Text coming through clouds
Step 1: Open a file with some
nice clouds in it, or create your own clouds in a new document by
selecting a blue foreground color, white background color, and FILTER
> RENDER > CLOUDS. There are a number of good tutorials on the
web about creating realistic clouds in Photoshop.
Step 2: Select the "Type"
tool and type something in the clouds. Next, double-click the layer and
add an emboss (70% depth, 5px size, 2px soften, anti-aliased), and a
gradient (I used the standard black to white at 100% opacity, 96 degree
angle, 89% scale).
Step 3: With the text layer selected, click the "Add Vector Mask" button on the bottom of the "Layers" menu, as shown.
Make sure you have black as your foreground color, and pick a soft-edged round brush at 50% opacity.
Step 4: With your
paintbrush, start painting over the text where you want the clouds to
appear. If you get a message asking you to rasterize the type, click
the vector mask in the layers pallette, next to the "T" text icon.
Step 5: If you painted over
something you want back, the beauty of layer masks is that you can
erase mistakes. Simply switch to white as your foreground color and
paint over the spots you want to bring back. By varying the opacities,
you can get a nice effect. Add a shadow if you want and you're good to
go.
...And with a red gradient
Hope you can get some use out of this one.
Step 1: Open a file with some
nice clouds in it, or create your own clouds in a new document by
selecting a blue foreground color, white background color, and FILTER
> RENDER > CLOUDS. There are a number of good tutorials on the
web about creating realistic clouds in Photoshop.
Step 2: Select the "Type"
tool and type something in the clouds. Next, double-click the layer and
add an emboss (70% depth, 5px size, 2px soften, anti-aliased), and a
gradient (I used the standard black to white at 100% opacity, 96 degree
angle, 89% scale).
Step 3: With the text layer selected, click the "Add Vector Mask" button on the bottom of the "Layers" menu, as shown.
Make sure you have black as your foreground color, and pick a soft-edged round brush at 50% opacity.
Step 4: With your
paintbrush, start painting over the text where you want the clouds to
appear. If you get a message asking you to rasterize the type, click
the vector mask in the layers pallette, next to the "T" text icon.
Step 5: If you painted over
something you want back, the beauty of layer masks is that you can
erase mistakes. Simply switch to white as your foreground color and
paint over the spots you want to bring back. By varying the opacities,
you can get a nice effect. Add a shadow if you want and you're good to
go.
...And with a red gradient
Hope you can get some use out of this one.