semi-Transparent Type Tutorial

Step1: Open the image of your choice. Press T to get the Type tool and enter your text.
Step2: Put a selection around your text. Hide your image by clicking on the eye icon. Click your image layer.
Step3: Press Apple+J. Add a drop shadow inner shadow and inner glow effect using your layer styles
Step4:Drag your originaltype layer into the trash.

Painting away color tutorail

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original


Step1: open the image you would like to work on.
Step2: Click on the brush tool. In the options bar switch the blend mode to color. Change your foreground color to black.
Step3:From the brushes pallete choose a medium sized,soft-edged(0% hardness) brush.
Step4:Start painting. As you paint, the color will disappear leaving your image in grayscale.

photoshop shortcuts

apple +u- Hue and saturation
apple t - free transform
option delete - change color of image to your forgeround color
apple j duplicate your layer
apple e - merge visible
apple f - run the last filter
apple+s-save
apple+n- new document
apple+v-paste
apple+c-copy
apple+a-selectall
b-brush tool
t-typetool
apple+thelayer- put a selection around the layer.

Gold Crome tutorial

step 1 type your text , put a selection around your text
step 2 go under the select menu and choose save selection ,click okay,deselect your text , delete yor type layer
step 3 go to the channels pallette , click okay on alpha1, go under the filter menu under blur and choose gaussian blur enter 1 pixel
step 4 return to the layers palette and then click on the background layer , go under the filter menu render and choose lightening
Step 5 go under the image menu under adjustments and choose curves create a curve (input 186 output 64) click okay
step 6;go under the select menu and choose load selection choose alpha 1 from the channel pop up menu , then click okay go under the select menu under odify and choose expand enter 3 pixerls click okay
Step 7 press shift + apple +j click on the background layer press apple +a then press the delete button thn press deselect , then click on your text layer , choose drop shadow from the layers styles then click okay
step 8 choose color overlay from the layers palette change the blend mode to color overlay then click the color swatch

and then use the following R=208, then G= 165 B= 16 then click okay

shadow in motion

step#1; tap the letter d, to change your foreground color to black. hold down the options key and tap the delete key, type our text using a medium gray color( 666666)
Step #2; duplicate your type layer by using the apple J shortcut, then raterize your layer
step#3; Go under the filter menu under pixelate , choose fragment run this filter two more times by using the apple F, shortcut
step#4; press apple T in the options bar change the width + the height to 130.
Step#5; click on your original type layer and raterize it , click on the top layer and press apple + e to emerge the 2 layers
Step#6; to colorize your type press apple u to bring up Hue/ saturation , then click the colorize checkbox and make the hue slider to the color you'd like