Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create an custom embossed, silver foil stamp of graphics and text.
I provided this background that you download, so you can follow along.
Its link is in my video's description or project files below.
Open a black and white graphic that you'd like to use for this project.
For this example, I left enough room under it to add text.
To do this, Go to Image and "Canvas Size".
Click the top, center arrow.
This will add more space at the bottom of the document.
Change the Measurement to "Percent" and for the Height, type in a percentage you'd like
to extend below your document.
To fill in the empty area with white, first check your foreground and background colors.
If they're not black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Open your "Rectangular Marquee Tool" and drag it over the empty area.
We'll fill it with the background color, which is white, by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Delete.
To deselect it, press Ctrl or Cmd + D. Open your Type Tool and pick a font.
I'm using, "FM College Team Outline Regular".
If you'd like to use it, I provided its link, as well.
I'll make its size 270 points, Crisp and Center Alignment.
Its color is irrelevant, since we'll be filling it using Layer Styles.
Click on your document and type out your text.
If you have more than one line of text and want to adjust the space between the lines,
highlight all of your text and either click the "Character / Paragraph" icon
or go to Window and "Character".
Drag the "Leading" icon to the left or right.
To adjust the size of a line of text, highlight that line and drag the Size icon to the right or left.
To position all of your text under the graphic, open your Move Tool and move it.
To center it, press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select your canvas and click the "Align Horizontal Centers" icon.
Then, deselect it.
We'll make a composite snapshot of the graphic and text
by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on Windows or Cmd + Shift + Option + E on a Mac.
Hide the 2 layers under it and open the Channels panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and "Channels".
Ctrl-click or Cmd- click the thumbnail to make a selection of the graphic and text.
Press the "Delete" key on your keyboard to delete the white background.
Then, deselect it.
Let's close the character panel now, since we don't need it anymore.
We'll convert our image into a Smart Object, so we can modify it non-destructively and
allow us to replace it with a different design without having to re-do the effects.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
To place your design onto the background, drag it onto the tab of the background and
without releasing your mouse or pen, drag it down and release.
To adjust its size, open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T.
Go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow,
press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag it in or out.
To reposition it, go inside the bounding box and drag it.
To change its perspective, go to a corner and press and hold Ctrl or Cmd.
When you see a white arrowhead, drag it to pull that corner that approximates the location of mine.
Continue these steps to pull each corner until it matches the perspective of mine.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Reduce the Fill to 0%.
This make your design invisible, but it'll retain the visibility of the layer styles
and filters we'll be adding to it.
Make 3 copies of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J three times.
Name the top layer, "Bevel", the second layer, "Highlights", the next one, "Midtones"
and the original layer, "Shadows".
Make the "Midtones" layer active and double-click an empty area of the layer to open its Layer Style window.
Click "Inner Shadow".
The color is white, the Blend Mode is "Color Dodge" and the Opacity is 80%.
Uncheck "Global Light".
The Angle is minus 135 degrees, the Distance is 1 pixel, the Choke is 0% and the Size is 7 pixels.
Click "Gradient Overlay".
The Blend Mode is Color Dodge and the Opacity is 70%.
Click the Gradient Bar to open the Gradient Editor.
Click the "Black, White" thumbnail and click the lower, left Stop.
Click the color box and in the hexadecimal field, type in the number 9, six times.
Then, click OK on both windows.
The Style is Linear, the Angle is 80 degrees and the Scale is 100%.
Click "Drop Shadow".
The Blend Mode is "Overlay", the color is white and the Opacity is 100%.
Global Light is unchecked and the Angle is 60 degrees.
The Distance and Size are 4 pixels each and the Spread is 0%.
Go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Blur it 1 pixel.
Then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
Make the "Shadows" layer active and double-click an empty area of the layer to open its Layer Style window.
Click "Gradient Overlay".
The Blend Mode is "Color Dodge" and the Opacity is 70%.
The Style is "Linear", the Angle is 80 degrees and the Scale is 100%.
Click the gradient bar and click the "Foreground to Transparent" thumbnail.
Click the lower, right Stop and the color box.
In the Brightness field, type is 60.
Click the upper, right Stop and change its Location to 65%.
Click "Drop Shadow".
The Blend Mode is "Linear Burn", the color is black and the Opacity is 10%.
Global Light is unchecked and the Angle is minus 135 degrees.
The Distance is 3 pixels, the Spread is 40% and the Size is 10 pixels.
We'll blur it and since the last filter we used was "Gaussian Blur", press Ctrl or Cmd + F to open it.
We'll keep the blur at 1 pixel.
Make the "Highlight" layer active and as before, double-click an empty area of the layer to
open its Layer Style window.
Click "Bevel & Emboss".
The Style is "Outer Bevel", the Technique is Smooth and the Depth is 300%.
The Direction is Up and the Size and Soften are both 5 pixels.
The Angle is minus 135 degrees and the Altitude is 30 degrees.
The Highlight Mode is Overlay, the color is white and the Opacity is 100%.
The Shadow Mode is irrelevant because its opacity is 0%.
Click "Inner Shadow".
The Blend Mode is "Color Dodge", the color is white and the Opacity is 14%.
The Angle is minus 135 degrees, the Distance and Choke are both 0 and the Size is 50 pixels.
Click "Gradient Overlay".
The Blend Mode is Color Dodge, the Opacity is 20% and the Style is Linear.
The Angle is minus 3 degrees and the Scale is 100%.
Click the Gradient Bar and you can click either the "Foreground to Background" thumbnail or the
Black to White" thumbnail, since they're the same.
Click the lower, left Stop and the color box.
In the Brightness field, type in 66%.
Click the small, middle diamond shape and in its Location field, type in 34.
Click the color box and in the Brightness field, type in 88.
Then, click OK on both windows.
Click "Drop Shadow".
The Blend Mode is "Multiply, the color is black and the Opacity is 30%.
The Angle is minus 90 degrees, the Distance is 6 pixels, the Spread is 0 and the Size is 10 pixels.
Open the last filter you used and click OK.
Make the "Bevel" layer active and open its Layer Style window.
Click Inner Shadow.
The Blend Mode is "Color Dodge", the color is white, the opacity is 100% and the Angle is minus 135 degrees.
The Distance is 4 pixels, the Choke is 0 and the Size is 7 pixels.
The last step is to make a smooth transition of the bevel highlight to the left of the design,
which is less illuminated.
Reduce its Opacity to 80% and add the Gaussian Blur.
We'll place the Bevel layer into a folder by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + G.
Notice the Bevel layer slid to the right.
This let's us know that the layer is inside the folder.
Name it, "Bevel".
Click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask next to the folder.
Open your "Gradient Tool" and make sure the Linear Gradient icon is active.
Click the Gradient bar to open the Gradient Editor.
Click the "Black, White" gradient and click OK.
Place your cursor approximately here on your design and drag your gradient tool diagonally
down at approximately this angle and this far.
Then, release.
If you want to re-do the gradient, press "z" on your keyboard and try it again.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!