[photoshop] Shine Effect

[Impious 0]

How-to on Photoshop: Making a shine effect on Text or Buttons(nice for webdesigners)

 

Final Art:

 

First Step: Make a new image with 500pixels x 500pixels. Then paint it of white.

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Second Step: Write your text(color #2D28F0, font cooper, size 72), you can make a rounded rectangle if you want a button for you website.

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Third Step: On "Layers" do a right click on the text layer to select the text. Then go to "Select -> Modify -> Contract", choice 3 pixels and click on "OK". Then choice this tool: and choice "substract of selection" and select the sub part of the selection, to substract it.

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Fourth Step: Make a new layer. Select "Gradient Tool" and do it on created layer down to up.

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Fiveth Step: On the Text Layer do a right click and choice "Merge Options", do like the picture:

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Last Step: Convert the text layer on Bitmap Layer, doing a right click on this layer and choosing "Convert Layer to Bitmap". Then back to shine layer and push CTRL + E twice. Then save your Art. x)

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Yours, Impious.

Edited March 2, 2008 by Impious (see edit history)