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Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
A few years ago, I did a tutorial showing how to create the look of a wood brand.
I've updated it making it more streamlined and easier.
I provided this wood texture that you can download, so you can follow along.
Its link is in my video's description or project files below.
Open a black and white image.
If you'd like to add text to it, open your Type Tool, pick a font, adjust its size
and make sure the color is black.
Type out your text.
To reposition it, open your Move Tool and move it.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + E to merge the layers.
For my example, I’ll just use this design without text.
To place it onto the wood texture, press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select it and Ctrl or Cmd + C to copy it.
Click the tab of the wood texture.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + V to paste your image onto the wood.
To resize it, open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T.
Go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press Alt or Option + Shift as you drag it in or out.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Make a copy of the layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J.
Hide the copy and make the original layer active.
Open the Channels panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and Channels.
Click the circular icon at the bottom to make a selection of the black shapes.
Open back your Layers panel and press the "Delete" key on your keyboard to delete the white background.
Make the top layer visible and active.
Invert the selection by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + I.
Go to Select, Modify and Expand.
Expand it 1 pixel and click OK or press Enter or Return.
We'll fill the selection with black, but first, if your foreground and background colors aren't
black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Since black is your foreground color, press Alt or Option + Delete.
To deselect it, press Ctrl or Cmd + D. Invert the layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + I.
Go to Filter, Stylize and Wind.
The Method is "Wind".
For now, it doesn’t matter which direction is ticked.
Click OK or press Enter or Return.
We'll repeat the filter twice by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + F, twice.
Go back to Filter, Stylize and Wind.
This time, tick the other Direction and click OK or press Enter or Return.
As, before, press Ctrl or Cmd + F twice.
Invert the layer and go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Blur it 1 pixel.
Open your Levels window by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + L and make the Output black level: 72.
Hide "Layer 1" and change the active layer's Blend Mode to "Color Burn".
Reduce its opacity to 60%.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the thumbnail of "Layer 1" to make a selection of your design.
Click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
Go to Select, Modify and Feather.
Feather the selection 2 pixels.
Fill it with black and deselect it.
Reduce the Fill to 40%.
Doing this reduces the opacity of the layer, but it'll retain the full visibility of the
layer style effects that we're going to add to it.
Double-click an empty area of the active layer to open the Layer Style window.
Click "Bevel & Emboss".
The Style is "Outer Bevel", the Technique is "Smooth", the Depth is 50%,
the Direction is Up, the Size is 20 pixels and the Soften is 0.
Uncheck "Global Light".
The Angle is 130 degrees, the Altitude is 48 degrees and the Gloss Contour is Linear.
The Highlight Mode and the color don’t matter because the opacity is 0%.
The Shadow Mode is Linear Burn, the color is black and the opacity is 22%.
Click "Inner Shadow".
The Blend Mode is Linear Burn, the color is black and the opacity is 10%.
Uncheck Global Light.
The Angle is 147 degrees, the Distance is 5 pixels, the Choke is 0% and the Size is 50 pixels.
Then, click OK.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!