Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. For fans of Gothic images,
I'm going to show you how to make this horrific, Gothic-looking warning
to all who pass by.
I provided a Photoshop file for you to download, so you can follow along.
Its link is located in the video's description or project files.
It includes this Medieval-looking wood background
and this cracked, painted metal texture. The size is 1280
by 720 pixels with a resolution of 150 pixels per inch.
If your foreground and background colors
aren't black and white respectively, click on the small
overlapping, box icon or press the letter D
on your keyboard. Open your Horizontal Type Tool
and choose a font. I'm using
a font called, "Kaiserzeit Gotisch", which I included a link
as well. For this example, I'm using a size
of 177 points... Sharp...
left alignment... and black for the color.
The color isn't important, since we'll be replacing it soon
with the cracked paint texture. Type out your text.
To reposition it, click on your Move tool
and move it.
Ctl-click or Cmd-click on the thumbnail of your text...
to make it into a selection. Make the texture...
active and visible. Click on the Layer Mask button
to make a layer mask of the selection next to the active layer.
Click on the "fx" button and choose
Bevel & Emboss.
The Style is Inner Bevel... the Technique
is Chisel Hard...the Depth is 100%...
the Direction is Up... the Size
is 6 pixels and the Highlight Opacity
is 100%. Click, "Drop Shadow".
Make the Distance, 9 pixels.
Depending on the size of your text, you may want to adjust the amounts we're
setting
in the Layer Styles. Next, we'll add bloody streaks to the background.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the New Layer button
to make a new layer below the active layer. Hide the original text layer
and the top layer. We'll fill the empty layer with black...
and since Black is the foreground color, press
Alt or Opt + Delete. Go to Filter...
Render and Fibers. Make the Variance, 10
and the Strength, 15. If you don't like the way the particular fibers look in
your window,
press "Randomize" until you like one.
Then, click OK. Press Ctrl
or Cmd + L to open the Levels window. Change the
input white level to 200 and click, OK
Open your Channels panel
and click on this circular, dotted icon
to make a selection of all the tonal values of your image.
Open back up your Layers panel and drag the fiber layer to the trash,
since we now have its selection. We need to invert it.
To do this, press Ctrl or Cmd +
Shift + I. Click on the New Layer button to make a new layer.
Click on the foreground color and type in
8 C 0 4 0 4
Then, click OK or press
Enter or Return.
Press Alt or Opt + Delete to fill it with the foreground color.
To delete the selection, press Ctrl or Cmd + D
Change the blend mode
to Darken and the Opacity to 80%.
Make your texture text...visible.
We want to hide the blood streaks everywhere, but keep them below the text.
Click on the Layer Mask button to make a layer mask
next to the active layer. Open your Brush tool
and make the size 100 pixels
and the Hardness, 0%.
The blend mode is Normal and the Opacity
is 100%. Now, brush over the streaks
above the text to hide them.
Brush over the sides, as well.
To make your brush smaller, press the left bracket key on your keyboard.
Continue to brush away all the streaks, but keep them below your text.
Next, we'll add some bloodstains to the text, itself.
Make composite snapshot of your image by making your top layer
active and pressing Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E
on a PC or Cmd + Shift + Opt + E
on a Mac.
Let's brighten the overall image by pressing Ctrl +
Alt + L on a PC or Cmd +
Opt + L on a Mac. When this window pops up,
press Enter or Return.
Make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J
Go to your layer mask
and press and hold, Alt on a PC or
Opt on a Mac, as you drag a copy of it next to the top layer.
Click on the thumbnail to make it active and increase your brush size.
I'm increasing it to 100 pixels.
Depending on the size of your text, you may want to adjust this number.
Keep the Hardness, 0%.
Change the blend mode to Linear Burn
and the Opacity to 20%.
Now, brush over a few areas of your text, especially the darker, rusted parts.
Make a composite snapshot, again
and make a copy of it. Hide the copy
and make the original composite snapshot layer active.
Click on the adjustment layer button and choose, Levels.
Reduce the output white to 85.
This darkens the entire image.
Make a top player visible and active.
Open your Elliptical Marquee Tool...
go to the top left corner and drag across a selection to the bottom right
corner.
Go to Select and Transform Selection.
Go to the top, middle of the Transform and when you see a vertical, double-
arrow, press and hold, Shift + Alt
on a PC or Shift + Opt on a Mac
as you drag it down. This squeezes the transform in
at the top and bottom, so it's closer to your text.
To center it over your text, press the Up
arrow key on your keyboard to move it straight up.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Go to Select and Refine Edge.
There are 7 view modes from which to choose.
I'm using the "On Black" mode. Feather your selection to an amount you like.
For this example, I'll feather it to 70 pixels.
Output it as a Layer Mask. Then, click OK
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!
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