DG's Booster Text Tutorial

[-DG-]

Must be done in PS.

 

Get a Tech Background.

 

Put your text (In Aero) onto the background. Rasterize text.

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Put a selection box on the text. Move it, so that it aligns with the text.

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Select the BG layer. Copy any part of the BG you want (Given it's in the selected outline of the text)

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Post in a new Window.

 

Fix the brightness, contrast, and hue as you like.

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Merge down to a blank layer.

 

Bevel the text.

 

Smooth inner bevel.

 

Depth max.

 

Size, 0.

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Merge down and repeat the bevel 1-3 more times, until satisfied.

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Merge down.

 

Add a 1px black Outer stroke to the final layer of text and merge down.

 

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Repeat these steps for the bars above and below the text, just using bars instead of text.

 

That's pretty much it for my 5D's text.

 

 

 

 

Normal text is completely up to you, but I do this:

 

Matrix Font, any color. Add an outer stroke in a bit of a lighter color of the text.

 

Do a pattern overlay of the clouds on overlay. Lower opacity so that it looks like a slight Color dodge.

 

 

 

OR, More Detailed:

 

Matrix Font, any color. Duplicate layer and set to 0% fill. Add 2 or 3 px inside stroke.

Merge down. Add an outer glow (At whatever settings you want) to the stroke layer.

 

Repeat the above steps on the bottom text layer.

 

I usually add an lowered opacity color dodge B/W Gradient to add some lighting.

 

 

 

Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the blurry images. Damn PB Resized them >.>

 

 

 

 

So, for the 5D's Text, since there are blurry images, if done right, your text should look something like this:

[Kuro no Keiyakushu]

Thnx yo.

[-DG-]

ehh, no problem.

[-DG-]

People must not like Boosters now. We need to fix that. This IS a YGO forum, after all.

[Twenty-five Zero Oh-oh]

People must not like Boosters now. We need to fix that. This IS a YGO forum, after all.

Not many care about booster making as they can be bought in shops. Those that do care don't care about extreme realism.

 

Thnx for the tut though. ^^

[-DG-]

That's not how it used to be. Boosters used to be pretty much all you saw in Showcase besides a few sheet tags.

[Cin]

Post some pictures =D

[-DG-]

T.T I'm lazy, but, ehh, okay.