Brick Graffiti

May 2008 by
DamagedRose
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Supplies & Filters Needed
Psp tube ( longer than wider works best )
Font Bring tha Noize
Here
No outside plugins needed
All Settings remain the same unless otherwise noted.
Getting Ready
Open Your Tubes of choice
Duplicate (Shift D) X 2 close original
Image, Resize
Width = No more than 300
Height = will self adjust
Minimize one copy for later
With your Dropper Tool
Select a Light color from your tube for Foreground
Select a Dark color from your tube for Background
Lets Start
1. On your palette
Change foreground to Gradient
Style Linear
Angle 0
Repeats 0
2. Working on your tube
Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to bottom
3. Flood fill tool
Fill with your Gradient
Selections, Select All
4. Maximize other tube copy
Edit, Copy
Minimize again
5. Back to your image
Edit, Paste, Paste into Selection
Selections, Select None
6. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling
Default
(Click arrow at top for Default)
7. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling
Edge
Bidirectional
8. On Palette close off layer1 for now using the eye
Make sure other layer is highlighted
9. Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur
Radius 10.00
10. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
Brick Wall
Size 40
Smoothness 1
Depth 1
Ambience 1
Shininess 0
Color White
Angle 315
Intensity 50
Elevation 26
11. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise
Gaussian
Noise 15
Monochrome
12. Open Top Layer and Highlight (tube layer)
13. Effects, 3D-Effects, Drop Shadow
V&H 1
Opacity 60
Blur 5.00
Color Black
Shadow on new layer Unchecked
14. Repeat Drop Shadow only change
V&H to (minus) -1
15. Layers, Merge, Merge All
16. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric Checked
20 Pixels
Background color
17. Magic Wand
Select Border
18. Edit, Paste. Paste into Selection
(Note...if your tube is not still in browser,
You may need to copy it again)
19. Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur
20. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
21. Effects, Art Media Effects, Brush Strokes
Softness 70
Bristles 233
Width 3
Opacity 68
Length 4
Density 77
Angle 315
Color Background color
22. Selections, Invert
23. Effects, 3-D Effects, Cutout
V&H 1
Shadow color Black
Opacity 100
Blur 10.00
Fill interior Unchecked
24. Selections, Select None
25. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric Checked
5 Pixels
Foreground color
26. Magic Wand
Select Border
27. Selections, Invert
28. Effects, 3-D Effects, Cutout
29. Selections, Invert
30. Effects, 3-D Effects, Inner Bevel
Bevel 2
Width 3
Smoothness 15
Depth 3
Ambience 0
Shininess 8
Color White
Angle 315
Intensity 38
Elevation 42
Selections, Select None
31. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric Checked
30 Pixels
Background color
32. Magic Wand
Select Border
33. Edit, Paste. Paste into Selection
(Note...if your tube is not still in browser,
You may need to copy it again)
34. Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur
35. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
36. Selections, Invert
37. Effects, 3-D Effects, Cutout
Selections, Select None
38. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric Checked
5 Pixels
Foreground color
39. Magic Wand
Select Border
40. Selections, Invert
41. Effects, 3-D Effects, Cutout
42. Selections, Invert
43. Effects, 3-D Effects, Inner Bevel
Selections, Select None
44. Image, Resize
Width 350 Pixels
Height will Self adjust
Bicubic
Lock Aspect Checked
Resize all layers Checked
45. Layers, Promote Background Layer
46. Image, Canvas Size
Width 1250 or your Preference
Height your Image height plus 10
Placement Left Center
47. Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Selections, Select All
48. Edit, Paste, Paste into Selection
(Note...if your tube is not still in browser,
You may need to copy it again)
49. Selections, Select None
50. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling
Default
(Click arrow at top for Default)
51. Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur
52. Layers, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
53. Flood Fill with Background color
54. On Palette using eye close off Raster 1
55. Make sure another of the layers is highlighted
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
56. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture
57. Layers, New Raster Layer
58. Flood Fill with Background color
59. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise
60. Adjust this layer's Opacity on your Palette to about 75
61. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
62. Open Top Layer and Highlight
63. Effects, 3D-Effects, Drop Shadow
V&H 1
64. Repeat Drop Shadow only change
V&H to (minus) -1
65. Text tool
Vector
Font Bring tha Noize
Size 72
Stroke 1.0
Line your choice
Leave your colors as they are
66. Add your first Text word turn, resize
Move where you want
Layers Convert to Raster
67. Repeat above steps for each word
68. After you have all your words
Close off bottom 2 layers on your Palette
Having another highlighted
Merge, Merge Visible
69. Effects, 3-D Effects, Drop Shadow
V&H 0
Opacity 60
Blur 1.00
Shadow on new layer, Unchecked
70. Open all your layers
If you need to lower the Opacity on your words you
can do so now on your Palette
71. Layers, New Raster Layer
Arrange, Bring to Top
Add WaterMark
72. File, Export, JPEG Optimizer
Compression value set to 20 or 25
Name your file and save
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