Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create the look of a
design stamped onto leather. This works for text, clip art and any other one color, high-contrast
image. I provided this leather texture that you download. Its link is in my video's description or
project files. Feel free to use different leather texture if you'd like. Before we begin, if you
haven't yet subscribed to Blue Lightning TV, make sure you click that small "Subscribe" button at
the lower right, so you know as soon as I upload new Photoshop tutorials. Open a high-contrast,
high-resolution, black and white image that you'd like to use for this project. Or you can choose to
type in text over the leather background instead. To place the design onto the leather background,
press "v" to open your Move Tool and drag it onto the tab of the leather background.
Without releasing your mouse or pen, drag it down and release. To resize it, open your Transform
Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T. Go to a corner. If you're using a version earlier than CC 2019,
press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag it in or out. If you're using a later version,
just press Alt or Option as you drag it. Then, press Enter or Return. We'll remove the white
background surrounding the design by using the Magic Wand Tool. I'll make its Tolerance:
10 pixels. Click anywhere on the white background and press the "Delete" key on your keyboard.
Deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D. We'll convert the design or the text into a Smart
Object, so we can modify it non-destructively and allow us to replace it with a different design or
different text. To do this, click the icon at the upper right and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur. Blur it 1 pixel.
Go back to Filter, Distort and "Ripple". Make the amount minus 60 % and the Size:
Small. We'll convert our visible design or text into a Smart Object again and then make a copy of
it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J. Hide the copy and make the original active. Reduce the "Fill" to 0%.
This make the design or the text invisible, however, it'll retain the visibility of all
the effects we add to it. Double-click an empty area of the layer to open its Layer Style window.
I ll move it over, so we we ll be able to see more of the design. Click "Drop Shadow". Click the box
and when the Color Picker opens, pick white. The Blend Mode is "Overlay" and the Opacity is 30%.
"Global Light" is unchecked. The Angle is minus 135 degrees. The Distance is 20 pixels,
the Spread is 2% and the Size is 60 pixels. The Contour is Linear and the Noise is 20%.
Click "Gradient Overlay". The Blend Mode is Multiply and the Opacity is 40%.
Click the Gradient bar to open the Gradient Editor. Click the black and white preset.
The Style is Linear, the Angle is 55 degrees and the Scale is 100%. Click "Bevel and Emboss".
The Style is "Outer Bevel", the Technique is "Smooth" and the Depth is 75%. The Direction
is "Up", the Size is 10 pixels and the "Soften" is 6 pixels. As before, Global Light is unchecked.
The Angle is minus 120 degrees, the Altitude is 30 degrees and the Contour is Linear.
The Highlight mode is "Hard Mix", the color is white and the opacity is 40%.
The Shadow Mode is irrelevant , since its opacity is 0%.
To save some space in the Layers panel, let's collapse the Smart Filters.
Make the top layer visible and active and reduce the Fill to 0%.
Double-click an empty area to open its Layer Style window and click "Bevel and Emboss".
The Style is Outer Bevel, the Technique is Smooth and the Depth is 250%.
The Direction is Down, the Size is 10 pixels and the Soften is 5 pixels. The Angle is 60 degrees
and the Altitude is 40 degrees. Open the Contour list and click the gear icon. Click the Small or
Large List, scroll to "Rounded Steps" and click it. Make the Highlight Blend Mode:
Color Dodge and the Opacity: 30%. The Shadow Mode is Multiply and its opacity is 60%.
Click "Inner Shadow". Make the Blend Mode is Multiply and its opacity is 60%. If Global Light
is checked, uncheck it and make the Angle: 30 degrees. The Distance is 8 pixels, the Chose is 0%
and the Size is 10 pixels. Open the Contour list and scroll to "Half Round". Click "Inner Glow".
The Blend Mode is Multiply and the Opacity is 40%. The Color is black. Click the gradient bar
to open the Gradient Editor. Click the "Foreground to Transparent" preset.
Make the Size: 25 pixels and the Contour Linear. The Range is 70%
and the Jitter is 20%. Jitter essentially varies the gradient's color and opacity.
Click "Drop Shadow". The Blend Mode is "Linear Light", the Opacity is 20% and the Angle is 45
degrees. The Distance is 4 pixels, the Spread is 10% and the Size is 30 pixels. The Noise is 0%.
Now that we have our design or text stamped into leather, I'll show you how to place
it in perspective and make it look as if you photographed it with a close-up lens
using a low depth-of-field, which blurs the image the further away it is from your camera.
Let's collapse the Smart Filters. We'll place the two layers that comprise our design into
a folder by Shift-clicking the lower one to make it active as well, and pressing Ctrl or Cmd + G.
I'll name it, "Logo", but you can name it whatever you like. In adjusting its perspective, we'll be
increasing the left half of our entire image, so we'll need to decrease the size of our design
or text over the leather background. Open your Transform Tool, reduce it approximately this much
and reposition it to approximately here. We can always resize and reposition it later if we need
to. Shift-click the background to make it active as well, and convert them into one Smart Object.
Go to Edit, Transform and Perspective. We're going to need more room around our image, so press Ctrl
or Cmd and the Minus key on our keyboard a couple of times to zoom out. Go to the top,
left corner and drag it up approximately this much. Then, press Enter or Return.
Now that I see it, I want to raise it up a bit. So, I'll double-click the Smart Object
to open its source and drag the logo up. Then, I'll close the tab. If you see this message,
just click, "Yes" to update the Smart Object. To zoom back in, press Ctrl or Cmd and "Plus" key on
your keyboard a couple of times or you can fill your canvas by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + 0 Next.,
we'll add a soft blur on the right side of our image to replicate the look of a photo that was
shot using a low, depth-of-field. Make a copy of the layer Go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
I'll blur it 7 pixels.
Click the Layer Mask icon to make it active open your Gradient Tool. Click the gradient bar and
make sure the Linear gradient icon is active. Click the "Black, White" preset thumbnail.
Go to the middle of your design and press and hold the Shift key
as you drag the tool approximately half the distance to the right edge.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!