Original Gangsta bling diamonds Photoshop Tutorial

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This is the original Tutorial on this rap diamond effect, there have actually been numerous rips of it in other locations. (imitation is flattery they state) You might produce those Rap type diamond impacts making use of the noise filter, nevertheless this technique creates a more interesting result.

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

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Original Gangsta bling diamonds Photoshop Tutorial


Step 1

Begin with the text you want to turn into the gold and Diamond “Iced Out” result.

Right click on the layer panel and pick Rasterize Type (Rasterize Layer on older variations).

This will certainly make the text editable.

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Step 2

Make a selection around the text (Hold down Ctrl/CMD and click on the layer thumbnail).

Press “D” to reset to default colors.

Filter > render > clouds.

If the render menu is not readily available ensure you are in RGB mode.

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Step 3

Now this is where we develop the diamond impact.

Filter > FilterGallery.

When the filter gallery opens, choose Distort category and and click glass (Filter > Distort > glass on older variations).

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Select the small lens from the texture options.

and scale it down.

Make use of the settings as shown here.

(You may have to have fun with the scaling and distortion to match the size of the image you are dealing with, however the distortion should be high and the scaling low).

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Click OK to apply.


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Pick Curves (Crtl/Cmd+M).

Get the top right point (or the white triangle at the bottom) and drag it across to the left until your diamonds look like the bright ones here. If your diamonds currently resemble the image, avoid this step.

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Step 4

We now have the diamond covered seek to the text. Its typical to have a golden border with this impact.

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Step 5

Apply a layer style to the layer, choose stroke.

The important things right here are:.

Position = Center.

Fill type: Gradient, select the default copper setting.

Make the size 10 (or bigger for thicker gold).

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Step 6

Click on the Bevel and emboss alternative.

Choose “Stroke Emboss” this will apply the bevel to the stroke we just made.

Crank the Depth up and set the size for the like the stroke:10.

Change the gloss shape until you get something that looks good and metallic.

Click OK.

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Step 7

Here we have our fundamental result. We simply have to change the color to make it look more like gold.

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Step 8

Apply a Hue/Saturation modification layer and press the saturation all the way as much as 100.

Modify the hue till you get a great gold color.

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Step 9

Last thing we need to do is add some glimmers.

Load the various brush set that features Photoshop.

Click the arrow at the top of the brushes presets panel (brushes panel in earlier variations) and select assorted from the menu. When triggered choose “append”.

Select the little starburst. (modification to list view if you need to make it much easier).

Make white our foreground color.

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Step 10

Create a new layer and “dab” in the shimmers with the paintbrush device.

Here I added a gradient background to set it off.

Have fun with this one and do not keep the neighbors up!

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