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Metallic Glass

Dec 31, 2005 11:23

This is going to be the format for all future tutorials. All previous entries will be tagged according to category as I have the time to do so. Hope you enjoy this one!

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ex_keening February 19 2006, 19:06:01 UTC

I'm having the worst time following this tutorial. Last week, I tried following it on and off for 13 hours. I was pretty stressed, so I can attribute part of that time to thinking I broke photoshop, when really I was clicking on the wrong thing. (I was trying to control click on the actual text, not the layer. Boy did I feel dumb when I figured THAT out.)

So I'm getting hung up around step 3/4. I don't know if it's the style font I'm using, but I've used different fonts, and didn't get past step 2. I really want this to work, but, having a whore of a time doing it. I'm planning on attempting again today.

What's happening is that when I contract the text, it selects a VERY small portion, even though I set it at 2 pixels. While it looks cool, it's not what I'm going for. The white that gets filled in is not very much, just the slivers that are selected. When I blur the text, it just looks rough, and not at all like the soft cotton candy effect that is step 4. Any ideas?

jesus_h_biscuit February 19 2006, 23:26:28 UTC

You need a fairly thick, bold type for this. I would try something simple like Arial Black set to about 200 - 250 + pixels. Try that and let me know.

ex_keening March 1 2006, 07:17:05 UTC

I'm now trying this with a 72 point times new roman, in bold, and getting seriously hung up at the chrome/bevel emboss point. When I do get it to work, when I get to the contract 5 points, I get the "50% of the area is not selected, would not show" error. I'm really not knowing what to do. :\ Going back a few times to try this, if I'm missing something, but I can't figure what I'm missing. I'm also a lil confused as to what layer I'm supposed to do certain things on, so doing a bit of trial and error. (What's boffing me is that merge visible, too, as I don't have a background layer to hide, really.)

jesus_h_biscuit March 4 2006, 13:24:12 UTC

Seriously big, sweetie - like 250 or 300. Then do this - go back through the steps v e r y s l o w l y... If there is any part of these steps that you're confused by or is not immediately understood, let me know and I'll sign on to Yahoo IM and walk you through it later - I'll be available most of the afternoon. No worries, I struggled with it for a bit too at first, you WILL get it down pat!

ex_keening March 4 2006, 15:10:42 UTC

AH HA! Okay. I'm gonna try that a bit later, and I'll post results!!

Thank you ever so much sir!!

ex_keening March 1 2006, 07:29:17 UTC

At the "chrome" step, step 8, it's also turning it black, making it more grunge than watery. When I change the opacity, it doesn't help. (I feel like I'm missing a very crucial step here, and I really want to learn how to do this proper like, as I really love this effect.)

jesus_h_biscuit March 4 2006, 13:41:27 UTC

I cannot stress enough how big a background image needs to be for you to have such large type on, in part because the way the Chrome filter needs to work is to allow a lot of room for the dark, swirly highlights to work themselves into the contours of the letters. That can only really be achieved when the filter has a lot of space to play around in. The image I used here was originally about 1600 X 1200 px, and after I finished I resized it down to 400 X 299 ( ... )

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