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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSelect the Gradient tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Set the gradient type to “Classic gradient.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ctrl-click (on a Mac, command click) the thumbnail of your text layer. The area of your text will be selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Select the new layer icon (the square with the plus sign) at the bottom of the layer tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Press D to set your foreground color to black and background color to white. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Set the gradient to fade from the foreground to the background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fill the selected area so it fades from black at the top to white at the bottom, like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Select Image > Adjustments > Curves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose settings close to these. Add control points by clicking and dragging. Use the background grid to help you see where to place the points: Your image will now look something like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Select Image>Adjustments>Hue\/Saturation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use these settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your image should look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose Select>Modify>Contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The more you contract, the wider the “gold” edge will be on your bling. I contracted by eight pixels, but use whatever you think looks best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Create a new layer. Name it “Diamonds.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Select Edit>Fill. Use these settings: Select Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Use these settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Press Alt-Ctrl-F (on a Mac control-command-F) twice. This is just a quick way to repeat the filter effect two more times. Your text will look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Press Ctrl-D (on a mac command-d) to deselect everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Double-click the diamonds layer on the layer palette to open the layer styles menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Select stroke. Use these settings: Select Bevel & Emboss. Use these settings: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Create a new blank image. The size will vary depending on the the length of your text. Set the background contents to black. I’m using a 800 x 300 image so that it will fit on the page, but yours will probably be larger. Select the type tool. Choose a thick font and set the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2333","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Your basic bling is done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n