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Now comes the creative part. Select your �Text� layer and rasterize it. Then grab your eraser tool (E) and select a grunge brush. I'm using the beautiful grunge brushes from We Function, I would recommend grabbing their brush set for the purposes of this tutorial. Start lightly erasing bits of text, try not to overdo it. There is a delicate balance, if something looks too dirty it becomes hard to read. Here are my results:
Now comes the creative part. Select your "Text" layer and rasterize it. Then grab your eraser tool (E) and select a grunge brush. I'm using the beautiful grunge brushes from We Function, I would recommend grabbing their brush set for the purposes of this tutorial. Start lightly erasing bits of text, try not to overdo it. There is a delicate balance, if something looks too dirty it becomes hard to read. Here are my results:
Now pull a line from the top of the text to *almost* the bottom of the document. Repeat this step in different places over the text until you like it. Call this layer "line"
Photoshop is great for embellishing display text with little effects. When you add layer styles into the equation, you have the added benefit of the styles being easily transferable. In this tutorial I???ll show you how to make six different effects using just layer styles. So really this is like six tutorials in one!
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