SIMULATING ENGRAVED TYPE
STEP : 1
Select File > New to open the New document dialog box. Under Preset choose Photo, set the width to 7 inches, the height to 6 inches, and then click OK.
Open a second file that contains an image of a stone background texture, copy it, paste it into your file, and then close the original texture file.
STEP : 2
For the type layer, use a bold, old-timely western font such as the wonderful and free Pointedly Mad font designed by Rich Gast . Visit http://www.greywolfwebworks.com to download and install a copy of the font on your computer. If Photoshop is open during the install, close and reopen it to gain access to the newly installed font.
Press T to select the Type tool, set the font to Pointedly Mad, the size to 50 pt, the alignment to Center, and the color to Black. Type in a few lines of text and adjust the size of the different lines as needed. Your layout should look something like Figure 45-1.
Figure 45-1
STEP : 3
Ctrl+click/Ô+click the type layer’s thumbnail to select the shapes of the letters, hide the visibility of the type layer, and click the Levels icon on the Adjustments panel. Adjust the bottom White Output levels slider from 255 to about 160 to darken the letters within the levels adjustment mask.
HINT: To darken the selection, make sure you adjust the white Output levels slider toward the bottom of the panel rather than the white Histogram slider. If you accidentally adjust the white Histogram levels slider from 255 to 160, your text will lighten rather than darken. Leave the Histogram sliders alone and only adjust the Output levels.
STEP : 4
Click the Add Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers panel, and apply Bevel and Emboss style. Set the style to Outer Bevel, the technique to Chisel Hard, the depth to 100%, the size to 2 px, the angle to 68°, the altitude to 30°, the highlight mode to 98%, and the shadow mode to 94%.
Don’t close the Layer Styles dialog box just yet. You’re going to add a few more styles.
STEP : 5
Add the Drop Shadow style and set the blending mode to Overlay, the distance to 5px, and the size to 21 px. Add the Inner Shadow style and set the distance to 5 px and the sizeto 6 px. To enhance the shadow, add an Inner Glow style and set the color to black, the blending mode to Color Burn, the opacity to 22%, and the size to 2 px. Now you can click OK to close the Layer Styles dialog box. Figure 45-2 shows you the finished effect.
Figure 45-2
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