Etched Glass Effect
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Etched glass is really pretty - adding it to your graphics is simply lovely. Here's how.
Step 1
Open the file you'd like to 'etch' in Photoshop. I'll be using this image of a lovely flower.
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Select a good brush tool, select #FFFFFF (white) as your colour, and set opacity to a low number (I used 20%). Make sure your setting is on 'normal.' Colour over the entire image to get a pale look, like below:
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Step 2
Open a new file with a white background. Make sure that it is large enough to fit whatever you want to be 'etched' on your image.
Now, put whatever text/texture you'd like 'etched' on your image in black on this blank file. I'll do 'Summer Days,
HeartlessAdrenaline.com' with a heart next to it.
Step 3
Select the entire image with your rectangular marquee tool and click 'edit » define brush preset.'
(down more in actual PhotoShop)
Name your brush preset. Click 'ok.'
Step 4
Now go to your first image (the flower) and select the eraser tool. Make sure that the settings are set as below, especially the 'erase to history.'
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Select the brush that you just made, and click on the part of the image you'd like it on (an outline should appear). You've etched your image! *Note that it will appear better on darker areas.
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If you have any lingering questions, feel free to contact me with them.
