue box. Click on the yellow square shown by the blue arrow to bring up the Color Picker.
Step 38 : The Color Picker opens. In the box highlighted in yellow type in 000000 (six zeroes which is Black). Click ok in the Color Picker.
Step 39 : Change the Blend Mode to Multiply and drag the Spread and Size sliders as shown. Click ok now.
This is how the textured text looks like. It is finished. Now should you want to change the text to something else without having to go through all the steps do the following.
Step 40 : Double click on the text layer thumbnail.
You will find your text is immediately highlighted.
Step 41 : Now just type in just what you want. I have typed in Rocky.
Now I have changed the text to Stone. You can write whatever you wish. That is all.
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