Light Behind Text

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  1. redneck

    redneck New Member

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    1. in photoshop open up a new thing. add any text to it but keep it black for this tut.

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    2.make a new layer below the text and using the gradient tool with theese settings make a horizontal line across the first letter.........

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    it should look like this now.....

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    3. now we have to rasterize the text layer. do this and than ctrl+click on the layer in the layer pallette to select all. now press delete. now select inverse and fill it all in black. in the layer pallette go to the text layer and press ctrl+G. now it should look like this.....

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    4. now go to image ready and click on duplicate this frame......

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    5. now you have to move the light from the second frame to the end of the last letter........

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    6. go to tween [​IMG] and use the following settings.................

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    7. now your done this is what i got...

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    Press File > Save Optimized As... to save it correctly.
     
  2. Birakon

    Birakon Senior Member

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    how do i move the light from the 1st frame to the last letter?
     
  3. BoBo4eva

    BoBo4eva Well-Known Member

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    wow nice tut
     
  4. RtX_311

    RtX_311 Well-Known Member

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    yea a lil more detail wouldnt hurt?? like how to move the light..i got it but how do i put it into a sig..coz its a really koo' effect
     
  5. DoctorDread

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    Nice TUT!!! I would also agree with the others, maybe a bit more detail on moving the bar across the letters.
     
  6. Birakon

    Birakon Senior Member

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    ah that was simple , im a dumbass , figured it out tho =P
     
  7. gbull

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    very cool effect, i'll have to try that later.
     

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