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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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How'd They Do That? - Rewording Signage
In just a few minutes you can change the wording on street signs with Photoshop.
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| Front cover image Aug/Sept 2005, V10N4
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1. Open the image
in Photoshop. Make
a copy of the background
layer, and
name it Layer 1.
Rename the original
background layer
Layer 0.
Creatas, 22160413
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2. On Layer 1, make a
selection of the yellow
inside the sign’s black
border and outside of
the shadow coming
from the arm, using
the Polygon Lasso
tool. Choose Select >
Save Selection, and
name the new alpha
channel “Sign Mask.”
With the selection still
active, choose Layer
> Add Layer Mask >
Reveal Selection.
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3. Select Layer 0, and
in the Channels palette,
Command-click
the Sign Mask channel.
Choose Select >
Modify > Contract and
change the Contract
By amount field to
1 pixel. Select Layer
> Add Layer Mask >
Hide Selection.
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4. On Layer 1, use
the Eyedropper tool
to select the yellow
from the sign’s top
and bottom as your
foreground and background
colors. Using
the Gradient tool,
drag from the top of
the sign to the bottom.
Select the yellow
from both sides (outside
of the sign’s black
border) and paint with
a 300-pixel Airbrush
at 5% Opacity so the
yellow inside and outside
the black border
matches. Using the
Clone Stamp tool,
carefully retouch
the two areas where
the @ sign runs into
the shadow. Apply
a 1% Noise Filter so
the grain of the sign
matches the rest of
the photo.
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5. To make type perspective
guides, click
on the Create a new
layer icon, and rename
the new layer “Type
Guides.” Using the
Line tool, click-drag
from the very top
point of the sign to
the bottom. Repeat
this step from the left
corner of the sign to
the right corner to
make a horizontal line.
In the Layers palette,
drop the Opacity of
the Type Guides layer
to 20%.
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6. Create a new
type layer and type
the words HEAVY
TRAFFIC, set in 48
point Futura Bold.
With the HEAVY
TRAFFIC layer
selected, choose
Edit > Transform >
Rotate to align the
type with the horizontal
guide. Select
Layer > Rasterize >
Type. Choose Edit >
Transform > Distort to
align the type to the
vertical guide.
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7. Finally, apply a
10% Noise Filter to
the HEAVY TRAFFIC
layer, and delete the
Type Guides layer.
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