{"id":480,"date":"2017-01-13T19:41:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T02:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2024-10-22T19:42:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T02:42:29","slug":"photoshop-project-bling-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/photoshop-project-bling-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Project: Bling! (revised 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A more current version of this project can be found here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 600 x 400 image so that it will fit on the page, but yours will probably be larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select the type tool. Choose a thick font and set the text color to white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type your word, and make it large enough to nearly fill the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select the Gradient tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ctrl-click (on a Mac, command click) your text layer. The area of your text will be selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select the new layer icon (the square with the plus sign) at the bottom of the layer tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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:
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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:\"\"
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Your image will now look something like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select Image>Adjustments>Hue\/Saturation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use these settings:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your image should look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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 five pixels, but use whatever you think looks best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Create a new layer. Name it “Diamonds.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Edit>Fill. Use these settings:\"\"<\/a>
You’ll get something like this:
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Select Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Use these settings:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press Alt-Ctrl-F (on a Mac control-command-F). This is just a quick way to repeat the filter effect two more times. Your text will look like this:\"\"<\/a><\/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: \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Bevel & Emboss. Use these settings:\"\"<\/a>
Your basic bling is done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A more current version of this project can be found here. 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 600 x 400 image so that it will fit on the page, but yours will probably be larger. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-480","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/480","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2351,"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/480\/revisions\/2351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}