TEXT PHOTO

1. Open any image in your Photoshop.

2. Duplicate the layer

3. Select the duplicated layer then go to SELECT menu then go to Color Range then in the select

dropdown choose Midtones then click ok.

4. Press CTRL+J to duplicate the layer and rename it as midtones.

5. Select the midtones layer and hold CTRL then click the thumbnail image of your layer to add

selection.

6. Go to Edit then Fill then from the Use dropdown choose 50% gray.

7. Ctrl + D to Deselect

8. Select again layer 1 (the duplicated layer of your original image).

9. Go to SELECT menu then go to Color Range then in the select dropdown choose Shadows then click

ok.

10. Press CTRL+J to duplicate the layer and rename it as shadows.

11. Select the shadows layer and hold CTRL then click the thumbnail image of your layer to add

selection.

12. Go to Edit then Fill then from the Use dropdown choose BLACK.

13. Ctrl + D to Deselect

14. Hide the layer 1(the background copy of your image)

15. Add a new layer, fill it with white and place it after layer 1.

see the image below

16. Go to Google and search for random text generator, and copy the texts.

17. Open a notepad and paste the copied text and remove all spaces.

18. Select the TEXT tool and drag it from the top left to bottom right to fill the full image

see the image below

19. Place your text layer at the top of all layers

20. Change your tool to move tool.

21. Occupy all image with text

22. Adjust the settings to:

23. Your image must look like this

24. rename the text layer to text midtones

25. 11. Duplicate the text layer and change the setting to:

26. Rename the layer as text shadows

27. Clickt the TEXT MIDTONES layer, press CTRL + click the thumbnail image of your MIDTONES layer

to make a selection.

28. Selected the midtones text layer add a layer mask.

29. Clickt the TEXT SHADOWS layer, press CTRL + click the thumbnail image of your SHADOWS layer to

make a selection.

30. Selected the shadows text layer add a layer mask.

31. Hide the shadows and midtones layers to see the effects.

see the image below

32. Make a merge copy of text picture, so select both the TEXT SHADOWS and TEXT MIDTONES and

press CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E.

your layer will look like this

33. Change the blending mode of your layer 3 to color

34. Click the gradient tool from your toolbox and choose spectrum and drag it diagonally from top left

to bottom right or you may choose your own direction.

22. Your image should look like this: