Photoshop Microphone Pt. 2
Photoshop Tutorial
Welcome to the continuation of the Microphone Tutorial
Part 1 |
2
INGREDIENTS
by Colin Smith
- Patterns
- Spherize Filter
- Custom Gradients
- Free Tronsform
- Difficulty 7/10
- Part 1 | 2
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Lets make the shoulder of the mic now...
Create a new layer above the "head" layer set
Create a new rectangle
Fill with the same gradient that we used before on the ring around the head
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Press cmd/Ctl+T for free transform
Right click and choose "perspective"
Drag the right side of the rectangle in as shown
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Use the image>Canvas size to englarge the canvas for the rest of the mic
Create a new rectangle and fill with the gradient
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Free Transform>perspective
Shape the body of the microphone
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Darken up the body a bit:
Press cmd/ctrl+L for levels
Use the settings I used here, make sure you adjust the very bottom highlight slider
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We now have a darker body for the mic
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Duplicate the shoulder and move the duplicate all the way to the end.
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Use free transform to make an endcap as shown
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Lets add some text.
Create your text and rotate it.
Rasterize the text by clicking on its name in the layers palette and choose "rasterize"
Make a rectanglar selection around the text
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Lets make the text wrap around the mic:
Choose filter>distort>spherize
Set it for 100% and vertical only
press ok
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Deselect
The type should be wrapping around the mic now, if not then use the free transform to touch it up.
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There you have it, a microphone in Photoshop. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
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