This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create text made of animal fur.
This is an update of a tutorial I did many years ago.
This update is quicker and more efficient.
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I provided a link to a great set of animal fur brushes.
The link is located in my video's description below or project files.
If you're not sure how to install brushes and other presets, I provided a link to a
tutorial I did showing you how to do it.
In addition, for your convenience, I provided a Photoshop document that you can download.
It includes two layers: a photo of grass that we'll use for the background and a photo of cat fur.
Feel free to use different images if you'd like.
Just make sure they’re 150 pixels per inch as well, to ensure that the setting amounts
that we'll be using for the filters will have the same result as mine.
After you place the fur brush set in your Photoshop's Brush folder of the Presets folder,
open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker.
Click the gear icon and click "Import Brushes".
Click the brush set labeled, "SS-fur".
Then, click "Load".
At the bottom of the Brush panel, you'll see the new fur brush set you loaded.
Open the folder to see all the fur brushes within this set.
For this particular project, I'm using the one labeled, "double04", but feel free to
experiment with others if you like.
Go to Window and "Brush Settings" or press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard.
Since I already saved my brush settings earlier, I'll apply them to this brush by opening the
Brushes panel and clicking it.
In the "Brush Tip Shape" panel, temporarily make the Size: 135 pixels.
You can always adjust this amount later based on the size of your text.
The Spacing is 1.
Click "Shape Dynamics".
The Size Jitter is 100% and all the "Controls" are off.
The Minimum Diameter is 100% and the Angle Jitter is 20%.
The Roundness Jitter is 80%, the Minimum Roundness is 1% and check, "Flip X Jitter".
Click "Scattering".
Scatter is 33% and check "Both Axes".
The Control is "Rotation" and the Count is 4.
The Count Jitter is 100% and Control is off.
Check "Smoothing".
Then, close the panel.
Make the fur layer active and open your Horizontal Type Tool.
Open your Type Picker and pick a very thin font.
I'm using "Verlag Extra Light".
If you'd like to use it, I provided its link, as well.
I'm using a large point size, since I'll be typing out only 3 characters.
The justification is centered.
Click on your document and type out your text.
To center it, open your Move Tool and drag it.
Go to an empty area of the fur layer and right-click or secondary-click to open the fly-out menu.
Click "Rasterize Type".
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the text layer to make a selection of it.
Open your Paths panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and Paths.
Click the icon at the right to open the fly-out list and click "Make Work Path".
Keep the Tolerance at its default of 0.5 pixels.
Click the icon again and click "Stroke Path".
Make sure "Brush" is in the window and "Simulate Pressure" is unchecked.
To hide the work path, click anywhere inside the Paths panel.
Open back the Layers panel.
We want to move the text layer below the fur texture.
There are two ways to do this.
We can either manually drag the text layer below the fur texture or use the shortcut:
Ctrl or Cmd + the Left bracket key.
We're going to fill our text with the fur.
To do this, make the fur layer active and press Alt + Ctrl +G on Windows or Option + Cmd + G on a Mac.
You can also go to Layer and "Create Clipping Mask".
If you want to resize the fur texture inside your text, open your Transform Tool by pressing
Ctrl or Cmd + T. If you're using a version of Photoshop earlier than CC 2019, 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.
If you're using CC 2019 or later, just press Alt or Option as you drag it.
Then press Enter or Return.
To reposition the fur inside your text, just drag it.
I'll undo it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + z.
Next, we'll add dimension to the fur.
Double-click the fur layer 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 Up, the Size is 30 pixels and the Soften is 16 pixels.
"Global Light" is unchecked.
The Angle is 130 degrees and the Altitude is 20 degrees.
The Gloss Contour is Linear.
The Highlight Mode is Overlay, the color is white and its Opacity is 70%.
The Shadow Mode is Linear Burn, the color is black and its opacity is 30%.
Click "Drop Shadow".
The Blend Mode is Linear Burn, the color is black and the opacity is 30%.
"Global Light" is unchecked and the Angle is 135 degrees.
The Distance is 35 pixels, the Spread is 0% and the Size is 0 pixels.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!