Use a clipping group to place an image inside of a background of text, with another layer of text placed in front to create depth. Continue Reading »
Converting text into shapes allows you to distort the text as you like while retaining straight, clean edges. Continue Reading »
Brushed metal is always a cool effect to pull off in Photoshop. And after you’ve created your steel texture, what better place to use it than to produce beveled steel type? Continue Reading »
Make your text look like it’s been around the block… or two! Call it weathered, grungy, or distressed, or what have you Continue Reading »
Photoshop’s Transform> Perspective command is grayed out when you have a type layer active in the Layers palette. Continue Reading »
One of the most requested features has finally made it to Photoshop with the release of Photoshop CS. Continue Reading »
One such question came in yesterday concerning curved type reflected off a surface. Once I wrapped my brain around it the answer was/is very simple, so we’ll tackle it here. Continue Reading »
Let’s say you want to create some text that looks as though it is disappearing off into the distance. If you notice, you cannot transform text with perspective transform function. Continue Reading »
This week we are going to look at creating a text effect using the new scatter brush option. This effect is simple to create and its not limited to text Continue Reading »
With Halloween right around the corner, it’s time to start dressing things up. And nothing quite says “Happy Halloween” like some slimy letters sliding down the wall. Continue Reading »
Corey shows you how to recreate this rugged, weathered look using a couple of filters, blending modes, and layer masks.
Use a clipping group to place an image inside of a background of text, with another layer of text placed in front to create depth.
In this tutorial Corey shows you how to take an existing image and turn it into it’s own custom brush.
In this tutorial Corey creates a realistic-looking coin effect using the channels palette and the lighting effects filter.
If you’re trying to set type that looks typographically correct in Photoshop, there’s an old habit you’ll have to break, and that’s the curse of putting two spaces at the end of every sentence. This is a holdover from people who at one time used traditional typewriters, where adding two spaces was necessary, but in typesetting that’s a huge no-no. About 70% of the text I copy-and-paste from text files that people give me has two spaces, but I use this Photoshop tip to fix the problem in just seconds. First, go under the Edit menu and choose Find and Replace Text. In the Find field, press the Spacebar twice (entering two spaces), then in Change To, press the Spacebar just once. Click Change All, and every time Photoshop finds two spaces at the end of a sentence, it will replace it with just one, making you typographically correct.