05 June 2009

Sewing a Fabric Badge in Photoshop

Sewing a Fabric Badge in Photoshop Tutorial: Final ResultDownload Fabric Linen by Jaqx Textures here. Create a new document of size 500x708 pixels. Drag the texture downloaded into the working document. Name this layer as Fabric.

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Create a Levels Adjustment Layer and key the settings as 34, 1.00, 255. Follow by another Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer and set Hue to 0, Saturation to 46 and Lightness to -60.

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Set the foreground color to #FF9000. Create a new layer and name it as Stripes. Draw a few vertical lines with various widths like the example below. Set the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay.

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Select the Custom Shape Tool and pick Sign 4 from the preset list. Make a path with that shape at the middle of the working document.

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Go to Paths tab, select the path created and click on "Load Path as a Selection". Back to Layers tab, select the Fabric layer, press Ctrl+C to copy. Then press Ctrl+V to paste a new layer. Name this new layer as Badge. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Check on Colorize. Set the Hue to 200, Saturation to 45 and Lightness to 0.

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Ctrl+left click on the Badge layer to load a selection. Create a new layer and name it as Border. Fill the selection with #FFFFFF. With the selection still on, go to Select > Modify > Contract. Set contract by 20 pixels. Hit Delete.

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Type the texts you want to appear on the badge.

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Merge Border and your text layers into one single layer. Ctrl+left click on the layer to load a selection. You may delete the merged layer. Now with the selection still on, select the Badge layer, press Ctrl+C to copy. Then Ctrl+V to paste a new layer. Name this new layer as Badge Items. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Check on Colorize. Set the Hue to 0, Saturation to 65 and Lightness to 0.

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Right-click on Badge Items layer and choose Blending Options. Check on Bevel and Emboss. Set the Style to Pillow Emboss, Size to 5px, Highlight Opacity to 30% and leave the rest of settings as default.

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We need to create a new brush now. Open up the Brushes Palette. Go to Brush Tip Shape and enter the settings as shown below.

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Go to Shape Dynamics and enter the settings as shown below.

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Ctrl+left click on Badge Items layer to load a selection. Go to Paths tab, click on "Make Workpath from Selection". Set the foreground color to #FFFFFF. Right-click on the path create and choose Stroke Path. Set the type to Brush and hit OK.

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That's all and you are done! You may wish to adjust the colors of your badge items like what I have done. Hope you find this tutorial useful. Thanks!

Sewing a Fabric Badge in Photoshop Tutorial: Final Result


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