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The Text on the Wet Sweaty Window

This tutorial explains how to use a couple of images, a blur filter, and a simple brush to create a realistic text-on-wet-window effect. Final Image Step 1 Open the “Rain Widescreen HD Wallpaper” image in Photoshop, then go to Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation. Change the Hue to 10 and the Saturation to 35. Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate. Then go to Image -> Image Size, make sure that the “Constrain Proportions” box at the bottom is checked, and type 600 in the Width field at the top. You can type in any other value you like depending on the size you want and the text you’re going to create. Click OK. Step 2 Place the “Hummer H2 Night City Car Wallpaper” image on top of the “Rain Widescreen HD Wallpaper” image. Then go to Edit -> Free Transform to resize the image. Press and hold the Shift key to constrain proportions, then click and drag the corners inward. When you’re happy with the size, hit the Enter/Return ...

Photoshop and Illustrator to Create Guitar String Typography

Photoshop and Illustrator are great tools to help you create things that only exist in your imagination. In this tutorial, we will create words out of intertwining guitar strings. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Wood Texture 1. Create the Strings in Illustrator Step 1 We will start out in Illustrator. Create a New Document by going to File > New (Command/Ctrl + N). I used the following document size: Width set to 250 mm Height set to 175 mm Select the Line Segment Tool (\) , and while holding down Shift draw a horizontal line across the width of the document, somewhere in the top fourth of the page. Now set: Fill Color (X)  to none Stroke Weight  to 5 pt Cap  to Round Cap and  Corner  to Round Join Using the Rotate Tool (R) rotate the horizontal line by 11°. Using the Move Tool by going to Object > Transform > Move (Command/Ctrl + Shift + ...