Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) I use Adium. Upon browsing the Adium Xtras website i stumbled upon a Adobe CS4 dock icon for Adium, which got me thinking how cool it would be if I could do all my dock icons as different coloured CS4 with the correct two-letter text in them. Now I'm alright on Photoshop so I set about sorting it out and got this far: As you can see the ones I created (MR, Fx, DU, Sw etc) dont have that deep rich shine the real ones do (Ai, Ps, and the Adium one which is user created) and I need that recreating. They've also got a slight transparency on the text, which is another must. I've got a zip of the original .psd that the guy who made the adium one sent me, and the colour is just a matter of altering the hue/saturation, but I can't work out how to change the text and keep the transparency. Zip file is here, but you're gonna need CS4 to open it. Any help would be awesome. Edited April 2, 2009 by mrcopyandpaste Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Raster the text and change the transparency? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Also, it looks like there's some inner drop shadow blending effect on the font... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 theres all manner of effects applied to all the layers. impakt, the text is no longer a text layer, its a shape. i can turn off the layer, leaving just the background, and i would just retype the text (the fonbt is widely available) but i just need to know how to make the text transparent, through the BG as well. come on squee, this is my hour of need! Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 brb Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Squee Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 How's this? Adium2zip.zipFetching info... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 what have you changed? looks the same to me. i could do with just being told how to type text, then make it transparent all the way through the BG Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Ah, right. Now I see the transparency you talk about. This is probably done with alpha-blending. Duplicate the text and make it an alpha layer? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 i just spent ages gaying it up with one of those gay glitter app things then couldn't link it cos it was so gay. believe me you would have loved it though. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide keltoi's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I'm not really sure I see the transparency? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Squee said: I'm not really sure I see the transparency? I didn't notice it at first, but you can see the background through the letters on the Ai button. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 i dont know how to do that i mean i probably would if I tried, but what i'm really looking for is someone to make all my problems just go away Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Ah - there we go. Yeah, try making an Alpha Layer like Impakt said. I'm at a lecture right now, so I can't fiddle around with PS at the moment Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 How about now... Adium2_Transparency.zipFetching info... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) so, type text>rasterize text>... how do you make a layer into an alpha layer? squee im not sure youre getting me. i want to type new text and have it transparent with all the same layer effects applied. that one seems the same as the one before, what did you change? first one to write wom with everything the same as 'Ad' gets a liquid prize Edited April 2, 2009 by mrcopyandpaste Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 i guess i win Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/44277-a-big-photoshop-favour/#findComment-999928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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