Advanced Tag Tutorial

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This is for somewhat experienced Photoshop Users. I am going to be using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extending in this tutorial. So, here we go.

1) Open up your render, I am going to be using this one.

Re5Chris.png


Then, make your canvas, I used 400x120.

1.png


Then, drag in your render, and find a good place for him/her/it/whatever it is.

2.png


On Layer1, take the paint bucket tool, and make it black.

3.png


Then, duplicate the render layer twice, so now you have three of them, make the 2 new ones invisible, and on the 1st one, Blur>Radial Blur- 100,Zoom,Best.

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Then make the next one visible, and set it to color dodge.

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Make the next one visible, duplicate it, and set the new one invisible, and smudge copy 2 with these settings. With the default sized 36 brush.

BRUSH.png




dynamics.png

Scatter.png

OTHER.png


After your smudged, make the other layer of the render visible, and set the smudged one to Color Burn, or at least what you think looks good. This is what mine came out like.

smudge.png


Now, make a new layer, Image>Apply Image. Filter>Distort>Displace, keep the settings default, and find a good PSD you've saved before, set it to lighten, and erase what doesn't look good.

Displace.png


Now, make a new layer, get some Vector/Splatter brushes, and use some, just a little bit, in white. Then, make a new layer, right click the layer, and click on Create Clipping Mask, and move the make focus (your render) towards the brushes.

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If it doesn't work, either just don't do it, just add the brushes, or look up a Clipping Mask tutorial.

Then, add a Gradient Map.

I used.

Default Purple/Orange, set to Soft Light, at 30%
Default Black/White, set to Luminosity, at 40-70%
Default Black/White, set to Normal, at 6-15%

Make sure you use them in that order, and you can add any other Gradient Maps as well.

gradmap.png


I didn't have enough light and color in there, so I lowered the opacity of the Luminosity Gradient Map, and added a Default Red/Yellow/Blue Gradient Map at Soft Light to 20%

Time to add Text.

Just place it somewhere, where its not too much on focus, and don't make it too big. I used the biohazard font.

1st thing I did was set it Soft Light, and used these settings.

textset2.png

textset1.png


And it came out like this.

almostdone.png


Then I added a 1px White Border, Center, then on top of that, I did a 2px Black Border, Outside. It looked like this.

border.png


Then all that's really left is minor details, and sharpen.

Make a new layer, Image>Apply Image. Filter>Sharpen>Sharpen, lower the opacity if needed.

My minor details included another Gradient Map, and a Small C4D.

Fin.png


FIN!

If you have any questions, just post them here, I hoped your like this tutorial. And stay in tune for more tutorials, and graphics.

Sincerely, JK​
 
Very nicely done !
Ths looks very pro but not many of the beach members will be able to use it, me included hence many of us are Gimpers xD

Does this count for Elements as well becuase i have .7 elements ^_^
 
Yeah. Downside of Elements is there's no smudge preset setting. lol

Anyway....

This tut was very nicely prepared unlike my fail tut that was too small to read 0.o Looking forward too another of your tuts =D
 
Thanks guys. I don't really know what Element is, so, I couldn't tell you. That's why I put "Advanced" because I didn't really want to take the time to say, Hold control, press T, then hold shift, click on one of the corners, and drag it in.

IF ANYBODY MAKES A TAG/SIG/BANNER USING THIS TUTORIAL, PLEASE POST THE GRAPHIC YOU MAKE WITH THIS.
 
Thank you. I really like the LUNAR tag in your sig. What fond is that? And could you teach me how to do that pop out effect?
 
The font is "Alien League." Here is a link:

http://www.dafont.com/alien-league.font

For the 3D effect, just make a document large in height and make a selection where you want the background to be and place stocks, C4Ds, and what not to make your background. Finally add the render; the extra space will serve as the 3D effect room.

Make sure the you have a transparent background and save as PNG in order for the signature to be truely 3D.

If you wish, I can send the PSD or make a tutorial.
 
lol, the problem i think with this tut will be that there is only like 2 people on PB who could do it xD
I like the colours for the Grad map though ^_^
 
ah okay ^_^
atm i use game render but PR is meant to be good ^_^
Also i ordered in your shop, can you do Vert tags ?
 
I'm going to get the free photoshop trial so I can try the smudging effects for this tut. I've already made a tag using this tutorial using GIMP but I used some splatter brushes to match the effect of your smudging with the settings xD I'll post it later once I get on my other computer....
 
Cool. Thanks Pandamore. Do you have AIM? If you do, IM me ok. JK Rewrite
 
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