![]() You can also tint the top layer if you like. The blend modes in the above text layers will determine what if reflected in the gold of the lettering.Ģ3. You want to use a different one or keep it. At this stage you could also Smooth Blur again if you think it needs it.Ģ2. Run a Drop Shadow to your taste on the last layer of text. Set the top coloured layer of text blend mode to whatever takes you fancy. Go to the last (third) layer of text and use Fast Effect Glow and Soften Portrait at these settings:Ģ0. Go to the text layer below and run Trail at something like below:ġ8. Run Smooth (under Effects - Blurs) once or twice. Play with the settings until you are happy with it.ġ6. You are aiming for a goodly amount of colour. Run Clipwarp (from Tools Menu under Effects) at something like this: Go to the flower layer or background and CTRL + A, CTRL + C to copy the image to the clipboard. This is so that you will have a backup in case you need it. Duplicate the layer twice and turn the lowest text layer off. Duplicate the layer and set the blend mode to Overlay. Go back to just the background and increase the size of the image, redo the text bigger and redo the bevel which you may also need to adjust.ġ2. You don’t want this but you want to get rid of the jaggies. If your image is too small at this stage your text will blur. Deselect (CTRL + D) then Gaussian Blur at default or use AA Assistant at default. Now go to Adjustments and Curves and use the following settings:ġ1. I made my text a bit bigger using the rectangle select and Move tool.ġ0. You may have to play with the Depth setting a bit but the text should look very curvy with the edges a brownish colour and yellow in the middle. Next use Bevel Selection at these settings: Then press CTRL + I to invert the selection.ĩ. ![]() Using the Magic Wand at default tolerance, but set Flood Mode to global, select the outside of the text. You can turn off the flower layer if you like.Ĩ. At this stage it is hard to pick the text from the background. I like to work from the centre but it is optional. Use align object to align the text to “both”. Select a font that is reasonably uniform in thickness. Select yellow from the colour wheel and the text tool.Ħ. If it is a bit stretched one way or the other, it will be ok.Ĥ. Don’t be too concerned about the aspect ratio. You may have to adjust the image to fit the canvas. ![]() Your image should have a transparent background.ģ. For this tute either Google a PNG. image of roses/flowers that has a nice mix of contrasting colours. If it is too small the settings I have used here will not work for you.Ģ. This is something like what you want to achieve:ġ. (For those adapting this to a smaller size it may be worth copying the selected area at stage 8 to a new layer, running Bevel selection then the AA object plugin before flattening back down before stage 10? - just a thought) However, large size is the easiest way to avoid pixellated edges caused by selections. Slightly concerned by the size of the image (I think you said you have 12GB - I've only got 2GB and there are probably users with less than that. ![]() Red ochre also kindly pointed this out which may help you: This tute is aimed at more experienced users & it is assumed that you understand how to use layers, layer blend modes etc. Thanks also go to the people who have helped me get this far & there are manyĭisclaimer - I do not name my layers. Click here to view or download itĪt the outset I would like to thank all of the plugin writers without whom we could not attain to the artistic levels seen here.
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