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Text on Road


Learn how to add text to a road and make it look even more realistic by making the text worn out.


image 1 1. Open the image for editing. For this tutorial, select a photograph with a tarmac road.

image 2 2. Enter the text you wish to have appear on the road and set the text colour to white.

image 3 3. Rasterize the text layer (Layer> Rasterize> Type).

image 4 4. Using the "Distort Transform" tool (Image> Transform> Distort), distort each corner of the text so that the text looks like it is on the road.

image 5 5. Reduce the size to fit. Press "Return" to exit out of the transform editing mode.

image 6 6. On the current layer, add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All).

image 7 7. With the layer mask selected in the layers window, use the "Apply Image" tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following propeties:

Source: filename
Layer: Background
Channel: RGB
Invert: Checkmarked
Blending: Normal
Opacity: 25%

Click OK.


image 8 8. Use the "Brightness/Contrast" tool (Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast) to increase the contrast. Select a contrast between 90 and 99; this will define how worn the text is. Click OK.

image 9 9. Use the "Levels" tool (Ctrl+L) to adjust the opacity and contrast of the text.

Text on Road 10. If you are working on a high resolution image, apply a "Gaussian Blur" to reduce the sharpness by barely blurring the edges. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.


Author's URL: FotoFects
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