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Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
We're going back in time to create your own classic, retro,
B-horror movie title from the 1950s.
I included a Photoshop file for you to download, so you can follow along.
Its link is located in the video description or project files.
It includes this photo, a vintage Paramount Pictures studio credit and 2 textures
of film scratches. I'll click off the eyeballs next to the top, three layers to hide them
and I'll click on the thumbnail of the background to make it active.
Click on the Adjustment Layer icon. If you're working
on versions CS6 or CC, click
Color Lookup. If you're working on a version
earlier than CS6, I'll explain what to do in a minute.
Click "Load 3D LUT" and choose
"Night from Day. CUBE". Reduce its opacity to 80%.
Click back on the Adjustment Layer icon
and this time, choose "Black & White".
On versions earlier than CS6,
press Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + U to remove all the color
and then press Ctrl or Cmd + L
to open your Levels window. In the Output Highlights setting,
type in 113. Then, click OK.
Open your Horizontal Type Tool
and pick an eerie-looking font.
I'm using a font called, "Green Fuz". if you'd like to use it,
you can download it from the link I provided. I'll choose a size
of 150 points, Sharp and Center Alignment.
Click on the color box and type in
50% for Brightness and 0 for the Hue and Saturation.
This gives us a temporary neutral grey, so you can see your text.
Click OK or press Enter or Return.
Type out your text. To increase the size of a character,
highlight it and type in a larger point size.
To shift characters
down or up, highlight them and go to Window
and Character. The Character panel will open.
Slide the Baseline Shift icon
to the left or right to shift the characters
down or up. To slide the entire word to the left or right,
place your cursor to the left of the first character
and hold down Alt or Option, as you press the right or left arrow key on your keyboard.
of my top word to 200 points. To open
or close the amount of space between two characters,
place your cursor between them and hold down
Alt or Option as you press the right or left arrow key.
To slide
an entire word up or down, highlight it and slide the "Leading"
icon to the left or right. We can close the Character panel now.
To re-position your text, open your Move Tool
and move it. Double-click on the large "T" of the text layer to highlight your text
and then, click on the "Create Warped Text" icon.
Choose "Rise",
tick "Horizontal" and change the "Bend"
to 10%. Then, click OK.
To center it on your document, open your Move Tool,
press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select it
and then, click the "Align Horizontal Centers" icon
and the "Align Vertical Centers icon.
To deselect it,
press Ctrl or Cmd + D.
Click the "fx" icon and choose "Gradient Overlay".
The Blend Mode
is Normal, the Opacity is 100%,
the Style is Linear and make the Angle: 90 degrees.
Click the gradient bar and click the lower, right "stop".
For the location, type in 80%.
This moves the "Stop" to a location at 80%,
which shifts the white down a bit on the gradient.
Click the lower, left "Stop" and the color box.
For Brightness, type in 50
and 0 the Saturation and Hue or
you can just type in 80 three times. Close the Color Picker
and the Gradient Editor.
Click Bevel & Emboss. The Style
is Inner Bevel, the Technique is Chisel Hard,
that Depth is 100%, the Direction is Up
and the Size is 5 pixels.
Make the Highlight opacity: 100% and the Shadow opacity: 0.
Then, click Contour
and click OK.
click the icon at the upper right corner of the Layers panel
and click convert to smart object
you know it's a smart object when you see this icon at a lower right corner of
the thumbnail
converting it to a smart objectors to things
it allows us to at shelters to it that we wouldn't be able to do
if it wasn't a smart object and to
it will allow us to change the text without re applying what the effects and
filters
I'll show you how to access and change the smart object near the end at this
video
if you want to stretch the title out hoping your transform tool
by pressing Control our command T.
Go to the middle of the side and when you see a horizontal, double-arrow,
hold down Shift + Alt on Windows
or Shift + Option on a Mac as you drag the Transform out.
Then, press Enter or Return to accept it.
Make three copies of your title by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J three times.
Name the top copy: "Original",
the copy below it, "Motion Blur", the next copy:
"Radial Blur Short" and the bottom title:
"Radial Blur Long". Go to Filter,
Blur and Radial Blur.
Make the Amount: 100...the Blur Method: Zoom
and the Quality: Best. Then, click OK.
We'll decrease the blur's opacity to 50%.
Make the "Radial Blur Short" layer active
and go back to Filter,
Blur and Radial Blur. This time,
make the Amount: 25
and change the Blend Mode to "Soft Light".
Make "Motion Blur" active
and go to Filter, Blur and Motion Blur.
Rotate the line on the dial to a similar angle of your text.
Make the Distance: 10 pixels.
As I toggle back-and-forth, you can see the difference.
It adds a subtle, off-registered, blur that vintage black-and-white movies often have.
Next, we'll add a foggy mist to the marsh.
Make the original layer active
and click the New Layer icon to make a new layer above it.
We'll fill it with black. If your foreground and background colors
arent black-and-white respectively, click this icon.
Then, press Alt or Option + Delete
to fill the empty layer with the foreground color.
Go to Filter, Render and Clouds.
Change the Blend Mode to Overlay.
I'd like to stretch the mist horizontally, so I'll open the Transform Tool
and for the Width, I'll type in 200%.
Make sure the chain link doesn't have a dark box behind it.
if it does, just click on it, so the Width and the Height aren't linked to each other.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Next, we'll make the bottom of the title more transparent,
so it looks like it's emerging from the marsh.
Make the Original layer active and click the layer mask icon
to make a layer mask next to it.
Click the foreground color and pick Black.
Then, click OK.
Open your Brush Tool, choose a relatively large size,
a Hardness of 0% and make the Opacity: 80%.
Press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard
to open your Brush panel. Make sure nothing is checked,
but "Smoothing". Press F5 again to close the panel.
Now, brush across the bottom of your title to reveal the background.
We'll copy the layer mask to the "Motion Blur" layer
by holding down Alt or Option as you drag the layer mask
straight down next to "Motion Blur".
To give our 1950s movie title its finishing touches,
make the studio credits visible,
as well as the two textures. Make the top texture active,
go to the layer below it and Shift-click on it to highlight that layer, as well.
Change their Blend Modes to "Multiply".
Next, I'll show you how to quickly change the name of your movie title
and have it update all the effects and filters automatically.
Scroll down and click on the thumbnail of your original title layer.
Then, Shift-click on the "Radial Blur Long" layer
to highlight all the layers in-between.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + G to place all the highlighted layers
into a folder. Name it whatever you'd like.
Open the folder and click on the thumbnail of any smart object.
When you see this message, click OK.
To ensure that your new movie title is going to fit,
we need to reduce its size in the document. Open your Transform Tool,
go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow,
hold down Shift + Alt or Shift + Option,
as you drag in. Then Press Enter or Return.
Double-click on the layer to highlight the text and type out your new title
using the same methods that you used for your first title
to adjust its kerning, leading, size
and Baseline Shift. Open your Transform Tool
to enlarge its size in the document.
Click the small "x" on the tab of the smart object to close it
and when you see this message, click Yes to confirm the changes.
Notice the smart object instantly applied all the filters,
effects and layer styles from your original title.
To fit it on to your document, click on the folder
and open your Transform Tool. When you see this message,
it lets you know that the Smart Filters will be applied after you use your
Transform Tool.
Click OK. Adjust its size and width to taste
and then, click the check mark or press Enter or Return.
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