Learn how to add text to a road and make it look even more realistic by making the text worn out.
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1. Open the image for editing. For this tutorial, select a photograph with a tarmac road. |
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2. Enter the text you wish to have appear on the road and set the text colour to white. |
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3. Rasterize the text layer (Layer> Rasterize> Type). |
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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. |
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5. Reduce the size to fit. Press "Return" to exit out of the transform editing mode. |
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6. On the current layer, add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All). |
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7. With the layer mask selected in the layers window, use the "Apply Image" tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following propeties:
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Click OK. |
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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. |
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9. Use the "Levels" tool (Ctrl+L) to adjust the opacity and contrast of the text. |
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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. |
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