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Hi, second tutorial ever. Hope it's ok!
Go from this to this in Photoshop CS, possibly translatable.
Image heavy, and should be ok for beginners, I'm a bit of an explanation freak.
First, we start out with this image.
(Click for full size)
Crop it however you like. I also resized it to 75% of its original size because I felt it was too big, then I sharpened it once.
I went to Image >> Adjustments >> Hue/Saturation and desaturated the base -25.
Then I went to Image >> Adjustments >> Brightness/Contrast and contrasted the base +10
I copied the base once (Ctrl + J) and desaturated it -100, and set it to Screen 100%
I then opened this texture (By
inxsomiax) and dragged it on top of the base, using the bottom part of it to cover the base.
I didn't like the white part at the top, so with the rectangle tool, I selected and copied part of the bottom part of the texture. I then dragged it up top to cover the white part, like so.
Because it was too sharp, I decided to feather it. I selected the bottom part of the image on the layer with the texture covering the white, and went to Select >> Feather and set the feather radius to 30, then pressed backspace 3 times before I felt it had blended enough.
Then, I set the texture to Overlay 100%.
I decided it was too green for my tastes, so I desaturated the texture -50.
Before typing out the text, I made another layer, then used the rectangle tool and just selected a part of the picture I liked. I then floodfilled the rectangle with #009488 and set it to Multiply.
For the actual text, I typed in "Bleach" in the font Black Family >> Plain Black (Found on DaFont) and added a drop shadow with these settings using a sandy color I used the dropper tool to pick from the image.
I then added "Chasing a dream" in the font Neverwinter (Found on DaFont) and used the same sandy color to add a drop shadow with the exact same settings as I used with "Bleach".
Annnnd your finished result!
Your layers palette should look something like this:
I hope you liked it and it helped in some way! This is outlining what I myself did, but it's really just a guideline, and of course things would be different according to what image you're working with.
Comments and feedback make me not eat babies. :)
Go from this to this in Photoshop CS, possibly translatable.
Image heavy, and should be ok for beginners, I'm a bit of an explanation freak.
First, we start out with this image.
(Click for full size)Crop it however you like. I also resized it to 75% of its original size because I felt it was too big, then I sharpened it once.
I went to Image >> Adjustments >> Hue/Saturation and desaturated the base -25.
Then I went to Image >> Adjustments >> Brightness/Contrast and contrasted the base +10
I copied the base once (Ctrl + J) and desaturated it -100, and set it to Screen 100%
I then opened this texture (By
inxsomiax) and dragged it on top of the base, using the bottom part of it to cover the base.I didn't like the white part at the top, so with the rectangle tool, I selected and copied part of the bottom part of the texture. I then dragged it up top to cover the white part, like so.
Because it was too sharp, I decided to feather it. I selected the bottom part of the image on the layer with the texture covering the white, and went to Select >> Feather and set the feather radius to 30, then pressed backspace 3 times before I felt it had blended enough.
Then, I set the texture to Overlay 100%.
I decided it was too green for my tastes, so I desaturated the texture -50.
Before typing out the text, I made another layer, then used the rectangle tool and just selected a part of the picture I liked. I then floodfilled the rectangle with #009488 and set it to Multiply.
For the actual text, I typed in "Bleach" in the font Black Family >> Plain Black (Found on DaFont) and added a drop shadow with these settings using a sandy color I used the dropper tool to pick from the image.
I then added "Chasing a dream" in the font Neverwinter (Found on DaFont) and used the same sandy color to add a drop shadow with the exact same settings as I used with "Bleach".
Annnnd your finished result!
Your layers palette should look something like this:
I hope you liked it and it helped in some way! This is outlining what I myself did, but it's really just a guideline, and of course things would be different according to what image you're working with.
Comments and feedback make me not eat babies. :)