Tutorial Time!

I know some of you have got photoshop, so I made this little tutorial that gives a nice text effect. I used a font called "barber shop", but you could use any that you like.

1)Open a new 400x400 pixel document.

2)Type in the text you want. Remember, my font is called "barber shop". (I think it's a Gyom Seguin, but it may be a Chris Hansen.)

3)With the control key down, click on the layer icon for the text layer. This creates a selection around the layer.

4)Hit Shift+Ctrl+i to invert the selection. Alternately, select the Marquee Tool, then right click and choose Select Inverse.

5)You should now have something like this:

6)Select the following brush. It's in the default brush set, and it shouldn't be too hard to find.

7)Hit Shift+Ctrl+N to make a new layer, then brush around the text till you have something like this:

8)Press the little eye next to the text layer to hide it, and you should have something similar to the following:

9)I carried on going, and after about 15 minutes work I come up with: