How to create text on a curtain effect using Adobe Photoshop

In this lesson i'm going to teach you a very nice trick on how to create a text on a curtain using Adobe Photoshop.

1) open photoshop and open a 400*400 pixels document with a white background.
2) press (D) to reset the foreground and background colors to their default settings.
3) now go to the menu bar , select filter>>render>> fibers , set the variance to 16 and the strength to 4 then click ok.

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4) now go back to the menu bar select filter>>blur>>motion blur , set the angle to 90 to get the realistic look of a curtain and then set the distance to 120 pixels.

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5) now press ctrl+u to bring out the hue and saturation dialog box to change the color of the curtain , check the box next to colorize, then move the sliders to get the color you need.

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6) go to the menu bar , select file>>save as , and save the file on your desktop , name it whatever you want.

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7) now select the type tool from the toolbox , and write whatever you want in the middle of the curtain , make the size of the text a bit big so that you can see the effect clearly.

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8) change the color of the text if you want so that it can match the color of the curtain.

9) go to the menu bar , select filter>>distort>>displace , leave everything as it is, dont change any value , now click ok, another box will appear giving you the option to open a file or import a file from your computer. go and select the file that you saved earlier on your desktop, click open.

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10) now you can see that the text is distorted in a way as if it's a light from a projector on a curtain , you can change the blending mode and the opacity of the text to get the desired result that you want. and that's it.

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