Wasted - A Trashy Photoshop Tutorial

Before we get started you'll need to gather some materials below:

Images:

Dump - download

WASTE 3D text - download

Step 1

Open the image "dump.jpg" in Photoshop. The image will be set as the Background

Step 2

Now open the WASTE 3D text in Photoshop which was created in Adobe Illustrator.

Drag each letter of group of letters onto their own individual layer and give each the appropriate name for the letters which the layer contains.

Position the text as seen below in the example.

Step 3

Turn the visibility of the text layers off. With the Polygonal Lasso Tool select the "Background" layer and draw a selection on the brick wall.

Press Ctrl+J to copy the selection to a new layer and name it "brick texture".

Step 4

With the "brick texture" layer selected press Ctrl+J to copy the layer. Turn the visibility off for the "brick texture" layer should you need it later and move the "brick texture copy" layer above the "WAS" layer. Change the Blend Mode of the "brick texture copy" layer to Multiply and turn the visibility for the "WAS" layer on.

With the "brick texture copy" layer still selected, press Ctrl+T to select the Transform Tool. Rotate and scale the brick texture so that it covers all of the text.

Step 5

Select the "WAS" layer and with the Magic Wand Tool hold "Shift" and select the face of all three letters to create a selection.

Select the "brick texture copy" layer and press Ctrl+J to copy the selection to a new layer. Name the new layer "WAS face".

We now need to repeat the process two more times. Once for the side of the text and once for the top. Name the two new layers "WAS side" and "WAS top".

Step 6

Create a new layer above the "WAS" layer and name it "WAS overlay". Ctrl+click on the "WAS" layer to create a selection and then fill it with black. Change the Blend Mode to Overlay and reduce the Opacity to 25%.

Step 7

Select the "WAS face" layer and press Ctrl+J to copy the layer. Change the Blend Mode on the new layer to Overlay and reduce the Opacity to 65%.

With the "WAS face copy" layer still selected apply a mask. With the mask selected Ctrl+click on the "WAS face" to create a selection. With a foreground color of black select the Gradient Tool and draw a gradient mask from the top of the letters to the bottom.

Step 8

Select the "WAS top" layer and press Ctrl+J to copy the layer. Change the Blend Mode on the new layer to Screen and reduce the Opacity to 75%.

Create a folder above all the "WAS" layers and name it "WAS". Place all the "WAS" layers inside the folder.

Step 9

Repeat Steps 4-8 for both the "T" and "E" layers. When you get to creating the "E side" and "E top" layers, please select the areas indicated below for each.

When your finished you should have something which looks similar to the picture below.

Step 10

Select the "E" folder and press Ctrl+T to use the Transform Tool. Rotate the "E" slightly clockwise.

Step 11

We now need to create a mask for all three folders. Reduce the Opacity for the "WAS", "T" and "E" folders to about 60%.

Select the Pen Tool and draw a path around any objects that you want to bring in front of the text to give the illusion that it's really sitting amongst the trash.

Right click on the path and choose Make Selection. Press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection, select the "WAS" folder and apply a mask.

While holding "Alt", click and drag the mask to the other two layers. Increase the Opacity of the folders back to 100%.

Step 12

Select the "Background" layer and press Ctrl+J to copy it to a new layer. Change the Blend Mode on the new layer to Multiply.