chrispperson Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Plugins Needed: Smudge. Drop Shadow Outline Selection Hi. On this tutorial, I will show you how to make text, that will look something like this: Or This. 1. Open up a new image, and make the entire image transparent. 2. Write text on that image with any font, as long as it is somewhat wide (I used Reservoir at 48). Make it a relatively light color, or else this may turn out not the way you want it. 3. Select the text. 4. Now, choose two colors. One is the color you used for the text, the other is a darker version of that color! You will then run a gradient of those on the text. Make sure the darker color is at the bottom and the lighter color is at the top! 5. After having done that, go to "Selection- Outline Selection" and outline it a DARKER VERSION OF THE PREVIOUS COLORS! 6. Duplicate that layer 7. On the duplicated layer, smudge the image! The smudges must be along the edges of the text you are writing. Example: When you are finished smudging, the text should look like this: 8. Duplicate the smudged layer, set the layer you had just made to Multiply, and 100% opacity. It should look like this now: 9. Merge the layers down :MergeDown: 10. Create a Drop Shadow. Set it to the color of the text you made in Step 2. Set it to the following properties: Offset X- 0 Offset Y- 0 Widening Radius- 10 Blur Radius- 10 Keep original Image- Checked The image should now look like this, which is your final result. Note: Results will vary based on how you did your smudging. I didn't do my smudging very well on the demo, so, it doesn't look much like the actual result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McyD Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 :wink: lol Its a good text affect and i have never seen this before simple good and nice might use in a sig! thanks to you! WHY FIGHT THE RESISTANCE? My Gallery! My Favorite tut from Oma. You Rock!My See through border tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himself22 Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Really nice! Its very easy to follow. It doesn't take too many plugins. And it looks awesome! Here's what I made: edit: It also kinda looks like fire if you make it orange: "The truth is just an excuse for having a lack of imagination." Photobucket sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Roadkill Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Himself22 your Poseidon image is great ! You should add some fish or coral to it. Very cool. This is mine. I did the tut and then did some extra stuff to it. Â My Gallery SAC, WOTW and Photo Manip Competition Host To visit the Comps click HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorricks Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 how to do this= 4. Now, choose two colors. One is the color you used for the text, the other is a darker version of that color! You will then run a gradient of those on the text. Make sure the darker color is at the bottom and the lighter color is at the top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Roadkill Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 how to do this=4. Now, choose two colors. One is the color you used for the text, the other is a darker version of that color! You will then run a gradient of those on the text. Make sure the darker color is at the bottom and the lighter color is at the top! On the right side of the color wheel you will see a button that says "more>>" click that and you can use the sliders to make the colors darker, lighter, and more transparent. Â My Gallery SAC, WOTW and Photo Manip Competition Host To visit the Comps click HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defensa24 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 cool dude... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arik-so Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 great tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayne Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I can't get step 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemaru Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I can't get step 7 Do you see the Effects tab at the top of Paint.NET? If you have downloaded the Smudge plugin, you should see it in the Distort submenu. Click it. Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. |fb(page)|portfolio|blog| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex979 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Is this good? I don't think I did very good on the smudging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex979 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I think this one is better: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hougesen Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I made this My Gallery - @mew1226rblx - Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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