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Monday, August 20, 2012

Creating the CLOVERFIELD text effect in Photoshop

Note: This tutorial has been carried out in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Some functions may be different in older versions.
Final Result:





1)  Open a new document with the following settings:




2)  Select the Gradient Tool.
3)  Now, go to the Tools Option Bar, and make sure that your settings are the same as shown below:




4)  Next, click on the gradient that is encircled by red in the image above. This opens up the Gradient Editor:



5)  Click on the little icon on the extreme left of the slider (circled by red in the image below):



6)  Change the Color to Black:



7)  Look for the small red arrow in the image below. Bring your cursor around that point and left-click.



This adds a new stop to the slider.
8)  Just like Step 6, change the Color to #416652:



9)  Just like Step 7, click on different points on the slider to create three more stops.
10)  Change the Color of the stops to #021d21, #021d21, and, #155860, respectively.



11)  Change the Color of the stop on the extreme right to #01191d:



12)  Rearrange your stops to match, approximately, the stops in the image below:



13)  Click OK.
14)  Using the Gradient Tool, draw a vertical line starting from the top of the document and ending on the base of the document. This should create this background:



15)  Open a new layer and Fill (SHIFT+F5) this layer with 50% Gray.
16)  With this new layer still selected, change its Layer Style to Overlay.


17)  Select the Text Tool and make sure you have the following settings:



18)  Type the text “CLOVERFIELD” right in the center of the document.
19)  Next, with the text layer still selected, press CTRL+J, twice. This creates two copies of the text layer.
20)  Select the layers: CLOVERFIELD and CLOVERFIELD Copy.
21)  Press CTRL+T. Now, from the Tools Option Bar above, change the Height to 98%.



22)  Change the Layer Style of both, CLOVERFIELD, and CLOVERFIELD Copy, to Linear Dodge (Add).
23)  Right-click the original layer, CLOVERFIELD, and select Rasterize Type.

24)  Repeat Step 23 for the layer: CLOVERFIELD Copy.
25)  Select the original layer: CLOVERFIELD. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, make the following changes, and click OK:



26)  With the original layer still selected, go to the Layers Panel on your right, and change the Fill to 17%.
27)  Select the layer: CLOVERFIELD Copy. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, make the following changes, and click OK:



28)  With the layer CLOVERFIELD Copy still selected, go to the Layers Panel on your right, and change the Fill to 27%.
That’s it, babe. Final Result:

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