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In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Zombie Text effect that works great for Halloween flyer's, pamphlets and forum signatures. The steps to create this effect are relatively easy to accomplish with a little time and effort.
Here is an example of the text effect that we will be creating with this tutorial:
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Step 1.)
1.) Open an existing document in photoshop, or create a new one. I will be working with a 400x400 canvas.
Fill the background with your desired color, l'll be using #6A6A6A for this tutorial.
Step 2.)
Press CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + N on your keyboard to create a new layer.
Set your foreground color to: #392700
Go ahead and get out the Text Tool () and select a nice looking font. Here l'm using a font called Accent SF, which you can download freely by clicking here. (Note: Free registration required)
Here are the exact Text settings l've used:
Type out your text near the center of the canvas as l have done here:
Step 3.)
Double click this layer, and apply the following blending options: Bevel & Emboss: Colors Used: Highlight Mode: #FFFFFF Shadow Mode: #421700
Satin: Color used: #B58F3E
Stroke: Color Used: #D0AD60
Result:
Step 4.)
Press CTRL + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer.
Select the Burn Tool () and apply the following settings:
Randomly brush around the text to create various little dots and squiggly lines as shown:
Step 5.)
Get out the Smudge Tool () and apply the following settings:
Now Distort the bottom part of each letter using the smudge tool until you have something similar to what l have here:
Step 6.)
Press CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + N on your keyboard to create a new layer.
Get out the Lasso Tool () and make a selection as l have done here:
Fill this selection with #896A28 using the Paint Bucket Tool ().
Double click this layer, and apply the following blending options: Bevel & Emboss:
Color Overlay: Color used: #BD0000
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Result:
Step 7.)
Repeat step #6 several times to create many different "cuts" in each letter of your text:
Step 8.)
Press CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + N on your keyboard to create a new layer.
Set your foreground color to black (#000000).
Get out the Brush Tool () and set it up with a round soft 2 pixel brush as l have done here:
Now draw lines across each of the "cuts" that we made in steps #6 and #7 to add the effect of stitches to each letter of our text:
Here is how my text ended up, as you can see this is a very easy and fun effect to create a very scary looking text effect that works great on all sorts of Halloween related applications:
Here's what l came up with after messing around with the text a little more, and adding some graphics to the background with a few effects:
Thanks so much for reading this tutorial, l hope you've enjoyed it! Please be sure to check out the rest of our great tutorials while you're here!
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