Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to write a message
into fine, pristine, beach sand from scratch
and then, how to quickly replace your message
without having to redo the effects. This tutorial is an an update of one I did on an earlier version of Photoshop.
Create a new document by pressing Ctrl + N on Windows or Cmd + N on a Mac.
Name your document and make its
Width: 1550 pixels, it's Height: 870 pixels
and its resolution 72 pixels per inch. The
Color Mode is RGB and 8 bits per Channel.
Click the small box to open the Color Picker
and in the hexadecimal field, type in: F0E2AF.
Then, press Enter or Return twice.
Open your Horizontal Type Tool. I'm using a font called, "MV Boli Regular".
If you'd like to use it, I provided its link in my video's description or project files.
I'll make its size 385 points,
but may want to adjust this amount depending
on the font you use and the amount of characters
in your text. Make the aliasing: Smooth and
center alignment. For now, the color is irrelevant
as long as it's different from the color of
the background. Click on your background and
type out your text. We want a good amount
of breathing room between all the characters,
however, in this example, the spacing, also
known as "tracking" or "letter spacing", is
a bit too wide. To adjust the tracking of
your text, highlight all the characters and
press Alt or Option + the right or left arrow
key on your keyboard. To adjust the space
between just two characters, also known as
"kerning", click between those characters
and repeat the keystrokes. To reposiiton your
text, open your Move Tool and just drag it.
Next, we'll convert our text into a Smart
Object, so if we want to replace it
at some point, it'll automatically and instantaneously
re-apply all the effects. Click the icon at
the upper, right of the Layers panel and click
"Convert to Smart Object".
Let's name it, "Outer". This layer will become the outer portion of your sand text.
Go to Filter, Blur
and "Gaussian Blur". Blur it 1 pixel and click OK.
Reduce the Fill to 0%. This makes the
image inside the layer invisible, but it any
effects that we add to it will retain their
visibility. Click the "fx" icon and click "Bevel Emboss".
Make the Style: "Pillow Emboss",
the Technique: "Chisel Hard", the Depth: 100%
and the Direction: Down. I'll make the Size
is 50 pixels, however, if you have a lot more
characters in your line of text, you may want
to decrease this amount. Soften it 5 pixels
and uncheck "Global Light". Make the Angle:
120 degrees and the Altitude: 30 degrees.
The Highlight mode is "Linear Dodge" and its
opacity is 12%. The Shadow mode is "Linear Burn"
and its opacity is 39%. Then, click OK.
Make a copy of the text layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J and name the copy "Inner".
This will be the inner portion of your sand
text. Increase its Fill to 100% and double-click
"Effects" to open its Layers Style window.
Click "Color Overlay" and the color box. Type
in your background color and press Enter or Return.
Click "Bevel & Emboss". Make the Style:
"Inner Bevel", the Technique: Smooth
and the Depth: 235%.  Make the Size: 27 pixels and
Soften it 7 pixels. Global Light is unchecked.
Make the Angle: 130 degrees and the Altitude:
48 degrees. Make the Highlight opacity: 0%
and the Shadow opacity: 30%. Then, click OK.
To finish your image, we'll add sand texture.
Scroll down to the bottom of your Layers panel
and Shift-click on the thumbnail of the background
to make all the layers active. Convert them
into one Smart Object.
Go to Filter, Noise and "Add Noise".
Make the Amount 3%, "Gaussian" and Monochromatic.
To replace your text, double-click the thumbnail of your sand text to open its source layers.
Then, double-click on any Smart Object to open your original text.
If you want to replace it with a much longer line,
go to Image and Canvas Size. Change the parameters
to Percent and increase the Width. I'll type
140% to ensure I have enough space and click
OK. To see the entire file on your canvas,
press Ctrl or Cmd + 0. To replace your text,
first double-click the large T of your text
layer to highlight your line of text and drag
your text size to the left to decrease its
size. Then, type out your new text and adjust
its spacing. To accept it, click the check-mark
at the top. Close the tab of your text and
when you see this message click, "Yes" to
save the changes. Then, to add the sand texture,
close the tab of your other Smart Object and
again, click, "Yes" to save the changes.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!
