Posted on Fri, 2006-04-21 23:47
This tutorial with guide you through how to take the headshot logo from a tshirt:
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Open this picture of the headshot logo from counter strike which has been taken from one of Pure Pwnages tshirts.
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Select the Magnetic Lasso Tool and draw around the main area of the head.
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Press Ctrl + J to duplicate the selected area on to a new layer.
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Do the same with the 5 blood squirts remembering to have the background selected when duplicate it.
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Now using the same technique take out the eyes, mouth and the crack in the head. Hide your backround layer to make sure there arent any large black bits remaining.
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Merge all the duplicated layers together. You should have this:
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Ctrl + Click the layer then click the Channels tab. Then press the Save Selection as Channel to create an alpha channel. |
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Press Ctrl + D to deselect the selection. Click the new alpha channel to select it.
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Go to Filter » Blur » Gauisian Blur and set to 5px.
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Now go to Image » Adjustments » Levels. Use these levels:
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Ctrl + Click the alpha channel to make a selection of it. |
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Click the Layers tab and create a new channel. Fill this selection with white. |
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Show the background again if you hid it and fill it with black. |
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Delete the old headshot layer which was made up of the duplicates. |
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Then you are finished. Now you can make your own custom shape from your image.
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