Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create a Gold-leaf Logo on Frosted Glass

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to transform a

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logo or text into gold leaf and stencil

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it on frosted glass you can use any

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image you want for your background

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however if you'd like to use this one I

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provided its link in the video's

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description or project files the first

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step is to convert your background into

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a smart object so we can modify it

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non-destructively with smart filters or

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even replace it with another background

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without having to redo any of the

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filters that we'll be adding to it to do

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this click the icon at the upper right

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of the layers panel and click convert to

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smart object you know a layer is a smart

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object when you see this icon at the

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lower right corner of its thumbnail go

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to filter and filter gallery open the

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distort folder click glass and choose

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frosted i'll make the distortion 3 and

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the smoothness 1 however if you're using

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a different image you may want to adjust

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these amounts depending on your images

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size and resolution

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I'd like to soften it a little so I'll

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go to filter blur and Gaussian blur blur

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it 20 pixels and click OK

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at this point your image will look too

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soft so we'll reduce the blurs opacity

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by double clicking on the icon next to

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gassy and blur the blending options

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window will appear reduce the blurs

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opacity to fifty percent and click OK

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next we'll create a gold leaf texture

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that will apply to your logo symbol or

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text

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer if your foreground and background

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colors aren't black and white

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respectively press D on your keyboard

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click the background color and type in

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876 81 e then click OK

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notice your background color is the

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color you just typed in

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go to filter render and clouds

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go back to filter and filter gallery

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the same glass filter and settings that

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you used earlier will open click OK to

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apply it to the clouds texture let's

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brighten it a bit click the adjustment

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layer icon and click brightness contrast

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click the clipping mask icon which makes

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the adjustment layer clip or restrict

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itself to effect just the one layer

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beneath it in the layers panel if we

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didn't clip it the adjustment layer

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would affect all the layers below it

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increase the brightness forty percent

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open a black and white graphic you'd

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like to make into gold leaf you can also

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use text if you like if you do use text

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make its color white if your graphic is

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black on a white background we need to

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invert it to do this press ctrl or

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command I

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go to select and color range

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choose highlights and click ok

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this makes a selection of its shape

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press ctrl or command J to cut and copy

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the shape onto its own layer

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drag it onto the tab of your document

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and without releasing your mouse or pen

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drag it down onto the image and release

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to Center it press ctrl or command a to

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select it all

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and click the align horizontal centers

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icon

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and the align vertical centers icon

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to deselect it press ctrl or command D

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to resize it open your transform tool by

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pressing ctrl or command T go to a

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corner and when you see a diagonal

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double-arrow press and hold alt or

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option + shift as you drag it out or in

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if you want to slide it up or down press

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the up or down arrow key on your

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keyboard

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then press Enter or return

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change its blend mode to overlay'

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ctrl-click or command click on the

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thumbnail of the logo or text to make a

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selection of its shape click the

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thumbnail of the texture to make it

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active and click the layer mask icon to

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make a layer mask of the selection next

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to the texture

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to bring more attention to your logo or

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text will add an outer glow to it

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double-click on its thumbnail which

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makes the layer active and opens its

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layer style window click outer glow

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change its blend mode to linear dodge

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and its opacity between twenty-five to

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thirty percent make the noise

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approximately thirty-five percent and

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the size 185 pixels then click OK

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I want to lighten the shadow reflections

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on the gold leaf but keep the highlights

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and mid-tones as is to do this first

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make a composite snapshot of your image

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by pressing ctrl shift alt e on windows

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or command shift option e on a mac

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ctrl-click or command click on the

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thumbnail of your logo or text to make a

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selection of its shape click the layer

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mask icon to make a layer mask of the

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selection next to the composite snapshot

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make the composite snapshot active

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and go to image adjustments and shadows

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highlights

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slide the shadow amount to a hundred

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percent and click OK

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repeat these steps three or four times

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to increasingly lighten the shadows this

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is Marty from Blue Lightning TV thanks

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for watching