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For this tutorial you will need: Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase here The Pipeline font - download here no additional filters are needed I am assuming you know the basics of Photoshop and where the tools can be located. |
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1. Either install the
Pipeline font or open it by double clicking on it, and minimize,
that window before you run Photoshop 2 Open canvas 700X100, color of your choice, black works well with this, resolution of 72. With font size set at 65 and smooth, in soft color of your choice, type in some words (font can't be bright as the next layer will need a bright shade of the same color). You may have to play with canvas size and font size a bit, it all depends on how large you want the sign and what text you put on it. Keep selected. |
 
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2. Right click and
duplicate this layer. Click on eye in layer palette of the original text layer so the eye goes away. With the duplicate text layer the active layer, go to blend mode at the top where it says normal, change it to hard light. |
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3. Now save one copy
as a gif (File>Save for web) with the eye of the original text
layer on and one with it off, name the darker one dark and the
lighter one light, to keep it easy for you. Save them both to a
folder with nothing else in the folder, so these two files will
be the only files in there.
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For dark gif 
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4. Open Image Ready.
Go to File>Import>Folder as frames; browse to the folder where
you saved your gifs and click OK. In the animation toolbar
(if you don't see it, go to Window>Animations and make sure
there is a checkmark next to it), you will see both gifs as
frames.
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5. Go to the seconds
listed at the bottom of each frame, left click, a drop down menu
will give you some choices. Pick 0.5 sec. for each frame and
pick forever in the little dropdown menu below that. |
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7. Go to File>Save
Optimized As and save to location of choice. |
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| You're done! | |
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If you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button below to contact me. Have a wonderful day! |
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