This content originally appeared on Envato Tuts+ Tutorials and was authored by Daniel White
In our previous tutorial, you learnt how to add visual effects to a music album cover design in Photoshop. Now you will learn how to add text to your album cover design and blend it so that it fits seamlessly into your composition.
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Watch how to add and blend text in Photoshop
1. How to edit and blend text in Photoshop
Now our album cover needs some text. Let's see how to edit text in Photoshop and blend it so that it looks as if part of it is underwater.
Step 1
First, add the album name "Still Waters" using the Amandine Medium font. Position the text half above the water and half under the water, and duplicate it on a new layer.
Step 2
Next, right-click on the text layer and convert it to a smart object. Duplicate this again and call it "Bottom". This is the underwater part. Now, go to Filter > Distort and add a Ripple filter.
Change the Blending Mode to Soft Light, and add a small amount of Motion Blur. Then mask away the top area with the brush tool so that everything above the surface is removed.
Step 3
On the top layer, mask away the bottom half of the text that's under the water. So you now have two separate layers of text: one for the top and one for the bottom. Use a small brush to remove a small section at the bottom of the top letters so they appear to finish in the water.
Step 4
Finish up by adding the artist's name just above the album name in smaller text.
2. How to enhance your text with the Camera RAW filter in Photoshop
Step 1
When you've finessed your design, select all your layers, go to Edit > Copy Merged, and then paste the entire design onto a single layer. Convert this new layer into a smart object and name it "Final".
Step 2
Add a Photoshop Camera Raw filter and start refining your composition. There are loads of settings you can use to refine your composition, but the one I recommend is Effects.
- Just by dragging up the texture and the clarity together, you can make your design stand out.
- You can introduce a little bit of grain to help blend everything together a bit more.
- You can also darken those edges a bit.
When you're done, click OK. This will save as a Camera RAW filter adjustment layer, so you can edit it again by double-clicking it and changing the settings, or you can delete it entirely.
Step 3
If you want to carry on working on your design, hide the layer called Final and work on the layers below. When you've made some changes, select all, Edit > Copy Merged, and double-click to go back inside the smart object. Then paste in the new version and give it a version number, e.g. "Final V2".
Then, all you need to do is save this smart object, close it down, and turn the final layer back on. Your final image should look something like this:
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In this tutorial, you learnt how to add text to your album cover design and blend it so that it fits seamlessly into your composition.
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This content originally appeared on Envato Tuts+ Tutorials and was authored by Daniel White
Daniel White | Sciencx (2024-09-15T15:38:25+00:00) How to blend text for an album cover in Photoshop. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2024/09/15/how-to-blend-text-for-an-album-cover-in-photoshop/
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