Floating fonts

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Thu, 08/01/2013 - 18:56

Floating fonts

I came across this great tutorial on how to make your fonts blend more into the page. Unfortunately it only works in PS. I have used it on several pages thus far and there is a great improvement in how the page looks. I wanted to share.
fonts don't float

Fri, 08/02/2013 - 11:17

Cat Armstrong

That's a great tutorial. I usually use bump maps to get stuff to take on the contours. This seems to be way easier... Thanks!

Fri, 08/02/2013 - 22:58

Shawna Adkerson

Thanks for sharing this Elise! I actually pinned it to my pinterest account to remember the technique when I use a crumpled background.

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 01:14

Catherine Nonaka

Thanks for sharing so much of the knowledge you find!

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 09:01

Tiffany Johnstone

Thanks for the info Elise.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 09:50

Elise Leung

Thank you for the kind comments and you are all welcome. Now, if anyone knows of a tut for washi tape so it doesn't look like it is floating, I would love to learn. I tried a dodge and burn tutorial but the tape still looks like it is floating. I also played with the shadowing which helped a little, but there has to be another way.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 10:25

Kimberlee Gerstmann

Thanks for posting that. I wish there was a way to do that in PSE.

And for washi tape... here is a tutorial from One Little Bird. She doesn't use a dropshadow, but her method looks good.

http://frickonastick.com/2012/01/digital-washi-tap/

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 15:48

Kimberlee Gerstmann

And here is a tutorial for shadowing tape in PS.

http://www.captivatedvisions.co.uk/index.php/blog/entry/artful-digi-scrapping-tips-for-shadowing-digital-tape

Wed, 08/07/2013 - 01:08

Shawna Adkerson

Thanks Kimberlee for both tutorials!!!

Wed, 08/07/2013 - 18:57

#10

Elise Leung

Thanks Kim! I'll check them out.

Wed, 08/07/2013 - 19:16

#11

Elise Leung

I found an action that makes it possible to obtain the same result in PSE.
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Paperworn-Art-Styles-and-BONUS-Action.html
Hope it helps- $2- not a bad price...

Wed, 08/07/2013 - 19:28

#12

Elise Leung

I just found this as well for PSE from http://www.thedigichick.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-34326.html

duplicate the paper layer that the text will be "written" onto
* move the duplicate layer just above the font/text layer
* CTRL-G in PSE (or CTRL-ALT-G in PS) to clip the duplicate paper layer to the font/text
* change the blending mode on the duplicate paper layer to "overlay" or "soft light" (or "hard light"... depends on the color of the font and/or the color of the paper... you can play around w/ it)...
* that last step sorta gives the font/text layer a bit of the texture of the paper... and since the paper layer is EXACTLY the same as the duplicate layer, the texture/folds/etc. are all in the exact/correct places

Thu, 08/08/2013 - 12:30

#13

Melo Vrijhof

Thanks for sharing Elise. I have seen this tut in the past but totally forgot about it. I was just wondering what the trick was yesterday... You just saved the day for me!

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