During festivals, we often see characters made of flowers on the streets. What we are going to do today is not a font made of flowers, but the real character "花儿".
Final effect preview
1. Create a new file. Open a background material picture, the effect is as shown in Figure 01.
Figure 1 Background material
2. Drag the background image into the file, resize it to fill the canvas, and name it as background copy.
3. Select the text tool in the toolbox, set the character panel as shown in Figure 02, and enter text in the screen. The effect is as shown in Figure 03.
Figure 2 Photoshop settings characters
Figure 3 renderings
4. Select the text layer and execute the "Layer" → "Rasterize" → "Text" command in the menu bar to convert the text layer into a normal layer.
5. Double-click the text layer to bring up the layer style dialog box. Check the "Projection" → "Inner Glow" → "Bevel and Emboss" check box, and set the projection color RGB to 33, 30, 64, and the inner glow color. RGB is 239, 234, 91, other settings are shown in Figure 04-06, and the image effect is shown in Figure 07.
Figure 4 Photoshop layer style settings
Figure 5 Photoshop layer style settings
Figure 6 Photoshop layer style settings
Figure 7 Image effect
6. Click the "Elliptical Marquee" tool in the toolbox, and then draw a selection at the position shown in Figure 08.
Figure 8 Draw a selection in Photoshop and execute the "Filter" → "Distort" → "Rotate and Distort" command in the menu bar. Set the parameters in the pop-up dialog box as shown in Figure 09. The image effect is shown in Figure 10.
Figure 9 Photoshop rotation and distortion settings
Figure 10 Image effect
7. Use the same method as above, select the position as shown in Figure 11, execute the "Filter" → "Distort" → "Rotate and Distort" command in the menu bar, and set the parameters in the pop-up dialog box as shown in Figure 12 , the image effect is shown in Figure 13.
Figure 11 Photoshop selection area
Figure 12 Photoshop rotation and distortion
Figure 13 Image effect
8. Open some flower material pictures, as shown in Figure 14. Cut out the flower and drag it into the screen. The effect is as shown in Figure 15.
Figure 14 Loading flower materials
Figure 15 Photoshop adds flowers into the workspace
9. Then choose many different flowers and leaves to decorate the text. The effect is as shown in Figure 16.
Figure 16 Photoshop decorative text 10. Select all the flower layers and merge them into one layer 1. Select layer 1, hold down the Alt key while clicking between layer 1 and the text layer name to create a clipping mask group. The image effect is as shown in Figure 17.
Figure 17 Photoshop creates a clipping mask group
11. Open some flowers and leaves and decorate the text. The effect is as shown in Figure 18.
Figure 18 Photoshop adds decorations
12. Merge the text layer and flower layer into a text layer. Copy the text layer to a copy of the text layer, press Ctrl+T to add a free deformation box, flip the text vertically, and then move it down to the position shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19 Free flip layer
13. Add a mask to the copy of the text layer, then draw a gradient, and set the opacity of the layer to 30%. The final effect is as shown in Figure 20.
Figure 20 Final effect
