In this tutorial I'll show you how to create an eroded metal text effect. Throughout this tutorial we'll make use of various drawing techniques, channels, and patterns. Let's get started!
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Step 1
First we need to define a pattern of dots. Lets start by creating a new document 100 pixels wide and 100 pixels high, with a Resolution set to 300 pixels/inch. Fill the "Background" layer with black. Grab the Elliptical Marquee Tool, set the Style to a Fixed Size and set the Width and Height to 24 pixels. Click anywhere inside the canvas, then click inside the selection, drag and position it in the top-left corner of the canvas.
Fill the selection with white. Drag one vertical and one horizontal guide to the center of the selection. Hold down the Shift key, press Down the Arrow key four times to move the selection down 40 pixels. Fill it with white. Now move the selection 20 pixels up and 20 pixels right, then fill it with white again. Move the selection this time, 20 pixels down and 20 pixels right and fill with white.
Now drag two more guides to the center of the selection as in the image below. Move the selection 40 pixels up and fill with white once again. Now grab the Rectangular Marquee Tool and select the area between the crossing guides as shown below. Go to Edit > Define Pattern and name the pattern "Holes." Now that we have defined our pattern, you can close this document.
Step 2
Now create a new document 1450 pixels wide and 700 pixels high at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch. Make sure the Color Mode is set to RGB. Use the Horizontal Type Tool to type your text. I used Arial Black at a size of 116 pt.
Step 3
Now we'll apply two Layer Styles. First apply a Stroke using these settings: Size set to 10 pixels, Position set to Inside, Blend Mode of Normal, Opacity at 100% and color set to black. Then apply a Pattern Overlay and use the following settings: Blend Mode set to Normal, Opacity at 100%, Pattern set to "Holes," and scale set at 50%.
Step 4
Make the "Background" layer invisible and create a new layer on top and name it "2 Alpha." Go to Image > Apply Image and check Invert. This will flatten the current visible layers in the selected layer and invert it.
Step 5
Command-click the "2 Alpha" layer to load the selection and hit Command + C to copy. Go to the Channels Palette and create a new Channel. Hit Command + V to paste. Hit Command + D to deselect.
Step 6
Go to the Layers Palette. We don't need "2 Alpha" layers anymore so delete it. Turn off the visibility of the Pattern Overlay style of the "PSD" layer and set the Text Color to white. The layer is named "PSD" because I typed the text: "PSD". Your text layer is named whatever you typed.
Step 7
Create a new layer on top and again name it "2 Alpha" because this one will be going to an alpha channel. Make sure the "Background" layer is still invisible. Go to Image > Apply Image and uncheck Invert.
Step 8
Now Command-click the "2 Alpha" layer to load the selection and hit Command + C to copy, go to the Channels Palette and create a new channel, then hit Command + V to paste. While you're in the Channels Palette, Command-click the "Alpha 1" channel to load the selection.
Step 9
Go to the Layers Palette and create a new layer named "Text." Set your Foreground Color to 80% gray by hitting Alt + Backspace, then Deselect.
Step 10
Since we'll have a dark background in our final image, it's a good idea to make the background darker now. So fill the "Background" layer with 90% gray. Now we'll apply two Layer Styles to the "Text" layer. The first one is a Pattern Overlay with these settings: Blend Mode set to Soft Light, Opacity at 100%, Pattern set to "Black Marble," which is located in the "Rock Patterns" and Scale set at 100%. The second Layer Style is a Drop Shadow with these settings: Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity at 100%, Angle set to 120 degrees, Distance set to 16 pixels, Spread set at 30% and Size set to 15 pixels.
Step 11
Go to Layer > Duplicate Layer and name the duplicate "Paint." Drag the Effects of this layer to the trash in the Layers Palette as shown below.
Step 12
Go to Channels Palette and create a new channel. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Now go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. We'll apply this filter twice more, so Press Command + F twice. Now go to Image > Adjustments > Invert. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels (Command + L) and set the Input Levels to 200, 1, 255. The white areas in this image is going to be the eroded parts of the paint. Command-Click the channel to load the selection.
Step 13
Go to the "Paint" layer in the Layers Palette and hit Delete to clear the selected area. Go to Layer > Duplicate Layer and name it "Grain." Make the "Grain" layer invisible for now, then Deselect.
Step 14
Go back to the "Paint" layer and apply a Drop Shadow Layer Style with these settings: Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity at 100%, Angle set to 120 degrees, Distance and Spread set to 0, and Size set to 5 pixels. Apply an Inner Glow and use these settings: Blend Mode of Color Burn, Opacity at 35%, and Size set to 1 pixel. Now apply a Gradient Overlay with these settings: Blend Mode set to Overlay, Opacity at 60%, Gradient set to Black and White, Style set to Linear and Angle set to 90 degrees. Set the "Paint" layer Blending Mode to Soft Light.
Step 15
Create a new layer above the "Paint" layer and name it "Color." Grab the Gradient Tool, open the Gradient picker in the Tool Options and pick: Blue, Red, Yellow. Set it to Linear Gradient and fill the layer as shown below. Hold down the Alt key and click the line between the "Paint" and "Color" layers to define the "Paint" layer as a Clipping Mask. Set the "Color" layer Blending Mode to Difference.
Step 16
Go to the "Grain" layer in the Layers Palette and make it visible. Go to Filter > Artistic > Film Grain. Set the Grain to 10, Highlight Area and Intensity to 0, and set the Blending Mode for the layer to Color Dodge.
Step 17
Command-click the "Text" layer to load the selection. Create a new layer on top and name it "Highlight." Grab the Elliptical Marquee Tool and use the Arrow keys to move the selection 1 pixel left and 1 pixel up. Fill the selection with white. Move the selection 1 pixel right and 1 pixel down, back to where it was and hit Delete to clear. Apply an Outer Glow Layer Style to the "Highlight" layer using these settings: Blend Mode of Overlay, Opacity at 100%, and Size set to 2 pixels.
Step 18
Go to the Channels Palette and Command-click "Alpha 2" to load the selection. Go back to the Layers Palette and create a new layer on top. Name it "Highlight 2." Move the selection 2 pixels right and 2 pixels down. Fill the selection with white. Now move the selection 2 pixels left and 2 pixels up and hit Delete to clear. Now deselect.
Step 19
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply with a Radius of 1 pixel. This is going to smooth the highlight.
Step 20
Go to the Channels Palette and Command-click "Alpha 2" to load the selection again. Go back to the Layers Palette and create a new layer on top and name it "Shade." Move the selection 2 pixels left and 2 pixels up. Fill the selection with black. Now move the selection 2 pixels right and 2 pixels down and hit Delete to clear.
Step 21
Deselect by hitting Command + D. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply with a Radius of 1 pixel.
Step 22
Command-click the "PSD" layer to load the selection. Create a new layer on top and name it "Shade 2." Fill the layer with Black. Move the selection 2 pixels up and 2 pixels left, then hit Delete to clear. Command-click the "PSD" layer again. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply with a Radius of 2 pixels.
Step 23
Command-click the "PSD" layer again and load it's pixels. Create a new layer on top and name it "Highlight 3." Fill the selection with black. Move the selection 2 pixels down and 2 pixels right and hit Delete to clear. Command-click the "PSD" layer and load the selection again, because we don't want this highlight to be blurred towards the outside. Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply with a Radius of 1 pixel. Deselect by hitting Command + D.
Step 24
Create a new layer above the "Background" layer and name it "Texture." Fill the layer with black. Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare. Set the Brightness at 160% and set the Lens Type to 50-300 mm zoom. Then go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. Go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. Apply a Glass filter by going to Filter > Distort > Glass and use these settings: Distortion set to 20, Smoothness set to 2, and Scaling set at 100%. Finally, apply a Gradient Overlay Style to this layer and use these settings: Blend mode of Multiply and Opacity set at 70%.
Step 25
You can achieve different variations of this effect by changing the gradient or color of the "Color" layer and changing the Texture of the Pattern Overlay Layer Style of the "Text" layer.
Conclusion
Yes that's it! I hope you learned something new and enjoyed this tutorial!
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Martin September 11th
Nice! Looks realistic…
( )joe nathan laban September 15th
Thanx….very refreshing!!!
( )joe nathan laban September 15th
SSAAAyyy…if some can use illustrator-to-photoshop kinda’ thing…why don’t you put some of corelDRAW to photoshop???
Joey September 11th
The result looks awesome. I’m going to try this for sure.
( )massafakka September 11th
well yeah! i like it… thx for the nice tut sir
( )Nikola September 11th
Awesome tut! Thanks
( )Rafael Braga September 11th
Nice .. interesting the way you made it … usually we use texture to everything …
( )spidermonkey September 11th
Awesome tutorial, this looks incredible. I can’t wait to try it out!
( )RUGRLN September 11th
Amazing…really photorealistic!!
( )AtiKuSDesign September 11th
This really isn’t a style I think I would ever re-produce but I love reading through your tuts and finding techniques that can be used to create other ideas.
Great stuff
( )g3niuz September 11th
thanks for this tutorial guys ;D
( )Nikhil September 11th
Mind blowing tut…..
( )really really great….
I am also making one for me….
Alex September 11th
very good tut!
( )thanks for sharing!
Jasmin Halkić September 11th
Great.
( )Design Wannabe September 11th
Very slick
( )Ezuca September 11th
Unusually Fabulous!
( )lawrence77 September 11th
Welcome back Eren, we looking more from u….
By the way nice tut… :thumbup:
( )Bill September 11th
Great but I am stuck at the first step. (drrr) When I click inside the canvas I get a message saying “Warning, no pixels where selected” Any thoughts folks?
( )Bill September 11th
HA, got it. the size of the ellipse defaulted to INCHES. Geeze!
( )aliaskajan September 11th
great tutorials
( )Hoof September 11th
Great tutorial. Never thought about using the glass filter in this way. I would have approached the letters with a custom alpha map and lighting effects proabably, but this is a strong, clean look!
( )Serghei September 11th
great effect! required to implement it in their work…
( )Alex Beltechi September 11th
Love that colorful rusty look! Great work, Eren.
( )Brian Grajales September 11th
Large Image preview ain’t working.
By the way Good Job. =)
( )Sean Hodge September 11th
@Brian – I got that fixed. Thx.
( )luigi.f September 11th
Very good, looks really cool. Thanks a lot
( )christian tobler September 11th
Awesome. Very Nice work
( )365icon.com September 11th
excellent tutorial… very nice
( )john September 11th
i love these tuts about treatments you can do to fonts. these are the things i look forward to seeing here in psdtuts. and i love this tutorial, no questions about that…
but sirs, …err… i don’t mean to nitpick, but did you mean “corroded” metal
( )john September 11th
uuggghhhh! too late to take the comment back…
some dictionaries actually indicate that “erode” may mean to wear down or decay due to chemical action as in corrosion…
hey, i still love the tutorial… will be using it for some steampunk logo concept.
( )Leo Utskot September 11th
Not only a great result, but also lots of great tips for setting masks, creating alpha channels and actually using lens flare and render>clouds for something useful.
( )MoonBoy September 11th
Nice technike, useful pattern manipulation
Thank you
Keep it going man
( )James September 11th
Great work! No stock photos used.
( )Oles September 11th
I like it! Great tut.
( )Denver Web Design September 11th
Very good tutorial. I think I might actually use this style in an upcoming project!
( )Ismail September 11th
First I though I was doing something wrong. But then I just went along and now it looks perfect
( )Giuliano September 11th
Looks amazing. Great talent you have. Thanks!
( )jassi September 11th
thanx tutsplus, amazing work..im big fan of this site…
( )Danny September 11th
Very nice tutorial! I have a problem with the final image! File not found!
( )Dave September 11th
Yeah, the final/preview images don’t work… generates a “not found” error.
Good effect, although, I would make the bevel and emboss smaller, because it looks sharper and more realistic when the light isn’t big and smooth.
( )David September 11th
On Step #10 when I apply Soft Light to the Black Marble, the pattern doesn’t appear. The pattern does show up when I select Normal in the blend mode but that looks pretty horrible, followed the instructions exactly, any ideas?
CS4 on Mac OS Leopard
( )Robbie Stewart September 11th
can’t get step 5 to work, when i hit cntrl+v it doesn’t do anything…help plz
( )Robbie Stewart September 11th
nvrind finally got it to work after 20 tries =D
( )kamran October 5th
How did you do that? could you please ema\il me and let me know? my cnt=v button is screaming mecry. i ahve been stcuk at this for a long time. also i have to inform in the edit—>copy button on the menu is disabled. what am i doing wrong?
( )kamran October 6th
I got it. you can also you magic wand to select it. such a dufus.
Janae September 11th
I got lost on all the highlights and shades… My depth is all off on my text, it looks like it’s extruding instead of beveling.
But otherwise the tutorial is great – love the background texture effect and the overall finished piece.
( )Brett September 11th
This is a great tut because it is one of the few that shows you how to create the piece using nothing but stock Photoshop techniques. When I saw this on the homepage I expected a texture to be downloaded somewhere but you even used a stock texture that comes with Photoshop. Kudos. Nice result too.
( )kidlizard September 11th
Yah, I like it because you made it all from scratchhh
( )hagersebastian September 11th
followed it and succeeded in it! one of the best!
( )A September 11th
a very well done!
( )luis M September 11th
great text effect i will use this for a business card look thanks
( )spidermonkey September 11th
I get stuck on Step 9. I push alt and backspace but it fills it with white. Ideas?
( )spidermonkey September 11th
Oh nevermind. That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve said in a long time *facepalm*
( )Beuro September 19th
I had the same problem, just fill the blank spots with paint bucket tool (G).
( )loswl September 11th
Very Nice, a lot of very useful techniques, love the background too.
( )Will September 11th
This is a great tut but the highlight and shading steps are off and don’t produce a result like the source file. I dl’d the source and compared the layers step by step and it’s not the same. great effect but again, wish i could have the same end result
( )qw78 September 11th
Thanks for this tutorial
Nice work
( )Johnson Koh September 11th
Love the way you created the background!
( )Windoe September 11th
cool n hard rock…!!
( )webfrau September 11th
Thanks for this. I had a lot of fun making my alpha in this style. Learnt heaps and exercised my brain. Had to do a number of work arounds to cope with the limitations of Phoshop Elements but it can be done.
Step 23, highlight 3 you say “fill with black” I assume that’s a typo and you meant white as it’s a highlight and your illustrations show white.
( )underdog September 11th
ohh.i am back !!!!thx Eren Goksel!!!
( )luis M September 11th
it be great if gavin could make this into video am really confused in one of the steps
( )James U September 12th
Wonderful Tuts ^^;
( )jproxs September 12th
great tut.. learned another style in PS
( )jproxs September 12th
mine looks almost exactly the same thoug i used a different font style… wonderful process
( )luis M September 12th
can you help me am stock in step 4 and 5 i dont get it it says make the background invisible then make a new layer on top but when i cmd + click it says no pixels selected
( )dada September 14th
yess..i dont get it it says make the background invisible
( )how??
kam September 18th
click on the eye lookin thing on the background layer (bottom layer)
( )Kevin September 12th
Great result and well explained.
( )CHRIS September 12th
awesome… it looks reall
ang tibay mo pare…hehehe
( )dogan September 12th
very good tuts. thanks
( )Michael September 12th
Nice one!
( )ben September 12th
eron you always have quality tuts tx mate
( )Ms.Bananahama September 12th
awesome … lots of helpful stuff in that tut, i learned a lot *thx*
( )chillyweed September 12th
really nice tut xD thx
( )Alex Stomp September 12th
REALLY really awesome tutorial.. great use of textures! Love it!
( )Simona September 12th
Awesome tutorial!!
( )Matthew95 September 12th
That’s awesome!
I especially love how you do highlights, that’s just genius.
( )Ann September 12th
Very nice, worked fine for me, thank you!
( )Joel September 12th
This is the most well-written, clear and concise tutorial I have ever read on PSD tuts. I’m a complete beginner and followed along perfectly. Nice job man.
( )Hansy80 September 12th
Great work!!!
( )Explained very well.
rashinoor September 13th
awsome
( )J. Revuelta September 13th
Very good! And very useful techniques too
( )Johnsy September 13th
Hey
Thanks for making another great tut!
The result is amazing, and you explain everything so well!
Although; I would prefer not to read what the Blending Options settings should be. An image of your settings is much better
But that’s just a little trifle =]
I need some help though!
On step 14 – what color are you using for the Inner Glow? I think I see some brownish-light blue-low opacity white?
But if you have the time, I would love to know the answer =]
Thanks again!
- Johnsy
( )Eren Goksel September 13th
Hey,
sorry for the missing value, the color is #2e130b
Thanks.
( )Johnsy September 17th
Thanks for a quick reply, Eren
Oj alan November 12th
awesome blossom
( )E-One Sacrefixx September 13th
this is what I like….. luv the texture!!!! Great tut!
( )Derek Kimball September 13th
The results are very realistic. Nice approach. I just recommended this site in a recent post I did on “best photoshop tutorial sites on the web”.
Thanks for the quality tutorials. Keep it up.
( )Cinzia September 14th
great tut! thx
( )LIGHTNING September 14th
I followed through this, but somehow my colors are not as bright as the source file
( )Margaret September 14th
check your colour mode. Are you working through in CMYK or RGB?
( )D3rson September 14th
VERY COOL!!…NICE EFFECTS!
( )dada September 14th
how TO Make the “Background” layer invisible ??
( )Michele September 30th
Unlock it, or make a layer from the background.
( )David September 14th
Very good Tutorial.
Good tips.
Just one thing. In Step 23, aren’t you supposed to fill the selection with White, not black? I just assumed this since you’re working on a ‘highlight’ layer, not a ’shadow’ layer.
( )A7man September 14th
great tut easy to follow. I only missed the 300px/inch at the beginning, that made it look quite funny with your scales… but I adjusted it
thanks!
( )Craig September 14th
Stuck on step 5 on CS2. Can’t seem to paste the selected area into the Channel. Bah!
( )Marcel September 15th
Very usefull thanks!
( )lucy September 15th
hi
not at all a useful tut…
I guess only beginners search online for some tutorials and when you are targeting novice, you should be fair enough to make ‘em understand what you referring to
I appreciate the step -wise but after a long 48 hours effort on doing the same thing repeatedly,i now can say that theres lacking something in your tut..i get stucked at step 10 (just not me, others too got stuck in here -read from comments), all my back is severly paining which is not even worth a try i suppose..
Though am at the basic level, i managed to learn the small things to reach to step 10, moreover, reg channels, when i create and paste the alpha the selected area that comes out at a later stages is not exactly wrapping round the text, but its somewhere down the original text…gosh this is all just so annoying and frustrating at the moment
am banging my head since 2 days, and still dont get this bleady effect
if you really keen at helping ppl like me, please do write what you are missing…i have read many places that people in the name of tutorial try to grab attention, and intentionally hide some imp steps inorder to fail the attempts…wonder why tho
no offense..but this is for “advanced all-known photoshop MASTERS” but not for learners
( )Jared September 15th
Very cool, I tried this and was really happy with the result. Nice job!
( )Coskun September 15th
I thank you for your share nice tutorial.However i got a problem about channels.
( )I created channels alpha 1 and alpha 2 as you said. Then after i set backrounds color up %90 gray but i couldnt see it in paper, it was still white. On the other hand i created a new channel to make clouds but this option wasn’t allowed. only fiber is allowed. May you tell me channel setting a little more?maybe i got a problem at that. i mean “color indicate”, “color,opacity” this options.
-Bu arada turkmussunuz yeni farkettim.-
Eren Goksel September 15th
merhaba,
i think it’s step 10 in which you don’t see the background layer painted to 90% gray. The reason may be that you forgot to deselect in step 9.
i’m still trying to figure out why you could not use the Clouds filter.
thanks.
( )Coskun September 16th
i have solved the problem. i selected 16 bit color mode when i was creating the document. i checkted it today figured it what made my filter closed out
thank you for help. hope to see new tutorials from you.
L89 September 15th
Totally awesome!
( )thanks
Bugsy September 15th
whoa. this is SICK! this is probably my favorite tutorial i’ve seen in a really long time. this looks amazing. thanks
( )BetaRayBill September 15th
Interesting approach (and incredible result!), and although there are a lot of steps it was easy to follow. I like it when a tutorial includes a lot of different methods from which to learn (defining a pattern, creating clipping masks, using channels, blending channels etc.) I don’t think I’ll ever understand how some of you experts “see” the final output and use your expertise to manipulate PS so easily to reach it.
( )One thing, I would like to see more tutorials that use Channels. I think this is a powerful way to create effects, but I’m always confused as to when to use them and how. I get the gist of how they work, but I always end up getting confused when trying to create/apply them.
iRockeR September 15th
Hi..
( )really awesome tutorial
but I’m having problems at step 9
thats my result
http://iraqpics.net/images/9qf7wxawcrcbjevpbs.jpg
I don’t know why the holes are not turning to black!!
do you have any idea what am I doing wrong??
jill September 15th
i definitely like the result but i’ve done quite a few tutorials on here and found this one a bit hard to follow. i kept getting stuck at step 8 and 9, had problems trying to translate your commands to mac
( )cas222 September 16th
I think it is one of the easiest tutorials to follow I’ve ever seen. And the commands work just fine on a Mac, I went through the whole tut on my iMac without having to “translate” anything.
Anyways, lovely tut, the result looks very good!
( )Tony September 16th
Ahh, im stuck on step 7. When i go to image>applyimage invert is already unchecked D: Someone Plz Help!
( )kamran October 6th
um im using cs4. its coming fine for me.
( )baratas September 16th
Great!! Congratulations.
( )Trevor80 September 16th
Great tips, this is one of the few tuts i actually follow. the tips and techniques are great, i made one using the text AIRSOFT and PAINTBALL, i’m going to use it for some banners. Thanks
( )meenakshi September 17th
i have type psd but now from where i can use Stroke. As it shows in Edit menu but it shows disabled.
( )Kate September 17th
Excellent tutorial. I briefly had myself hung up on Step 9, but after re-reading it a few times, it sunk in. Also really love the texture background as it is reminiscent of leather. Thrilled.
( )Barb September 19th
How many times did you read it to get it? It still don’t make sense to me.
( )nelutu September 18th
Very nice
( )Shaun C. September 18th
I can tell you went to great lengths to make this tutorial as precise and helpful as possible.
Great work Erin, I really hope to see more tutorials from you on other unique text effects!
( )Jo l'indien September 18th
In the step 10 when he says :
“Now we’ll apply two Layer Styles to the “Text” layer”
is he referring to the new layer named “Text” created in step 9 which is empty or to the layer “PSD” ??
( )Thanks
Chris September 21st
This was great… alot to remember but still really cool
My colors didn’t come out as strong in the txt, though? And idk how to adjust.
( )Daniel September 22nd
Hello,
I’ve been following this website for a few weeks now and I have to admit this is probably the best tutorial for photoshop one will ever find. Very interesting effect, and I sure learned some new tricks.
Thanks & keep up the good work.
Daniel.
Jo l’indien: Yes, he is referring to the new layer named TEXT.
( )Honey Singh September 22nd
Awesome tip for this text effect !
( )Elizia September 22nd
AWESOME! i love this.
( )Ashley. September 24th
this makes me want to roll over and die. why is it so hard.
( )Shurandy Thode September 24th
Dugg! Great Tutorial.
( )Amanda September 24th
Very nice, easy to follow and great result. Thanks!
( )allen September 24th
Very nice thank you!
( )Miranda September 24th
My problem lies in the copying(Ctrl-click and Ctrl-C) the 2 Alpha layer to a channel. All I get is a black background. If I play with the other channel colors(selecting and deselecting) I can see the words. But on its own, it’s just black. The same thing happens when I get to the next step that involves pasting into a new channel. Anything from step 5 to step 9… I’m not seeing on my screen what the examples show. What am I doing wrong?
( )Mouang September 27th
I have the same problem as you to! only for the first part where you load select the ‘2 Alpha’ to the channel!
Contact me please!!
( )kamran October 5th
Step 5. Same problem. After i cntrl+click on the 2 Alpha layer and try to paste it in the channel, its not appearing in the channel as shown in your pictures, i have tried in 20 times till now. in every possible combination. i do not understand what the hiccup is? it seems to be something small as most other users seems to have made it till step 10?
Would someone who is at step 10 please PLease p[lease tell me what i am doing wrong? I also noticed the copy and paste buttons are totally disabled. and this is probably why.. even whn i use -> Edit–>copy, the command itself is not appearing.
kamran October 5th
STEP 5 SOLUTION! =
In the 2 Alpha Layer, select it, in the Slect button in the menu. click select all…. the marquee will select the outer lwhole layer. press cntr and click on psd. Eureka!l
Vegard September 25th
I too was stuck at step 9/10, but i figured it out. I guess what others failed to see was that in step 8 it sais “Command-click the “Alpha 1″ channel to load the selection.” After that, go to layers palette, ctrl+shift+n and make the text layer, then select the 80% gray in swatches, hit alt+backspace and ctrl+d and you’re all done and ready for the next steps.
I guess people failed because if you don’t ctrl+left click the alpha 1 layer you wont get a selection that covers the dots inside the text.
( )cat October 20th
THANK YOU! i was stuck too, and this worked! whoever wrote this tutorial needs to be more detailed with his steps!
( )DaCheat October 21st
You sir, are a great man!
( )Person11 September 25th
I am having trouble copy and pasting alpha 2 to channels, is it because im on a PC?
( )avatarbobo September 25th
Great tut, it helped me doing my sister’s birthday gift
thnks
( )Remington M September 27th
Hey, awesome looking result. I’ve made it to step 18 but now I’m stuck. When I try to make the highlights on the inside of the text to make the edges pop, I end up just making a highlight around the entire text which isn’t what were looking for. I double checked that my alpha layer matches your instrusctions, but when I try to look at your little preview it looks like you have an alpha channel of just the inner line of the text. Just wondering how you got that, or if I’m doing something wrong.
( )Waryah September 28th
Exactly, I have the same problem, other than that it look great and the tutorial and wicked!!!
But this alpha part have my brain smoking up! When i do select alpha 2, i end up with the inner and outer stroke of the text selected and not just the inner….
Please Eren explain to us why is that?
Thanks
( )Greg September 30th
I figured out how to do this!
Ctrl (or Command on Mac)-click the PSD layer. Then go to Select > Modify > Contract by 10 pixels. Tada! You can then use that selection to follow the rest of the instructions in step 18.
( )Ani Samuel September 27th
woow! it great thanks for posting
( )Daniele September 27th
Problem at first step,
( )I can not set define pattern (the option is un clickable).
any idea ?
thanks
kamran October 5th
Well I had the same Problem. You get over that BY pressing down ALT and moving the circle the positions mentioned. It bascial duplicates like that. i dont know why alt thing wasnt mentioned but. its a minor thing.
( )ollie September 28th
fantastic
( )Predator September 28th
well nice tutorial well i tried but didn’t got result as expected well i will try again if i get lucky i will sure reply…………..
( )Cynic September 29th
Awesome tut!! thanks a lot!
( )Pablo666 September 29th
I really wanna be able to do this but am stuck on step 5. I cant copy and paste the ‘2 Alpha’ layer into the new channel. Its soooooooo frustrating!!!!!!!
( )What else can I do??????????????//
Miranda September 29th
Just to be clear…”command-click” on a mac, is the same as “Ctrl-click” on a pc, no?
( )kamran October 5th
yes its the same.
( )seanmelis October 1st
somehellp D: step 12
all im seeing is a black channel layer, no clouds like in your picture.
( )LenKev October 1st
When you are in the image adjustments window, set the blending mode to “normal”
( )Texas October 1st
this was a damn good tutorial, one of the best Ive ever had. 5 stars for you my friend, thank you very much!
( )Abdul Hoque October 1st
Hi im stuck on step 5 using Adobe photoshop CS4 on a mac can not seem to paste the 2 Alpha into the new channel
please help
( )Asia October 2nd
I Cant even go pass step 3
( )Abdul Hoque October 2nd
why? are you not able to create a new layer
Justin October 5th
I too cannot seem to copy the layer into the new channel…any help?
James October 1st
perhaps wron overlay?
Anyway, Very Nice Tutorial! Definelty gonna use it. Thanks for sharing with us.
( )sk8rboy554 October 1st
itz easy
( )Sathish October 1st
Awesome… Learned a lot about lights and shadows
thank u
( )Tynh October 2nd
Great tut!
But I have just a little problem. My colors doesn’t look so bright/saturate at the end!
Do you any solution?
(sorry for my english…)
( )colorapathy October 23rd
Are you sure you’re in RGB and not CMYK? CMYK color would cause the duller look.
( )Asia October 2nd
This is extremely hard for me to do.!!!!
( )Tatay October 2nd
Very nice tuto , i spend like 3 hours doing it deam.
( )Maksim October 3rd
Mr. Goksel, like always perfect! Best wishes from Russia!
( )Eric G October 4th
Thanks for this excellent tutorial. Y very well explained
( )Eric G October 4th
I just finished the tutorail. very good!!
( )kamran October 5th
could you please explain step 5 then? did it past in the channel easily?
Jai October 4th
I finished my own version with a pleasing result, although my colours where a little duller.
Learnt some new stuff so thanks.
( )NinjaKid (Aut) October 5th
… very nice work & big thax .. it see also many good idears hidden in this tut!
( )Miranda October 5th
Now I’m at step 12 and for some reason, after I’ve created a new channel (Go to Channels Palette and create a new channel. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Now go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.), but I can’t select Clouds. Any ideas why this is happening? Am I using the filter on the channel selection, or am I supposed to go back to the layers palette?
( )Miranda October 5th
Nevermind, I see now that you need to be in 8-bit to access the clouds. They won’t work in 16-bit.
( )linhnguyen October 7th
super tut ! you’re god !
( )Ditiset October 8th
does anyone know how to pass step 13? when i create an new channel and applying the clouds steps( step 12) am i supposed to select the paint layer again? cause i don’t see the ‘eroded’ parts on my type…please help!!!
( )Gramishel Mazursky October 8th
Hi, I’m following the tutorial religiously but I still can’t seem to get the required holes effect. Instead they come up in groups of 5. Can anyone plz help thanks. I hav Mac CS4.
( )Yasin Kucuk October 9th
http://i37.tinypic.com/4tklms.png
super tut !!! ; you God !!
( )cx16 October 9th
i like that!!!!!
( )Sean October 10th
It worked out really well (: Thanks alot!
( )Araveinth October 11th
I got that done… really great work…. Ur tut is cool… Thanks a lot
( )santi October 14th
Hi, it’s a great tutorial but i have some problems to complete it. I can’t do the step 9 , i dont know why, may be by the channels selected while im doing others step, like the 8. But i can’t do step 9, in this step you do 3 things but you explain only on,e the layer alpha 2 is another time erased, the layer text have style of layer that you don’t explain…
( )Sorry for my incompetence and for my english.
I hope one answer. Thanks for your time and congratulations for the tutorial.
shahzad October 17th
stuck at step 9, how can i make picture like step 9 and 10…. i hate those tutorial that can’t explain easily….
( )agon October 19th
like it , awesome…
( )Archer_85 October 20th
Please help. Where can I find this “GUIDE” and how it drag him to canvas. Thank you!
( )colorapathy October 23rd
Go to View > Rulers then click on the ruler that pops up and drag down. It should create a bright blue line (unless you’ve changed the guide colors) and that is a guide!
( )Donald October 20th
This was a great tutorial, and very easy to follow.
My first result turned out great, however my second result was less impressive, because it was such a small canvas I used.
( )Dinesh Soni October 21st
Waah….. Naver Before… What an idia
( )juvenile October 24th
WoW, nice! Great! fantastic. . . awesome. . .
( )^^ keep it up!
clippingimages October 25th
WoW
Awesome tutorial. Al time favorite tutsplus tutorials . Always easy and well explained. Thanks to sharing this nice post.
( )james October 26th
can some please help i cant get step 5 to work, and what does psd mean?
( )Murali October 30th
super tuturiols
( )Surfix November 2nd
Can someone please sxplain how to drag those guidlines in the center
( )Daniel November 3rd
Where can I get that Marble pattern?
( )N e m O November 3rd
really it is so nice lesson
( )Ohmz November 7th
Hey this is a cool textture effects,
althou the steps are a little mis-guiding….or maybe its just me.
anyways kool stuff man
( )Avadhut November 8th
Very Very Good OK
Thank You ! ☺
( )Darren November 10th
This a beautiful tutorial and I want to say thank you for posting it Eren.
I completed the tutorial and everything is exactly as it should be except for one thing. The blue, red, yellow gradient that colors the text is not working for me. I’ve gone back and double checked a lot of the steps and can’t seem to find out what the deal is.
The only thing I can think of that might be causing the problem is that I’m using Photoshop 7.0 instead of a newer version. However, all of the other steps worked perfect.
Any ideas?
( )Darren November 11th
I figured out what the problem was.
I forgot to uncheck invert on Step 7.
( )Julia B November 10th
Nice tutorial!
( )I’m stuck on #16… Can’t choose the filter on the grain layer… Why?
some of the other filters works but not the artistic one.. What to do?
Jake G November 13th
Hi. I havent had any problems at all with the first 15 steps but now, at step 16, when i go Filter > Artistic > Film Grain i get the message: The operation could not be completed. There is not enough space available to complete this action. I need help!
( )kYuu November 17th
sorry i have a problem on step 5,8,9 argh
( )lil help please
KielCarlo November 18th
Hey thanks for the tutorial! Its was Awesome It looks real!
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