[no1Joeno1]

[Mustangman76]

Nice

But not a fan of that background

[c0lin]

crank, on Jul 22 2007, 06:15 AM, said:

So here's the final result i get when i add everything i felt was missing:

Only 3 extra layers really. Or 4 because the background is a clipping mask on a duplicate of the original window shape.

Looks good. You'll have to show me how you did that. The blurring I can do but that bit about the clipping mask I'm interested in. I don't know anything about that.

[Dark_X]

This is as far as I can get on my own. I am new to photoshop but I think I did good.

How do I add text like on the example?

[Hank3rd]

I am trying to follow along in Photoshop 7 and cannot get past the raterize, it;s grey'd out...LOL

[c0lin]

Dark_X, on Jul 23 2007, 07:03 PM, said:

This is as far as I can get on my own. I am new to photoshop but I think I did good. Mustang.gifHow do I add text like on the example?

That is good. I would have saved it as a PNG just because they are a higher quality than GIFs but you've done good.To add text choose the text tool, make sure your first colour is set to black, set the font size to 12 point or 9 point or something, set the font to calibri (which I think is Vista's default font) and then click anywhere within your workspace, type in what you want and then add an outerglow to the text using blending options.

Hank3rd, on Jul 23 2007, 07:57 PM, said:

I am trying to follow along in Photoshop 7 and cannot get past the raterize, it;s grey'd out...LOL

Oh that's good I originally made mine in PS7. Anyway, make sure your shape layer is selected in the layers box. It should be labelled "Shape 1" without the quotes.

[kish18]

what u think of my avator used ur idea collin86 for sig but done it for avator

This post has been edited by kish18: 24 July 2007 - 01:53 PM

[.William]

Buttons are way too big for an avatar imo.

And you also need to work on the font - it needs a shadow or something, and set it to Sharp (at the top, next to the font size). That gives it some ClearType.

[c0lin]

WilliamTM, on Jul 24 2007, 08:01 AM, said:

Buttons are way too big for an avatar imo.

Unless you do what crank did, he edited the image to have just the close button.

[Dark_X]

How do I do the text?

[c0lin]

Dark_X, on Jul 24 2007, 12:32 PM, said:

How do I do the text?
NFS_C.png

To add text choose the text tool, make sure your first colour is set to black, set the font size to 12 point or 9 point or something, set the font to calibri (which I think is Vista's default font) and then click anywhere within your workspace, type in what you want and then add an outerglow to the text using blending options.

[Dark_X]

colin86, on Jul 24 2007, 02:01 PM, said:

To add text choose the text tool, make sure your first colour is set to black, set the font size to 12 point or 9 point or something, set the font to calibri (which I think is Vista's default font) and then click anywhere within your workspace, type in what you want and then add an outerglow to the text using blending options.

Thanks!
Isn't the default font Segoe UI?

[c0lin]

Dark_X, on Jul 24 2007, 01:04 PM, said:

colin86, on Jul 24 2007, 02:01 PM, said:

To add text choose the text tool, make sure your first colour is set to black, set the font size to 12 point or 9 point or something, set the font to calibri (which I think is Vista's default font) and then click anywhere within your workspace, type in what you want and then add an outerglow to the text using blending options.

Thanks!
Isn't the default font Segoe UI?

Er yes you are correct. Calibri is the default font in Office 2007, silly me.

[Dark_X]

I don't know how to do the underglow but I just used the brush. I think it looks good.

[c0lin]

Dark_X, on Jul 24 2007, 01:41 PM, said:

I don't know how to do the underglow but I just used the brush. I think it looks good.
NFS_C.png

Looks good to me.

[Hank3rd]

Colin, Ok......you will think that I ride the short bus, bus I have some more questions. I am used to editing existing photos (minimally). When I start the project, and there is the background layer, do I automatically create another layer for the rectangle shape? I tried what you said and still cannot get the Rasterize to work.

Also, when I create the rectangle and try to fill it, it is filling the whole are, outside the lines too.

This post has been edited by Hank3rd: 25 July 2007 - 12:36 AM

[c0lin]

Hank3rd, on Jul 24 2007, 06:33 PM, said:

Colin, Ok......you will think that I ride the short bus, bus I have some more questions. I am used to editing existing photos (minimally). When I start the project, and there is the background layer, do I automatically create another layer for the rectangle shape? I tried what you said and still cannot get the Rasterize to work.

Pretty much every element you create should have it's own layer. There should be a white background layer (the default one created when starting a new document), your background layer (depicted as the startrek background in my tut), the glass layer, the vista buttons layer, text layer, etc, etc. In that order. The glass layer is the rectangle shape and it should automatically add a new layer when you create it. The new layer should be labelled "Shape 1" if you can't rasterize it using the method in my tut then try right-clicking the layer (Shape 1) and choosing Rasterize Layer, when you right-click the layer you must have your mouse cursor right on the words "Shape 1" that should allow you to rasterize it.

Hank3rd, on Jul 24 2007, 06:33 PM, said:

Also, when I create the rectangle and try to fill it, it is filling the whole are, outside the lines too.

You have to rasterize it before you can fill.

[c0lin]

I think just for fun I'm going to make a video of me making one of these. Just to show people exactly what I click and do while making it. Pretty much a 'video tutorial' I'll post it on youtube then embed it here. I think more tutorials should be video tutorials anyway, since it's easy to do.

(Unless someone beats me to it.)

[Dark_X]

How different is cs2 from cs3?

[c0lin]

Dark_X, on Jul 26 2007, 01:29 PM, said:

How different is cs2 from cs3?

From what I can tell CS3 is the same as CS2 except CS3 is Vista compatible and it has a sleeker GUI.

I still prefer Photoshop 7.0, they removed one feature from CS2 and CS3 that is in PS7. Which is the ability to hold Ctrl and click on a layer in the layer box and it creates a selection that only selects the filled in pixels and no blank pixels. Also PS7 works fine in Photoshop, the only problem I had in PS7 on Vista was fixed by setting PS7 to run in XP compatibility mode.