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signature tutorial
You might have seen the cool copyright notice in the corner of some photographs where the name is somewhat ghosted and takes on the colors of the photo. Almost like a glass copyright notice. Well it's pretty simple and this will be a two part tutorial. The first one is how to manually do it. The second will be to turning it into an action. Lets see if I can get everything right. This is done in PS CS2 and may work with earlier versions.
The type part.
1. It's simple. Type your copyright notice (e.g. Copyright by Allan J. Gengler).
2. While we're here, lets make it more interesting. Click in the menu to Layer > Type > Warp Text and from the pulldown menu next to the word "style" on the little open window choose something. I chose "arc lower."
3. On the layer pallet change the blending mode to screen and your type should disappear.
4. Choose from the menu Layer > Layer Style > Blending options.
5. On the Later Style pallet that pops up click "Drop Shadow," "Bevel and Emboss," and "Contour" and click OK.
IF YOU ARE SATISFIED NOW, YOU ARE DONE. You can just use the move tool to place it where you want. But are we ever satisfied??
MORE REFINING.
1. While the Layer Style pallet is still there click on the word "Drop Shadow" and you'll be able to adjust the look of the shadow. Do as you wish but what I did was lower the opacity to 50%; changed the distance to 10; changed the spread to 6; and changed the size to 10.
2 You can click on Bevel and Emboss and play with the numbers there to your liking.
THE ACTION.
The first thing you need to do is make sure your Action pallet is available. To do that you click on Window and then Actions. You also need to make sure your "Paths" pallet is available too.
1. If you haven't done this you'll need to do this important step. On the actions pallet click the fly-out menu in the upper right corner of the pallet and choose "New Set" and name it something like "My actions" or whatever. This creates your own private group of actions that you can save and email to your friends. If you've already have your set SKIP THIS STEP and just click on your set.
2. Ok. With the type tool and warping the text Create your copyright notice as above and make certain you leave it in the center of the photograph (A photo's resolution could mess you up and prevent this from working right on lower resolution photos).
DON'T CHANGE BLENDING MODES JUST YET.
3.With your type layer chosen, in the layers pallet, choose from the top menu choose Layer > Type > Create Workpath.
4. Then Choose Layer > Delete > Layer and click yes on the requester.
5. On your actions pallet, with the NEW SET CHOSEN, from the fly-out menu choose "new action" and name it "my copyright" or something appropriate.
6. From the actions fly-out menu choose "Insert Path".
7. from the top menu choose Layer > New Layer and call it "type" if you want to, or just click OK.
8. click on the paths pallet and from the paths pallet's fly-out menu choose "Fill Path" and on the "Fill Path" window choose from the menu next to "Use:" .... Black..... and then click OK.
9. While on the Paths Pallet choose from the fly-out menu to delete the path.
10. From the Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options pallet click "Drop Shadow," "Bevel and Emboss," and "Contour" and click OK. ( You can refine them here, as above.)
11. Clicking back on the Layers pallet put that new layer in "screen" blending mode. You should now have your copyright notice looking glassy right in the center of your photo.
12. Click from the menu Select > All
13. Now Click Layer > Align Layers to Selections > Bottom Edges.
13. Now Click Layer > Align Layers to Selections > Right Edges. These two moves should put your copyright at the bottom right of the photo.
14 From the menu choose Select > Deselect and click on the move tool (the little arrow).
15 While holding down the Shift key hit the left arrow on the keyboard twice and the up arrow twice.
16. Choose Layer > Flatten Image.
17. From the Actions Pallet's fly-out menu choose "Stop Recording"
Now call up a fresh image and run the action to see if it works, remembering to click back on the action's name before clicking the run button at the bottom of the actions pallet.
signature tutorial
You might have seen the cool copyright notice in the corner of some photographs where the name is somewhat ghosted and takes on the colors of the photo. Almost like a glass copyright notice. Well it's pretty simple and this will be a two part tutorial. The first one is how to manually do it. The second will be to turning it into an action. Lets see if I can get everything right. This is done in PS CS2 and may work with earlier versions.
The type part.
1. It's simple. Type your copyright notice (e.g. Copyright by Allan J. Gengler).
2. While we're here, lets make it more interesting. Click in the menu to Layer > Type > Warp Text and from the pulldown menu next to the word "style" on the little open window choose something. I chose "arc lower."
3. On the layer pallet change the blending mode to screen and your type should disappear.
4. Choose from the menu Layer > Layer Style > Blending options.
5. On the Later Style pallet that pops up click "Drop Shadow," "Bevel and Emboss," and "Contour" and click OK.
IF YOU ARE SATISFIED NOW, YOU ARE DONE. You can just use the move tool to place it where you want. But are we ever satisfied??
MORE REFINING.
1. While the Layer Style pallet is still there click on the word "Drop Shadow" and you'll be able to adjust the look of the shadow. Do as you wish but what I did was lower the opacity to 50%; changed the distance to 10; changed the spread to 6; and changed the size to 10.
2 You can click on Bevel and Emboss and play with the numbers there to your liking.
THE ACTION.
The first thing you need to do is make sure your Action pallet is available. To do that you click on Window and then Actions. You also need to make sure your "Paths" pallet is available too.
1. If you haven't done this you'll need to do this important step. On the actions pallet click the fly-out menu in the upper right corner of the pallet and choose "New Set" and name it something like "My actions" or whatever. This creates your own private group of actions that you can save and email to your friends. If you've already have your set SKIP THIS STEP and just click on your set.
2. Ok. With the type tool and warping the text Create your copyright notice as above and make certain you leave it in the center of the photograph (A photo's resolution could mess you up and prevent this from working right on lower resolution photos).
DON'T CHANGE BLENDING MODES JUST YET.
3.With your type layer chosen, in the layers pallet, choose from the top menu choose Layer > Type > Create Workpath.
4. Then Choose Layer > Delete > Layer and click yes on the requester.
5. On your actions pallet, with the NEW SET CHOSEN, from the fly-out menu choose "new action" and name it "my copyright" or something appropriate.
6. From the actions fly-out menu choose "Insert Path".
7. from the top menu choose Layer > New Layer and call it "type" if you want to, or just click OK.
8. click on the paths pallet and from the paths pallet's fly-out menu choose "Fill Path" and on the "Fill Path" window choose from the menu next to "Use:" .... Black..... and then click OK.
9. While on the Paths Pallet choose from the fly-out menu to delete the path.
10. From the Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options pallet click "Drop Shadow," "Bevel and Emboss," and "Contour" and click OK. ( You can refine them here, as above.)
11. Clicking back on the Layers pallet put that new layer in "screen" blending mode. You should now have your copyright notice looking glassy right in the center of your photo.
12. Click from the menu Select > All
13. Now Click Layer > Align Layers to Selections > Bottom Edges.
13. Now Click Layer > Align Layers to Selections > Right Edges. These two moves should put your copyright at the bottom right of the photo.
14 From the menu choose Select > Deselect and click on the move tool (the little arrow).
15 While holding down the Shift key hit the left arrow on the keyboard twice and the up arrow twice.
16. Choose Layer > Flatten Image.
17. From the Actions Pallet's fly-out menu choose "Stop Recording"
Now call up a fresh image and run the action to see if it works, remembering to click back on the action's name before clicking the run button at the bottom of the actions pallet.