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Computers => Graphics => Topic started by: NightHawk on August 13, 2012, 11:23:04 AM
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Have a wooden fence in the back garden covered in hedging. Cleared most of it but left a little behind and used my secateurs to carve a name out of it - Kathy's Garden.
Then I got my branding iron and burnt more text into the fence underneath the topiary - Hampshire Happiness.
Here's the result -
(http://www.pixiemouse.com/igforum/foliage-text-1.jpg)
Actually, NOT... ;)
Just having a bit of gardening fun with Photoshop.
I started with an image of a panelled fence, then one of some foliage. These were placed on their own Layers. Then I created a Text Layer for the Kathy's Garden foliage effect and adding a Layer Mask and some Refine Mask techniques, Drop Shadow and Inner Glow effects I got the image of the hedge to form into the text shape.
I added a second Text Layer for Hampshire Happiness and using several different effects I got the 'etched out' effect.
The final result was achieved with Photoshop CS5, so if you wanted this exact effect you would need CS5 or above. I haven't included the full Tutorial here for that reason, but if you have CS5 or better and want to try it I can post a link to the steps involved.
You could probably get something similar with other programs such as Photoshop Elements or Paintshop Pro, but you would need to experiment.
It gives a realistic result, so at times when you can't do any gardening then it's just a bit of fun, and you can impress your friends with your 'topiary' and other gardening skills :D
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I'm duly impressed Laurie - in fact, I might use that idea some time (provided you haven't taken out copyright ;D)
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I'm always open to negotiation George ;)
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I wish I had more time to play with Photoshop Elements. Its not kids stuff, but neverless its fun for adults :)