4. Add Text |
Select your font family (A) (Ferro Rosso if you want to use the Ferrari font), font style Regular (B), font size 126 (C), anti-aliasing method Smooth (D), Left align text (E) and click on the color box (F) and select the color EFFAFE and click OK.
We selected a light blue color to 'reflect' the color of a blue sky.
Now click somewhere on the left side of our image and type
the word Ferrari or any other
text that fits neatly inside the canvas.
Now select the Move
Tool and
select the text and center it inside the canvas:
Tip: Instead of selecting the Move Tool in the tool bar, you can also hold down the Ctrl key (Command key on the Mac) while the Horizontal Type Tool is active; this will make the Move Tool temporary active (works with other tools too).
5. Add Layer Styles |
Go to the layers palette and click on the Add
a Layer Style iconand
use the following settings (make sure that you take the time
to check every setting carefully!):
Drop Shadow:
Inner Glow (Note: the color red that was used has the value E40000)
Bevel and Emboss (make sure you deselect the option Global Light first before you enter values for Angle and Altitude!)
Part of Bevel and Emboss is the option called Contour (A). Please select it.
The Contour Editor window will appear:
Click once one the diagonal line to create a point and move
it to the exact area marked in
red.
When done click OK in this window and click OK in
the main layer style window.
Here's the final result (after some slight sharpening):
Final Comments for beginners |
In this Photoshop tutorial I have mentioned a few Photoshop shortcuts. Too many shortcuts can be very overwhelming for beginners and that's the reason why I tend to show readers how to achieve most things without the use of shortcuts. It's my experience that most users will use them anyway when the time is right, meaning when they're fed up going through the same mouse clicks again. If you want to know more about Photoshop shortcuts, then visit the site of Trevor Morris, who has put a lot of effort into it to document and categorize these different shortcuts. You can find that particular page on his site here. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. |