Chiseled Stone Text - by Spacific Designs.com

CHISELED STONE TEXT

Let's go ahead and Chisel out some rough Stone, no chisel and hammer required!

1.) Create a New file, 800 X 600 pixels at 225 ppi on a white background. Press D on the keyboard to set the Foreground color to black.

2.) Select the Horizontal Type tool

and type your first bit text in the Upper half of the work area. The font used is ErasureDust Regular 72pt Sharp. Select the Move tool

and Click+Drag on text to center.

3.) Press Ctrl+T to bring up the Free Transform bounding box. In the Options bar, enter 130 for Height and text will expand. Now, Double-Click inside the bounding box to commit Transformation.

4.) Select the Horizontal Type tool

and type your second bit text in the Lower half of the work area. Select the Move tool

and Click+Drag on text to center.

5.) In the Layers palette... click the Eye icon on the Background layer to turn off it's visibility. Now, go to Layer > Merge Visible. (The two Type layers will merge as one.) Now, turn back on the Eye icon to the Background layer.

6.) Go to Window > Styles to open the Styles palette (if not visible.) In the Styles palette... locate the style named Chiseled Stone

, then click on it to apply effects. That's all there is to it! Text is now finished. Compare work to image at top of page.

(Alternately, you may apply effects manually by following Steps 6a thru 6g below.)

6a.) Click on the Add a layer style button

(located bottom of Layers palette). When the pop-out appears, click on Pattern Overlay... once the Layer Style palette appears, click the downward triangle next to the Pattern window to open the Pattern-Picker. Now, click the triangle

in the top right corner and a pop-out menu will appear. Select KS Patterns and correct library will load. Locate the pattern named Chiseled Stone and click on it to apply. Leave this palette open for the next few steps.

6b.) Click the Drop Shadow tab and follow settings below.

6c.) Next, click on the Color Overlay tab. Click the color well and when the Color-Picker appears, enter #FFCCCC at the bottom input box then click OK to close. Adjust Opacity to 18%.

6d.) Click the Inner Glow tab. Click the color well and when the Color-Picker appears, enter #CC9933 at the bottom input box then click OK to close. Adjust settings below.

6e.) Click on the Bevel and Emboss tab. Adjust settings below.

6f.) Under the Bevel and Emboss tab- Click the Contour tab. Click the downward triangle to open the Contour-Picker. Double-Click the Cove-Shallow contour to select and close the library. Now, adjust the range to 56%.

6g.) Click the Texture tab. Click the downward arrow to open the Texture-Picker. Find the texture named 022.bmp and Double-Click on it to select and close the library. Adjust depth to +91%.

Click the OK button to close the Layer Style palette. Text is now completed. Click here to compare your work.