Photoshop uses Smudge and dodge tools to make hair WordArt

This tutorial uses the smudge and dodge tools to make hair art, there are many ways to make hair, with pen stroke path making is the most tedious, but also the most delicate. Here's a simpler way to do it directly with a well-defined brush, just slowly smearing it to make the desired hair effect.

Look at the effect chart first.

1, the production of text before need to define two brushes, create a new 20 * 20 pixel resolution of 72 pixel file, background filled with black, create a new layer, set the foreground color to black, with a circle brush in the canvas midpoint of a different size, such as Figure 1, execute: Edit > Definition brush. You can also click here to download the brush directly.

2. Create a new 1000 * 600 pixel resolution of 72 pixel file, select the Gradient tool, color settings such as Figure 2, from top to bottom pull out of the linear gradient shown in Figure 3 as background.

3, open the text material, drag in or enter the text you want, choose a good font, text color with yellow-brown: #A27C3B.

4, with the lasso to the first letter selection, press CTRL + J copy to the new layer, the following text layer shadow hidden, the effect of the following figure.

5, select the Smudge tool, in the brush to select the brush just defined, property settings such as Figure 7, opacity set to 50%.

6, press F5 to pull out the Brush settings panel, set brush tip shape and shape dynamic, parameters set as shown below.

7, the text local amplification, first smear the text with the tool bottom, slowly smear, the effect is as shown in Figure 11.

8, double-click the text thumbnail to bring up the layer style, set the bevel and relief, parameters and effects as shown below. This step adds shadow and high light to the text. The high light color is: #FCE9CA, the shadow color is black.

9. Select the Dodge tool in the toolbar, select the brush you just defined, the property bar setting is shown in Figure 15, and the exposure is set to 20%.

10, press F5 key to pull up the Brush Setup Panel, set some parameters of the brush as shown in Figure 16,17.

11, with the Dodge tool press the hair to smear, first painted a lighter overall effect, such as Figure 18,19.

12. The exposure of the Dodge tool is set to 30%, to enhance the high light area in the middle of the hair, you can adjust the brush size at any time.

13, create brightness/Contrast adjustment layer, the appropriate increase in brightness and contrast, parameter settings such as Figure 22, determined to press CTRL + ALT + G to create a clipping mask, the effect is shown in Figure 23.

14, create an optional color adjustment layer, adjust the white, parameter settings such as Figure 24, determine the same press CTRL + ALT + G to create a clipping mask, the effect is shown in Figure 25.

15, create color balance adjustment layer, adjust the high light, parameter settings such as Figure 26, after the creation of a clipping mask, the effect is as shown in Figure 27.

16, other writing methods are identical, the effect of the following figure.

Finally, modify the details, add a little projection to the text, complete the final effect.

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