Skip to main content
L
LucidChaos
Participant
February 20, 2019
Answered

How do I replicate this style?

  • February 20, 2019
  • 1 reply
  • 484 views

  I am working on a project for my friend... who wants me to outline an object in the style the outline is here. I've never done this type of thing in Photoshop and don't entirely know where to start. Any help, tips, or pointers would be greatly appreciated!! All my prior photoshop experience has more to do with photo manipulation.

Thank you!

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer Trevor.Dennis

    LucidChaos  wrote

    Thank you for the help with the text!

    I'm also trying to figure out how to do the figure part... is that a matter of creating shapes?

    You would need to draw round it with the Pen tool, and make it into a Shape layer.

    Select the workpath and go Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color

    This will produce a vector shape layer that can be infinitely scaled with no loss of colour.

    You are in luck as we discovered a new facility recently that allows us to share workpaths.

    Click on the image below to expand it, and right click and save to JPG.

    Open in Photoshop, and you will see the workpath in the Paths panel.

    Use the steps above to make it a Shape layer, and the Bevel & Emboss steps from the previous post to give it a chrome effect

    Note this is the very first time I have tested the shared path feature, so I'll test it after posting


    Well that didn't work!

    Click to expand the image and right click and copy

    Paste into a Photoshop document

    Use the magic wand set to 5 with Contiguous turned off, and select the white background

    Invert the selection (Ctrl Alt I) and click on the Make path from Selection icon at the bottom of the Paths panel.  It is not the nice path I made as it has way too many points, but I was over confident and deleted the document without saving, so short of making it again, I hope this is OK

    1 reply

    Trevor.Dennis
    Community Expert
    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 20, 2019

    Make the text with a mid grey

    And use Bevel & Emboss layer style using one of the W shaped Gloss Contours

    Note the low value I have used for the Bevel & Emboss size.  This is because of the thin strokes of the serif font I have used.  A thicker font would allow  you to use higher values.

      L
      LucidChaosAuthor
      Participant
      February 20, 2019

      Thank you for the help with the text!

      I'm also trying to figure out how to do the figure part... is that a matter of creating shapes?

      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 20, 2019

      LucidChaos  wrote

      Thank you for the help with the text!

      I'm also trying to figure out how to do the figure part... is that a matter of creating shapes?

      You would need to draw round it with the Pen tool, and make it into a Shape layer.

      Select the workpath and go Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color

      This will produce a vector shape layer that can be infinitely scaled with no loss of colour.

      You are in luck as we discovered a new facility recently that allows us to share workpaths.

      Click on the image below to expand it, and right click and save to JPG.

      Open in Photoshop, and you will see the workpath in the Paths panel.

      Use the steps above to make it a Shape layer, and the Bevel & Emboss steps from the previous post to give it a chrome effect

      Note this is the very first time I have tested the shared path feature, so I'll test it after posting

      Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
      Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices