Backgrounds, Patterns & Photographic Textures on CD
Textures within Type
By Rick Wetzel
Quite often we all get stuck in design ruts and need a new idea to stimulate our creative juices. This month I've taken the word "type" and have pasted into each letter one of my watercolor backgrounds. As nice as they looked with something other than a blend or a fill, I enhanced them with filters and effects . The following is one evenings experimentation using Watercolor Backgrounds for Photoshop.
In Adobe Photoshop, type in your headline using the text tool on it's own layer. With the magic wand, select each letter.
1. Choose Select > Inverse to select everything but the type.
2. Choose the delete key to knock out the background.
3. Choose Layer > Type > Render Layer.Your type is now ready to manipulate. - With themagic wandselect each letter.
1. Copy andEdit > Paste Intoyour texture of choice.
2. Stroke the path with a 1 pixel black line -Edit > Stroke 3. Choose theLayer > Effects >Drop Shadow 4. Choose theLayer > Effects >Bevel and Emboss>Inner Bevel
1. Copy andEdit > Paste Intoyour texture of choice.
2. Stroke the path with a 1 pixel black line -Edit > Stroke 3. ChooseFilter > Stylize > Diffuse
1 Don't knock out the background but select each letter.
2. Copy and Edit > Paste Intoyour texture of choice.
3. ChooseFilter > Distort > ZigZag Amount 12, Ridges 15, Small Pond. 4. Choose the Layer > Effects >Bevel and Emboss>Inner Bevel
1. Copy and Edit > Paste Intoyour texture of choice.
2. In the layers Palette, click on the mask icon of your layer.
3. Choose channels > layer 1 mask 4. ChooseFilter > Sketch > Plaster 25,8 Top Left
1. Copy and Edit > Paste Intoyour texture of choice.
2. Stroke the path with a 1 pixel black line -Edit > Stroke 3. Choose the Layer > Effects >Bevel and Emboss>Pillow Emboss
