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Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect

PublishedFebruary 22, 2010
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Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect - PS Tutorials Lorelei Web Design Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect — February 22, 2010

When the older generation were young, and needed to create a school design or anything that involved cropping letters, we often cropped them first from an old newsprint, before proceeding to work with a colored paper. So this is pretty much what I wanted to create here — a newspapers cropped draft!

Let’s begin with making a new canvas and fill it with any solid color, our choice was #2b362b:

Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect - PS Tutorials Lorelei Web Design

To give it a bit of depth, while the background is still selected, go to Layer Styles (Layer >> Layer Style >> Gradient Overlay) and apply the following settings.. This will give a lighter spot in the middle of the canvas that normally gives nice depth.

Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect - PS Tutorials Lorelei Web Design

Now, find online or scan any newspaper pager. We couldn’t find one big sheet so we combined ours from a several ads in the local newspaper. Place the newspaper on the canvas.

Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect - PS Tutorials Lorelei Web Design

Using a huge Cooper Black font, type your word on top of the newspapers layer. If you are using a different font, however, be sure to work with BOLD letters because the whole effect is based on the boldness of the typography.

Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect - PS Tutorials Lorelei Web Design

Now it’s a little bit tricky for those of you who are still beginners, so please pay attention..

  1. While the typed letters are still selected, hold the CTRL key and press on the layer with the word “News” in the layers panel, this will load a selection around your letters.
  2. Go to Selection >> Modify >> Expand, and expand the selection by about 3-4 pixels. If your font is too narrow, you might want to use a bigger number.
  3. Press Shift + Ctrl + I, to reverse the selection.
  4. Press Delete.

You are now left with 2 layers, cropped from newspapers letters and the typed letters layer, which you can now delete. (or hide, but you certainly not going to need it anymore!).

This is what you have left:

Design a 3D Newspaper Cropped Text Effect - PS Tutorials Lorelei Web Design

Using the Lasso Marquee Tool, crop each letter individually, and once selected, press Ctrl + T to start transforming. Align them in any fashion you want, but do not overdo this effect if you don’t want to end up with  a messed up canvas..

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  7. fani July 2, 2010

    hello,
    because, I do not understand
    How the newspaper appears
    directly from the letters,
    Can you to make a video-tutorial?
    Thank you so much.

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  8. fani July 2, 2010

    hello,
    because, I do not understand this paragraph :(While the typed letters are still selected, hold the CTRL key and press on the layer with the word “News” in the layers panel, this will load a selection around your letters.
    Go to Selection >> Modify >> Expand, and expand the selection by about 3-4 pixels. If your font is too narrow, you might want to use a bigger number.
    Press Shift + C)-,Can you to make a video-tutorial?
    Thank you so much.

    Reply
  9. coupepe July 2, 2010

    Hi,
    Because, I do not understand this paragraph :(While the typed letters are still selected, hold the CTRL key and press on the layer with the word “News” in the layers panel, this will load a selection around your letters.
    Go to Selection >> Modify >> Expand, and expand the selection by about 3-4 pixels. If your font is too narrow, you might want to use a bigger number.
    Press Shift + C)-,Can you to make a video-tutorial?
    Thank you so much.

    Reply
  10. coupepe July 3, 2010

    Please tell me , why i don’t see the -selection>> Modify> Expand-?

    Reply
  11. coupepe July 4, 2010

    I think the suspension ………
    Press Shift + Ctrl + I, to reverse the selection.
    Press Delete………….
    something is wrong
    You could
    to look further;

    Reply
  12. coupepe July 5, 2010

    why no answer in my comments? Where are you?

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  13. sade July 28, 2010

    Thank you. Its a easy and comprehensible tutorial…

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  17. Gush December 16, 2011

    We can’t even see the layers.. this is not good 😡

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  18. jennifer January 5, 2012

    try going to layer >> clip mask after Using a huge Cooper Black font thing u must put the newspaper layer top of the type layer in order to do it u must also do 1.While the typed letters are still selected, hold the CTRL key and press on the layer with the word “News” in the layers panel, this will load a selection around your letters. too

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  19. aagrapher January 26, 2012

    hi dear, I read your tutorial I am not understand your tutorial that what to want you say.

    “While the typed letters are still selected, hold the CTRL key and press on the layer with the word “News” in the layers panel, this will load a selection around your letters.
    Go to Selection >> Modify >> Expand, and expand the selection by about 3-4 pixels. If your font is too narrow, you might want to use a bigger number.
    Press Shift + Ctrl + I, to reverse the selection.
    Press Delete.”
    Please more explane these steps. Otherwise plz put the video tutorial.
    I hope you will explain these steps.
    Best of luck

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