Stone Text
In this tutorial, we'll be creating a text effect that is formed by small stones. .
Press D to reset your colors to default Use the "Type tool" and create your text color white on black background. Use a fairly large font for best results. Then go to Filter » Texturizer » Stained
Glass: (when asked to rasterize, select "YES") |
Now go to "Select » Color Range" and click on the white of the stained glass to select it. |
Now switch over to the channels pallete, create a new channel, and fill the selection with WHITE. Press CTRL+D to deselect. Now go to Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur Set Radius: 4.0 |
Now go to Image » Adjustment » Levels. Then move the sliders so your image is sharp again. |
Now switch back to the layers pallete, you can hide the original text layer because we wont be working with it anymore. Now to go Select » Load Selection. In the channel field, select Alpha 1, this will load the select from the channels pallete. Now create a new layer and fill this selection with grey then DESELECT |
Now apply the following: - Color Overlay - You can set this to grey or any color to your liking. |
This looks better on other background other than black, the reason we use black above is because of the way the selections work.
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