Photoshop CS Timesaving Techniques For Dummies [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

“Setting Your Type on Fire.” Even so, you don’t have to lava or leave it to make your type melt and ooze.

In order to make the type look like it’s melting, you need to use the Liquify filter, which is accessible by choosing Filter>Liquify. If you haven’t used it before, don’t be intimidated by the huge dialog box and many controls. All you really need to know about the dialog box is that the tools are located along the left side, the Work Area in the middle is where you stretch and pull the type, and the settings at the upper-right control the size of the brush tip that you’re using. If you have a few minutes, play with Liquify before trying this technique. If you don’t have a few minutes, just follow the steps — I’m sure you’ll do great!

Choose File>New or press Ctrl+N/z +N to create a new document.

Make it rather large, say 3 inches high by 5 inches wide, and set it in RGB color mode with a white background.





Use the Horizontal Type tool to create some black type.

For this example, I used the Impact font set at 150 points to create the Lava! type shown in Figure 47-7.




Figure 47-7: Use the Horizontal Type tool to create some type.






Right-click/Control+click the type layer in the Layers palette and choose Rasterize Type from the menu.





Rename the rasterized type layer if you want.

For this example, I named the layer Text. That’s how I refer to the layer for the rest of the steps.





Choose Filter>Liquify.





Use the Liquify filter to make the type look like it’s melting, as shown in Figure 47-8.

When working in the Liquify dialog box, I used the Forward Warp and Pucker tools with a 100 pixel diameter brush to make the type drip.




Figure 47-8: Use the Liquify filter to make the type look like it’s melting.






With the Text layer still selected, click the Create New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette.

A new, empty layer appears selected above the Text layer.





Name this new layer.

I’ve named it Lava, the name that I use to refer to the layer for the rest of the directions.





Select the Freeform Pen tool from the Toolbox.





On the Options bar, click the Paths button.






Use the Freeform Pen tool to draw lava-shaped drips over the type.

Follow the drippy shape of the liquified text as you draw. Figure 47-9 shows the path that I drew. Notice how I made the path a closed shape by drawing over the top of the type.




Figure F: igure 47-9: Use the Freeform Pen tool to draw lava-shaped drips.


When you finish your path, take a look at the Paths palette. There, you see your path labeled Work Path, as shown in Figure 47-10.




Figure 47-10: The lava drips that you drew are temporarily saved as a Work Path in the Paths palette.






Double-click the name Work Path in the Paths palette and rename the path to save it.

For this example, I named the path Lava.





Use the Foreground color square in the Toolbox to select bright red.





Click the Fill Path with Foreground Color button at the bottom of the Paths palette.

The Lava path fills with bright red, as shown in Figure 47-11.




Figure 47-11: Fill the path with bright red.






Ctrl+click/z +click the Text layer’s thumbnail. (Don’t select the Text layer.)

This creates text-shaped selection marquees. Make sure that the Lava layer is still selected.





Choose Select>Inverse.





Press Backspace/Delete.

This removes the extra red lava that extends beyond the letters.





Press Ctrl+D/z +D to remove the selection marquee.





With the Lava layer still selected, click the Add Layer style button at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Outer Glow from the menu.





In the Outer Glow Structure area in the Layer Style dialog box (see Figure 47-12), click the color square and select bright yellow by using the Color Picker.





Figure 47-12: Use the settings to select how the Outer Glow is applied.






In the Elements area, set the spread to 10% and the Size to 5 pixels.





Select the Bevel and Emboss check box in the Effects column.

The default settings work just fine, so there’s nothing to change.





Select the Contour check box in the Effects column.

The Linear contour that is selected by default works great, so there aren’t any settings to change.





Click the word Texture to put a check mark in the Texture check box and view those settings, as shown in Figure 47-13.




Figure 47-13: Select a Texture to make the lava lumpy.






In the Texture Elements area, use the Pattern picker to select the Molecular pattern.





Click OK to close the Layer Style dialog box and apply the settings to the Lava layer.





Select the Text layer.





Click the Add Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Outer Glow.





In the Outer Glow Structure area of the Layer Style dialog box, click the color square and select bright red.

Make sure that the Blend Mode drop-down list is set to Multiply.





In the Elements area, set the size to 45 pixels.

You may need to fiddle with this setting to adjust it for your type.





Click OK to close the Layer Style dialog box and apply the Outer Glow.

Your type should now look like drippy, fiery lava, as shown in Color Plate 47-1 to see the glowing lava in color.




Figure 47-14: The lava type really burns!