CUTOUT EFFECTS
Created April 1, 2002 © Copyright Moon's Designs
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The original Cutout Effects tutorial was done by
Joe Cilinceon from New Dawn Micro. Joe is no longer going to be updating
his site and has graciously allowed me to redo two of his tutorials
using PSP7. The concept belongs to Joe, the presentation is mine.
Joe originally learned this method from Web
Graphics On A Budget and made some minor changes.
This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7.04
and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at a beginner level.
I am sure this can easily be done in Version 6 with a few adjustments
in paths but I have only used Version 7 so I can't make promises *S*
JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
This works best with grainy textured backgrounds,
but as you can see above it works on others as well.
Step 1:
Open a new image, 200x200, 16 million colors, transparent background.
Flood fill with a color of your choice. To make the background grainy,
go to Effects-->Noise-->Add. Enter 15%, uniform. Click OK.
Step 2:
Add a new layer. Change your foreground to Null and your Background
to the color you filled your first layer with. Pick up your text tool.
I used the letter G, Verdana font, size 72, floating and antialias
checked.
Keep selected. Go to Color-->Adjust-->Brightness/Contrast,
use the following settings:
This will darken the area a little inside the selection.
Keep selected.
Step 3:
Go to Effects-->3D-->Cutout. Use the following settings:
Keep selected. You should have something like this.
Step 4:
Go to Layers-->add a new raster layer. Go to Effects-->3D-->Drop
Shadow. Use the following settings. Make sure that you change your
color to White.
Deselect and Save.
Step 5:
Open your Layer Palette. Change the opacity of layer2 to about 80.
Change the opacity on layer3 to about 50.
This is how your finished image should look.
The only thing left to do now is go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge
All (Flatten) and save your image. This method works for anything
you want to have that carved, cutout or pressed look. Experiment with
these techniques, you might discover other effects that are as interesting
as this one.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I thank Joe, once
again, for allowing me to keep his technique alive on the Internet.
If you have any problems, comments or questions
please do not hesitate to E-mail
me.
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