Zoner Photoshop Tutorial #1 - Custom Camo Text - Page 2

vVolf · 12-12-2002, 11:05 PM

There we go... Looks like a worm crapped all over it. hake: oOo:
[img]http://mohaa.cact-sd.org/aasigs/wol121222f.jpg[/img]

Jedi Marksman · 12-13-2002, 07:55 AM

This was very helpful to me. Can you maybe do one on layers so i can make a sig picl like Wolf or YoMattYo. biggrin:

Zoner · 12-13-2002, 08:15 AM

The font I used in the example is called Ethnocentric. I found an awesome place for fonts. Try http://www.1001fonts.com

P'raps I'll make a poll and see what the next tutorial should be. Layers might be a little hard to show by example, but I could try.

Zone

vVolf · 12-13-2002, 08:18 AM

Yeah, thanks a lot Zoner! =( I dont even know what the hell layers do, and how to use them. lol, i'm a n00b at PSP7. oOo:

Zoner · 12-13-2002, 08:30 AM

In a nutshell, when you add anything to an image, you should make a new layer first. This keeps every element of the image separate.

For example, I have a kickass Saving Private Ryan image of Ramelle and I want to place Tom Hanks in the foreground. Instead of just pasting Tom into the Ramelle image (essentially merging both images together) I paste Tom as a new layer. This keeps both image layers separate. So, if I wanted to remove Tom from the pic, I could just delete that particular layer.

Layers are useful for blending using transparency and a whole slew of other things. Here's a pretty simplistic tutorial on layers that may help out:

http://www.digitalhints.com/pstuts/pslayers.htm

As with any software, you have to tinker with it and play around to get good at it. Do some reading and apply what you've learned.

Good luck.

Zone

DEVILS ADVOCATE · 12-13-2002, 12:11 PM

here is something i done using hue and stuff like that. be nice to me plz its the first time i tried using hue and all those things zoner was on about.

[img]http://www.boomspeed.com/robert53/bored2.jpg[/img]

quickfist · 12-13-2002, 12:13 PM

well done for your first time cool:

quickfist · 12-13-2002, 01:32 PM

zoner how do you get that reflexen on your name??

DEVILS ADVOCATE · 12-13-2002, 01:33 PM

do you mean the snow?

quickfist · 12-13-2002, 01:42 PM

no i mean like the sun on his namen on the first post

when i try it (make camo on my name) then i make everythin brither

on this pic
[img]http://www.boomspeed.com/zoner91/Untitled-4.jpg[/img]

(sorry if you dont understand me but that because my englisch sucks eek: )

DEVILS ADVOCATE · 12-13-2002, 01:46 PM

have u followed the instructions Mr zoner gave you?

quickfist · 12-13-2002, 01:48 PM

yes but a will expermind with it a little more so maybe i find it myself

thx

DEVILS ADVOCATE · 12-13-2002, 01:49 PM

ok. if you dont get it right it might be worth giving zoner a shout to ask him for more specific instructions.

Zoner · 12-13-2002, 01:54 PM

To get the different lightness and darkness in the text, I used Filters > Render > Lighting Effects.

I picked the 5 Lights Up preset and just fiddled around with the position of the 5 lights until I got somethin' I liked.

Zone

quickfist · 12-13-2002, 02:02 PM

i ll give it a try

thx zoner