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Create a halftone border in Photoshop.
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Add a halftone drop shadow using Photoshop.
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Free high-quality high resolution photos.
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It's Showtime!
Make a splash with textured type.
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Making your type assume the texture of the background
it’s on can add a punch to your message.
Using displacement maps for this effect is easy, but
it makes your project look polished. Try this technique
to add “wow” by texturing type.
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We selected two
images that work
together well for
this effect. You can
use your own copy,
or select a headline
image like we did in
this example.
Curtain image:
Creatas BXP65555,
Headline: liquidlibrary
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In Photoshop
1. Open your background
image and
Desaturate (Shift-
Command-U). Apply
a very slight Gaussian
Blur (1- or 2-pixel
radius), save a copy
of your file, and set it
aside to use later in
the process.
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2. Return to your
original color image
by clicking the Open
state in the History
palette. Paste your
headline onto a separate
layer. You can
type in your own
copy, but remember
to Layer > Rasterize >
Type. (Note: This technique
works best with
a fairly wide font.)
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3. Next, duplicate
the background layer
and place it above
the text layer. With
the top layer active,
choose Image >
Adjustments > Hue/
Saturation. Check
Colorize, and move
the Hue, Saturation,
and Lightness sliders
around until you reach
a gold-colored image.
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4. Choose Layer >
Create Clipping Mask
(in Photoshop 7 or
earlier, the command
is Layer > Group with
Previous). This should
make your text gold,
but keep the curtain
background red.
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5.
Finally, to make the
letters assume the
texture of the curtain
(or whatever background
you’re using),
activate your type
layer and choose Filter
> Distort > Displace,
entering a value of 20
in both Scale fields.
This value will differ
depending on the
resolution of your file
and the amount of
distortion you want to
apply. Click OK. When
prompted to choose a
Displacement Map file,
select the file you created
and set aside in
Step 1. The use of the
Displace filter on this
image is quite subtle,
but effective. The pixels
shift according to
the grayscale values
of the map.
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