Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create this
ancient, iron, Viking image.
I provided two Photoshop documents for you to download, so you can follow along.
Their links are located in the video's description or project files.
In addition, I provided a link to the font will be using,
which is called "Cabaletta". The first document includes a metal background
and a Viking, ornamental border. The second document
includes images that we'll use to create a shield.
It includes the same metal background and an ornamental line.
Open the first document
and go to Filter and Lens Correction.
The Lens Correction utility will open. Click the "Custom" tab
and slide the Vignette amount all the way to the left.
This created a soft, dark vignette along the edges of the metal background,
which brings the attention to the center of the image. As I toggle back and forth,
you can see the difference. Click the eyeball next to the border
to make the border visible and then, click on the thumbnail
to make it active. Open your Magic Wand Tool.
Make the Tolerance: 50... check
Anti-alias and make sure Contiguous
is unchecked. Click anywhere on the white area
and then, press the Delete key on your keyboard
to delete it. To deselect it, press Ctrl
or Cmd + D. Reduce the Fill
to Zero and double-click on the thumbnail
of the border to open its Layer Style window. Click
Bevel & Emboss. The Style is Inner Bevel,
the Technique is Smooth, the Depth
is 100%, the Direction is Up
and the Size is 5 pixels. Uncheck Global Light.
Make the Angle: -90 degrees
and the Altitude: 30 degrees. The Highlight mode
is Screen and its Opacity is 30%.
The Shadow mode is Multiply and its Opacity
is 50%. Then, click OK. Open the shield document.
Make the metal plate active and go to
Filter, Distort and Polar Coordinates.
Choose "Rectangular to Polar" and click OK.
Make the border
visible and active. If you look closely,
you'll notice that this is the same ornamental design as the rectangular
border,
however, it's squeezed in like an accordion. This is because once we apply the Polar
Coordinates filter,
the design will pull back out to its original shape.
Click on the white area with your Magic Wand Tool,
press the Delete key and then, deselect it. Press Ctrl
or Cmd + F to repeat the last filter, which was Polar Coordinates.
To enlarge it, press Ctrl or Cmd + T
to open your Transform Tool. Go to a corner
and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Shirt + Alt on Windows
or Shift + Option on a Mac and drag it out until it's near the perimeter of the shield.
Then, press Enter or Return to accept it. Reduce the Fill to Zero
and double-click on the thumbnail of the border
to open its Layer Style window. Click Bevel
& Emboss. The Style is Inner Bevel,
the Technique is Smooth and the Depth is 100%.
The Direction is Down and the Size is 5 pixels.
Uncheck Global Light. Make the Angle
90 degrees and the Altitude: 5 degrees.
The Highlight mode is Soft Light
and its Opacity is 75%.
Make the Shadow Opacity: 40%.
Then, click OK. Next,
we need to cut it out from its background. To do this,
open your Elliptical Marquee Tool,
go to the top, left corner and press and hold
Shift, as you drag a circular selection to the lower, right corner.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + J to cut and copy the shield to its own layer.
Press "v" to open your Move Tool and drag the shield to the tab of
your first document. Without releasing your computer mouse or pen,
press and hold Shift as you drag it down onto the image
and release. To reduce its size,
open your Transform Tool, go to a corner
and press and hold Shift + Alt or Shift + Option,
as you drag it in to approximately this size.
Then, press Enter or Return to accept it.
Double-click on the thumbnail of the shield to open its Layer Style window.
Click Bevel & Emboss. The Style
is Outer Bevel, the Technique is Chisel Hard,
the Depth is 100%, the Direction is Up
and the Size is 18 pixels.
Uncheck Global Light. Make the Angle: -90 degrees
and the Altitude: 50 degrees.
The Highlight mode is Color Dodge
and its Opacity is 50%. Make the Shadow Opacity: 50%,
as well. Check "Contour"
and click Pattern Overlay. Make the Blend Mode
"Overlay" and the Opacity: 50%.
Open the pattern preset thumbnails and click the gear
icon to open your list of pattern presets.
Click "Rock Patterns". Click OK
to replace the current patterns with the Rock Patterns.
Click the second one on the bottom row and click OK.
We're ready to add the text. Open your Horizontal Type Tool
and choose an ancient-looking font. As I mentioned earlier,
you can find the link to "Cabaletta" in the video's description
or project files. For this example, I'll choose a point size of 285.
For your text, make the point size large enough,
so your line of text fits well over the shield.
Choose "Sharp" and Center Alignment.
The color is irrelevant, since the text will be filled with the same texture
preset we used for the shield.
Go to the center and type out your text.
To make sure it's centered on your document, click the Move Tool
and press Ctrl or Cmd + A.
Click the "Align Horizontal Centers" icon
and the "Align Vertical Centers" icon.
Then, deselect it.
Click the "fx" icon and choose Pattern Overlay.
Open the thumbnails and click the same one
as you did before. Click Bevel & Emboss.
The Style is Inner Bevel, the Technique
is Chisel Hard, the Depth is 140%,
the Direction is Up and the Size is 250 pixels.
Uncheck Global Light. Make the Angle: -117 degrees
and the Altitude: 42 degrees. The Highlight mode is Soft Light.
Click the color box and type in
F F D 3 8 7. Then, click OK
or press Enter or Return. Make its Opacity
100%, the Shadow Opacity is 75%
and check Contour. Click Inner Shadow.
The Blend Mode is Multiply, the Opacity is 75%,
the Distance is Zero and the Size
is 10 pixels. Click Drop Shadow
and make the Opacity: 50%. Uncheck Global Light
and make the Angle: -110 degrees.
The Distance is 30 pixels and the Size is 15 pixels.
Then, click OK. I'd like to intensify the Shadow effect
by adding another shadow at a different angle.
Make a copy of the text layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J
and then, hide all the effects in the copy,
except Drop Shadow. Then, reduce the Fill
to Zero. Double-click on Drop Shadow
to open it in the Layer Style window. Change the Angle
to -155 degrees. Then, click OK.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!