learning adobe photoshop cs4 - graffiti on a building

Learning Adobe Photoshop CS4By Greg Bowden

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Graffiti on a Building

Chapter 26

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26Graffiti on a Building

Rather than displaying graffiti on a flat surface, you can also display it on a photograph and use perspective tools to make it look realistic. In this Exercise some graffiti will be added to a building then moved behind the snow and branches as shown in the following diagram:

Starting a New Document 1 Load Photoshop or close the current files then display the FILE menu and select

NEW.

3 Select OK to start the document.

2 Set the WIDTH to 800 pixels, the HEIGHT to 600 pixels and the BACKGROUND COLOUR to WHITE.

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Entering Some TextSome text will be entered and the WARP transformation used to distort it.

4 Press <enter> or <return> to accept the transformation.

1 Select the HORIZONTAL TYPE TOOL and in the OPTIONS BAR select an artistic FONT such as ADOBE GARAMOND PRO (BOLD ITALIC) or FORTE, set the SIZE to 48 pt and select a TEXT COLOUR.

2 Click at the top left of the canvas and enter a short word for the graffiti, for example:

Chill

3 Select the MOVE TOOL, press CTRL+T or COMMAND+T to display the FREE TRANSFORM frame and increase the size of the text.



Warping the TextRather that using the LIQUIFY filter to create the graffiti text, you can WARP the text. Again, to do this text must be rasterized.

1 Display the LAYER menu, highlight RASTERIZE and select LAYER.

2 Display the EDIT menu, highlight TRANSFORM and select WARP.


NOTE: No effects will be applied to the text at this stage. The text will be made to look like graffiti once it has been added to the photo.

5 Save the document in your STORAGE folder as a PHOTOSHOP file under the file name:

Warped Text

Loading the PhotographA photo of a house has been prepared for you and the graffiti text will be placed on one of its walls.

1 Display the FILE menu and select OPEN.

2 Access the PScs4 SUPPORT FILES, open the CHAPTER 26 folder and open the BUILDING photo.

3 The graffiti will be added below the right window.

3 Drag the numerous ‘handles’ that are placed around the text to create the effect that you want.



Inserting the Warped TextThe warped text needs to be added to the BUILDING file.

4 Close the WARPED TEXT file.

2 Drag the CHILL (or text) layer from the WARPED TEXT file onto the BUILDING photo.

3 Select OK if you receive a message about converting colours.

1 Select the MOVE TOOL from the TOOLS panel and drag the WARPED TEXT file tab down to view both files.

5 Press CTRL+T or COMMAND+T to display the FREE TRANSFORM frame around the text and adjust its size so that it fits beneath the right window.




Setting the Vanishing PointIn order to make the text look more realistic, it needs to slant in the same perspective as the side of the building. The VANISHING POINT filter can be used to achieve this.

A Starting a New layer

The text will be copied into a vanishing point frame in a new layer.

1 Move the text to the top left of the photo and select the BACKGROUND layer in the LAYERS panel.

2 Create a new layer above the BACKGROUND layer and rename it:

Vanishing Point



B Copying the Text

The text path can be copied then pasted into the Vanishing Point frame.

2 Press CTRL+C or COMMAND+C to copy the path.

Note: The path of the text should not be visible on the screen.

1 Click on the CHILL (or text) layer in the LAYERS panel, hold down the CTRL or COMMAND key and click on its thumbnail to select the path of the text.

3 Turn off the CHILL (or text) layer, select the VANISHING POINT layer and press CTRL+D or COMMAND+D to deselect the text.



C Setting the Vanishing Point Text

1 Display the FILTER menu and select VANISHING POINT to open the VANISHING POINT dialogue box.

2 Click a vanishing point frame along the edges of the brick work under the right window including a little of the snow at the base of the wall.

3 Press CTRL+V or COMMAND+V to paste the text into the vanishing point dialogue box.

4 Drag the text into the vanishing point frame.

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