Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how you can create a custom,
ransom note. I provided this folded paper image
whose link is located in the video description or project files.
I also provided a link to the font we'll be using
called, "Black Casper". Feel free to use
other similar ransom note fonts. If you're not sure how to install fonts,
watch my tutorial on how to do this. I provided that link, as well.
Open your Horizontal Type Tool
and open your font. Choose a size that will comfortably fit your block of text.
Choose Sharp, Center alignment
and Black for the color. Type out your text.
Feel free to mix upper and lower case characters.
To increase or decrease the space between two characters,
click between them and hold down Alt on Windows
or Option on a Mac, as you press the right
or left arrow key on your keyboard. To slide a line of text to the left or right,
place your cursor to the left of the line and press and hold the same keys
as before. To reposition your entire block of text,
open your Move Tool and move it.
To angle it, open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T.
Go to a corner
and when you see a curved, double-arrow, rotate it to an angle you like.
Then, press Enter or Return. In order to treat
our text, we first need to rasterize it. Go to Type
and "Rasterize Type Layer". Go to the lock icon
on the background layer. We'll unlock it by holding down
Alt or Option as you click on it. Drag it above your text
and change its Blend Mode to Multiply.
Click on the thumbnail of your text to make the layer active
and open your Pen Tool.
Choose "Path". If you're working on CS5
or earlier, click this icon for "Path".
This font has two types of characters.
Ones that have black shapes surrounding them and others that don't.
We're going to draw a path around each character that doesn't have a black
shape surrounding it. Go to a character
and left-click on a corner. Release
and then, click on another corner to make a straight line.
Release again and click on the next corner.
Continue these steps until you get to the first corner.
When you see a small circle, Photoshop is telling us that the path will be closed
when you click.
Continue to draw paths around each character
that doesn't have a black shape around it. Click the Path tab
and Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the thumbnail of the work path
to make a selection of all the paths you made. Open back up the Layers panel
and open your Pencil Tool. Make the size
approximately 60 pixels, the Hardness: 100%
and make the Blend Mode: Hue. Click the foreground color
and pick a color you like. Fill in a few of the selections with that color.
Click the foreground color again
and pick another color. Fill in a few more of the selections
and continue to pick colors until all the selections have colors filling them.
We can now delete the selections by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D.
To color in the characters that are surrounded with black shapes,
simply brush over them with various colors.
Go to Filter, Pixelate and Color Halftone.
Make the Radius: 4 pixels and keep the default Screen Angles.
Then. click OK.
Click the "fx" icon and choose "Drop Shadow".
The Blend Mode is Multiply and make the Opacity 50%.
Make the Distance and the Size: 6 pixels each.
Then, click OK.
If you want to angle your image, first make a composite snapshot.
To do this, make your top layer active
and press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on Windows
or Cmd + Shift + Option + E on a Mac.
We'll zoom out of the image. To do this, press Ctrl
or Cmd + the Minus sign.
Go to Edit, Transform and Perspective.
Go to a bottom corner and drag it out until your
image is at an angle you like. Then, press Enter or Return.
If we open your Transform Tool again, we can see that your image
actually goes beyond the visible sides of your document.
We need to crop it to its visible size. To do this,
open your Rectangular Marquee Tool and drag a selection over your entire image.
Go to Image and Crop.
Then, delete the selection. Now,
if you open your Transform Tool again, you can see that your image is cropped
to its visible size. To fit your image back on your screen,
press Ctrl or Cmd + 0.
Lastly, we'll give your ransom note a soft, dark, vignette.
Go to Filter and Lens Correction.
The Lens Correction window will open.
Click the "Custom" tab and drag the Vignette slider
all the way to the left. Then, click OK.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!