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How to Create a StencilBanner Text Effect inAdobe Photoshopby Rose 1 day ago

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What You'll Be Creating

Warping objects is a fantastic way of achieving some great, realistic effects. Thistutorial will show you how to use shape properties, smart objects, textures, layerstyles, and brushes to create a simple, stencil banner text effect. Then, you'll get touse the Warp command to make the final result look more realistic and give it some




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more depth. Let's get started!

Tutorial Assets

The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial:

Lintsec Regular font.Cardboard texture stock by YmntleStock.Unrestricted Neutral grunge 7 by DivsM-stock.Soft Wallpaper pattern by Atle Mo.Concrete wall 3 pattern by Atle Mo.You'll also need to load a default Photoshop brush set. So go to Edit >Presets > Preset Manager, and choose Brushes from the Preset Typedropdown menu. Then click the little arrow to the right of the Preset Typedropdown menu, and click Square Brushes near the bottom of the pop-upmenu. When the dialog box appears after that, just click Append, and you’llget the Square Brushes set.

1. Creating the Background

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Step 1Create a new 909 x 620 px document, and set the Resolution to 200.

Place the Cardboard texture stock image on top of the Background layer, resize itas needed, and merge it with the Background layer when done. Then duplicate it,and go to Filter > Convert for Smart Filters.




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Step 2Click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layerspanel and choose Levels.




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Step 3Click the Clip adjustment to layer icon at the bottom of the Properties panel andchange the Shadows value to 15.




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Step 4Click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon again and add a Color Balanceadjustment layer. Click the Clip adjustment to layer icon, make sure the Tonesoption is set to Midtones, and then change the values to -45, 0, and 2.




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2. Creating and Positioning the Rectangles andthe Text

Step 1Pick the Rectangle Tool, and create a 140 x 200 px rectangle using the color




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#edebdf .

Step 2Pick the Ellipse Tool, and choose the Subtract Front Shape option in the Optionsbar. Then click the Geometry Options icon, and set the Fixed Size's W and Hvalues to 7.




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What you'll need to do next is click and drag slightly to create two holes at the top ofthe rectangle. You can use some guides to help you position the circles as well, butthat's not necessary.




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Step 3Create the text in All Caps, each letter in a separate layer, using the font LintsecRegular, the Size 43 pt, and the color Black .




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Step 4Place the first letter's layer below the rectangle shape's layer you created, renamethe rectangle layer to whatever letter is below it, and then select both layers.

Pick the Move Tool, and click the Align vertical centers and Align horizontalcenters icons in the Options bar.




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Step 5Duplicate the rectangle layer, move the copy on top of another letter, and repeat therest of the steps until each letter has a rectangle.




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3. Creating the Final Stencil Shapes and theShadow Layers

Step 1Select all the text layers you have, and go to Type > Convert to Shape (or right-click one of them and choose Convert to Shape).




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Step 2Select each letter's layer and its rectangle layer, and go to Layer > CombineShapes > Subtract Shapes at Overlap. This will merge both layers into one, and




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subtract the letter from the rectangle, creating the stencil shape.

Step 3Repeat that for the rest of the letters you have.




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Step 4Duplicate each shape layer, place the copy below the original, and double-click thecopy's thumbnail to change its color to #afaba3 .




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Once you're done, select each shape layer you have, right-click it, and chooseConvert to Smart Object. This will make the Transforming and Warping that we'llbe performing next non-destructive and editable.




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Step 5Select each copy shape layer, and then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, andchange the Radius to 3.

Step 6




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After you apply the Gaussian Blur, change the copy (shadow) layers' Blend Modeto Multiply, and the Opacity to 85%.

This will finish up creating the stencil and shadow layers.




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4. Styling the Stencil Layers and Warping theShadows' Shapes




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Step 1Double-click the first letter's stencil shape layer to add a Pattern Overlay effectusing the following values:

Blend Mode: MultiplyOpacity: 50%Pattern: Soft Wallpaper




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Step 2Right-click the styled layer, and choose Copy Layer Style. Then select the rest ofthe stencil layers, right-click any of them, and choose Paste Layer Style. This will




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apply the Pattern Overlay effect to the rest of the layers.

Step 3




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Select each stencil layer with its shadow layer, and then go to Edit > FreeTransform. Rotate, move, and resize the selected layers as you like, and tap theReturn key to accept the changes. Do the same for the rest of the letters until youlike how they're placed.




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Step 4Next, for each shadow layer, select it, and then go to Edit > Transform > Warp,




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and play around with the shadow shape a little bit by clicking and dragging themesh areas, control points, and/or handles.




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Step 5Take your time with this step, and don't be afraid to try different things and modifythe shape more than once until you like the result you get. Hit the Return key whendone to accept the changes.




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Using the Warp command to create the shadows instead of the Drop Shadow effectgives us much more control over the final result, and helps us achieve a morerealistic and interesting final effect.




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5. Adding a Gradient Overlay

Step 1This is a subtle, optional step, but it helps enhance the final lighting.




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Double-click the first letter's stencil shape layer, and apply a Gradient Overlayeffect using a Black to White gradient fill, and change the other values as follows:

Blend Mode: Soft LightOpacity: 10%Angle: 20




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Step 2Apply the same effect to the rest of the letters, but make sure to change the Anglevalue depending on the direction of the letter's shadow you modified earlier. You




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can do that while you're still under the Gradient Overlay tab, by clicking anddragging the gradient fill over the letter until you like how it looks.

Once you're done applying the Gradient Overlay effect to each letter, you shouldend up with something like this:




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6. Adding the Texture to the Stencil Shapes

Step 1Place the Unrestricted Neutral grunge 7 image on top of all layers, and resize itas needed.




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Step 2Press and hold the Command and Shift keys, and click each stencil shape layer'sthumbnail to create a selection.




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Step 3Click the Add layer mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. This will use the




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selection to create a mask that applies the texture to the stencil shapes only.




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Step 4Change the texture layer's Blend Mode to Color Burn and its Opacity to 25%.




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7. Creating the Twine's Paths

Step 1Create a new layer on top of all layers and call it Twine. Pick the Pen Tool andchoose the Path option in the Options bar.

What you'll need to do next is create the paths where you want to add the twine.You can click to add corner anchor points, and click and drag to create curves.Keep in mind that the path created doesn't have to be perfect, as you can pick theDirect Selection Tool (A) at any time later to adjust the anchor points or thedirection handles.




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Step 2The simplest way to create the paths is to click and drag where you want the pathto start, and then click and drag where you want it to end.

To separate the paths, press and hold the Command key, and click outside the pathyou've finished creating so that it won't be connected to the path you'll create after




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you've finished creating so that it won't be connected to the path you'll create afterit.

Once you're done creating the paths, all the stencil shapes should be connected.




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8. Modifying the Twine's Brushes and Stroking




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the Paths

Step 1Set the Foreground color to #afaba2 , pick the Brush Tool, and open the Brushpanel (Window > Brush). Under the Brush Tip Shape tab, modify the settings asbelow:




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Step 2




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Hit the Return key once to stroke the path with the modified brush tip.

Alternatively, you can pick the Direct Selection Tool (A), right-click the work path,and choose Stroke Path. Then, choose Brush from the Tool drop-down menu,make sure that the Simulate Pressure box is unchecked, and click OK.




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Step 3Under Brush Tip Shape in the Brush panel, choose the Hard Square 10 pixels




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brush tip, and modify its settings as shown below:




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Step 4Click the Shape Dynamics tab, change the values as shown below, and make sureto set the Angle Jitter Control value to Direction. This will make the brush tip'sangle follow the path's direction.




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Step 5




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Create a new layer on top of the Twine layer, call it Stripes, and stroke the pathwith the new brush tip.

Pick the Direct Selection Tool (A) and hit the Return key to get rid of the workpath.




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Step 6Command-click the Twine layer's thumbnail to create a selection, select theStripes layer, press the Command-J keys to duplicate the selection in a new layer,




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rename the copy layer to Stripes, and delete the original Stripes layer.




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Step 7Change the Stripes layer's Fill value to 0, then duplicate the Twine layer, drag thecopy below the original and rename it Twine Shadow.




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9. Styling the Twine and the Stripes Layers




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9. Styling the Twine and the Stripes Layers

Double-click the Twine layer to apply the following layer style:

Step 1Add a Bevel and Emboss with these settings:

Size: 14




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Step 2Add a Texture with these settings:




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Pattern: Concrete wall 3Depth: 71%




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Step 3Add a Color Overlay with these settings:

Color: #f5f2ed

You can use any other color you like as well.




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This will style the twine.




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Step 4Double-click the Stripes layer to apply a Color Overlay effect by changing the




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Blend Mode to Multiply, and using any color you like as well. Here, the color usedis #ea4342 .




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This will color the stripes.




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10. Modifying the Twine's Shadow

Step 1Select the Twine Shadow layer, and pick the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Select apiece of the twine, and go to Edit > Transform > Warp.




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Step 2Transform the shadow using the Warp command just like you did for the originalstencil shapes' shadows. Once you're done, go to Select > Deselect (Command-D) to get rid of the selection.




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Step 3Repeat the same steps to select and warp each piece's shadow. It is better to keepthe shadow a bit subtle for the little pieces connecting the stencil cards.




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11. Adding Vignette to the Final Result

Step 1Click the Create a new fill or adjustment layer icon and choose Gradient.




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Step 2Use a Transparent to Fill gradient with the colors #e3e1d5 to the left and#595959 to the right. Change the Style to Radial and the Scale to 450.




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Step 3Make sure that the Gradient layer is on top of all layers, and change its BlendMode to Linear Burn.




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Step 4Select the Background copy layer, go to Filter > Blur Gallery > Iris Blur, andchange the Blur value under the Blur Tools panel to the right to 5.

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This will add a simple vignetting effect to the final result.




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Congratulations! You're Done

In this tutorial, we used a cardboard texture for the background, and adjusted itscoloring and brightness.

Then, we used a couple of shape tools and options to create the main card shape,added the text, converted it to shapes, and merged it with the card shapes to getthe final stencil shapes. We then duplicated those shapes to create the shadows,and converted all the shape layers into Smart Objects. We styled the layers, andused the Transform and Warp commands to move them around and reshape them,before adding a simple texture.

After that, we used the Pen Tool to create the twine's path, modified a couple ofsimple brushes to stroke the paths and add the stripes, and styled the stroked partsto add texture and color. We also warped the twine's shadow to match the cards'shadow.

Finally, we used a Gradient adjustment layer and the Iris Blur filter to add somevignetting to the final result.

Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestions, and outcomes below.




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