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Ice Text


Description: In this tutorial, i'll show you how to make your text freezing cold. This tutorial will also show you how to use this ice text on any colored background.

Start a new document 700x400px with blue HEX: #043A79 background.

Switch over to the Channel's Pallete and create a new channel. (if the channel pallete is not visible, go to "Windows->Channels".

While still in the channels pallete and with the new channel (Alpha 1) selected, select the Type Tool and type your text. Make it as big as possible.


Pixelate->Fragment


Pixelate->Crystalize

Now duplicate this new text channel, to do this, drag the channel into the "create new channel" icon. This will not be Alpha 1 copy.

Go to Filter->Pixelate->Fragment. Repeat this step for 3 times.

Then go to Filter->pixelate->crystalize. Enter 6. (This depends on the size of your text. play around)

Go to Select->Select All, then Edit->Copy

Then go back to the layers pallete. Then Edit->Paste

Then go to Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation. Match the following settings:

 

Go to Image->Rotate Canvas->90CW

Go to Filter->Stylize->Wind

Method: Wind
Direction:
From the right

Go to image->Rotate Canvas->90CCW

Go back to the Channels Pallete. and click on the original text channel (Alpha 1) to select it.

Then go to Filter->Blur->Guassian Blur.

Enter: 8.0

Go to Image->Adjustments->Levels

Input Levels: [ 0 ] [ 0.15 ] [ 60 ]

CTRL+Click on Alpha 1 (the original text channel) to make a selection around the text.

Then go back to the Layer's Pallete

Create a new layer.

Press D and X on the keyboard to reset the colors back to default white and black.

Go to Filter->Render->Clouds

Go to Filter->Sketch->Chrome

Set:
Detail: 3
Smoothness: 3

You can play around with this to get different effects.

Apply Inner Glow layer style to this chrome layer. (Blue used: #39C5FF )

Change the blending mode of the chrome layer to overlay, and set the opacity to about 80%

Now you are done, but what if we want to place our text on another color background? we cant, because it is already on a colored background.

The following steps will show you how to overcome that.

Go back to the Channels Pallete, CTRL click on Alpha 1 to select the original text channel, then go back to the layers pallete.

Go to Select->Inverse, then hit delete to delete, then deselect.

Go to Image->Rotate Canvas->90CW.

Go to Filter->Stylize->Wind.

Method: Wind
Direction: From the right

Go to image->rotate Canvas->90CCW.

Now your ice text can be place on any colored background.

User Comments

eddy | May/11/08 20:33
lol feb 22 is my birthday
Robbie Joe | May/7/08 23:37
You are the worstest photoshopper ever made in Visual basic.\
A pig in a lizard | May/2/08 03:27
you suck,learn how to give instructions properly, you can't paste stuff from channels into layers, at least not the way you describe it you blabbering pig
gay jathan | Apr/17/08 03:39
this was pretty good but guys r better
jason | Apr/16/08 08:07
these are the worst instructions i've ever seen. learn to type out the small steps also. you forgot a whole bunch.
fuck | Apr/15/08 02:48
fuck
Jordan | Apr/6/08 12:51
Great tutorial, helped me out a ton and im an advanced user !
mike | Apr/5/08 00:26
hey this is a great tutorial some steps i messed up on but just clicked undo and redid them until i understood, for all you other people who thinkthis tutorial sucks, then redo the steps until you understand. Also if all of you people saying this sucks and how good of a designer you are, then if you are so good why do you need to follow this step by step? I now a bit, and i didnt have to follow it step by step. To enhance the text on a white background at an outer glow, opacity: 41 blend mode normal, noise: 0%. use 39C5FF on a solid color, not a gradiant. Techinque: Presice. Spread: 0%, size: 13px contour is regular, not antialiased. range 50% jitter 0%

great tutorial thanks!
bluegold316@yahoo.com | Apr/1/08 09:49
This tutorial is 100% working and is good!
damn i thought it would work i was almost there... | Mar/30/08 08:47
you are fagest nerd on earth
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