Saturday, August 28, 2010

Digital Magic For Text

FREEZE TEXT EFFECT
Try freezing up some text using this tutorial. Its really easy. Just follow the step by step instructions and you can't go wrong:
Start a new document. File | new...
Choose a suitable size and make sure you are in RGB mode and that the resolution is set to 72 dpi.
Type in a optional text, and flatten the image.
Layer | Flatten image this removes all layers.
Use the Magic Wand to select the text that you just typed, click on the white area.
Inverse the selection by clicking Select | Inverse. Now should the text be surrounded by "blinking lines".
Filter | Pixelate | Crystallize set Cellsize: to 3-5.
Add noise: Filter | Noise | Add Noise... Set Amount to 160 and check: Uniform and Monochromatic.
Blur the selection. Blur | Guassian Blur with 1-2 pixels depending on the textsize.
Simply click:
Select | Deselect.
Image | Adjust | Invert
Rotate the image and add some Wind and rotate it back again. This is how you do it.
Image | Rotate Canvas | 90 CW
Filter | Stylize | Wind...
Image | Rotate Canvas | 90 CCW
Now we want some colors on our picture.
Image | Adjust | Hue/saturation...
Check Colorize.
Some setting:
Hue: 182, Saturation:68, Lightness: 0
Hue: 9, Saturation:68, Lightness: 0
Hue: 131, Saturation:68, Lightness: 0
Hue: 310, Saturation:68, Lightness: 0
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