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Hello, Today we are going to make a Maintitle, The finished product is at the bottom of the page \\...The tutorial...//]
1. Create a document using these prefrences:
2. Hold shift and make a circle on either side like so:
3. Slect both sircle layers and merge them. Rename this layer to "Borders"/
4. Using the rounded rectangle tool, Draw this across the image:
5. Now flateen all the layers and rename the layer to "MT Shape"
6. Change the forground color to #ffffff and the background color to #c8c8c8
7. Go to Blending options > Gradient overlay and use these settings:
8. Next go to Bevel And Emboss and use these settings:
9. this is what our maintitle currently looks like:
10. Now ne need to make the text area for the maintitle so do this:
-Duplicate the layer with the maintitle on it.
-Resize it to an appropriate size and place it in the middle.
11. Pick two colors for the text area. I Chose #499be7 and #49b5e7.
12. Apply gradient overlay using these settings:
13. We now have:
You
CAN leave it there, But if you want it more advanced follow these:
14. Create 2 Circles at either side like so:
15.Use the same gradient setting as Step 12 and do the the same bevel and emboss as step 8.
16. Nearly done. Now merge all layers and then make a new layer. Draw a long rectangle, Fill it with white so it looks like this:
17. CTRL+ click on the small box for the maintitle shape in the layers box. Then go to the white rectangle layer and press CTRL+Shift+I. Then press delete. We now have:
18. Final step, Use these settings on the white rectangle layer:
You have now made a maintitle. Its simple and easy for anyone to learn. Heres the outcome:
Add things such as extra boxes, Indent lines ect. Mess around and you'll be creating awesome maintitles in no time!
Enigma |
IFSZ Member( For the dumbasses, A Maintitle is the blue thing on log in and category names ect, This is an EFS Maintitle, GTAS Maintitle is OSS)
