

Right click and choose Warp because it enables us to match curves and it works nicely on rounded surfaces. (Now we don’t have to rasterize the type to use warp, but some of the other things we are going to do, we will need the type rasterized). This will convert it to pixels so that we can distort those pixels. Right click on the type layer In the Layers panel and then choose Rasterize Type. We really want to kind of make it look like it’s not just stuck on there, but it’s actually part of the texture so it’s actually textured.

One, we want to make it wrap around the shape a little bit.The quickest way to resize the text is to hit Ctrl T, that would be Command T on Mac, move to the corner, hold down the Shift key to constrain it and then drag it out in proportion to fill up that barrel. Grab the Color Picker, using the Eyedropper to sample the darker wood on that barrel.Ĭhoose the the Type Tool. I’m using a condensed font, it’s Bernard MT Condensed.Īnd I’m going to type in PHOTOSHOP CAFE, and drag it into position. Open photo (Or illustration) you will use. So I’m just going to take advantage of some Blending Modes and some different things inside of Photoshop.
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Hey Cafe Crew, it’s Colin Smith here and this week, I’m going to show you how to add some text to this barrel that make it look realistic like it was kind of engraved in there. How to Add Realistic Text to a Photo in Adobe Photoshop. Thanks for checking out this week’s tutorial.
