Post by snotskie on May 10, 2009 17:36:47 GMT -5
Ok, Axel asked me to make a tut showing how to do text much like the font in seths newest avatar.
I wont tell how to do the bg in that one just yet, but the text is pretty simple.
1. Make a fairly large text layer.
2. Select the area around the text (I used the select by color tool, ctrl+shift+o).
3. Grow the selection by... ~3px.
4. Make a new layer, under the text layer, fill in this grown selection, and blur it a good bit.
5. Now the fun part. Make Four copies of this blur-text layer.
6. Use the distort->wind plugin on one of these four layers. Set it to Wind, low threshold, high strength.
7. Do the same (ctrl+shift+f) on another of these four layers, but this time switch the "left" to "right" or vice versa.
8. Now rotate the Image 90 degrees (Under Image->Transform).
9. Use the wind plugin on another layer, but this time raise the threshold a bit, and lower the strength.
10. And finish up the main "Wind" part on the last of these four layers, switch the direction, and rotate the image back.
11. Finishing touches:
>1. Set the original text layer to "Overlay".
>2. Use the wind again on the layers we had to rotate for, but this time use the same direction on both, set a VERY high threshold, and a high strength.
12. Any questions, just ask.
I wont tell how to do the bg in that one just yet, but the text is pretty simple.
1. Make a fairly large text layer.
2. Select the area around the text (I used the select by color tool, ctrl+shift+o).
3. Grow the selection by... ~3px.
4. Make a new layer, under the text layer, fill in this grown selection, and blur it a good bit.
5. Now the fun part. Make Four copies of this blur-text layer.
6. Use the distort->wind plugin on one of these four layers. Set it to Wind, low threshold, high strength.
7. Do the same (ctrl+shift+f) on another of these four layers, but this time switch the "left" to "right" or vice versa.
8. Now rotate the Image 90 degrees (Under Image->Transform).
9. Use the wind plugin on another layer, but this time raise the threshold a bit, and lower the strength.
10. And finish up the main "Wind" part on the last of these four layers, switch the direction, and rotate the image back.
11. Finishing touches:
>1. Set the original text layer to "Overlay".
>2. Use the wind again on the layers we had to rotate for, but this time use the same direction on both, set a VERY high threshold, and a high strength.
12. Any questions, just ask.
