I have recently been doing a tut on creating text that looks like the God of War font from the game. Everything is going good except for the last part. rouphly the tut is as follows. write text apply layer styles to creat a 3d looking gold metalic text. copy text layer and remove the layer styles from it then invert and switch blending option to overlay. next is where i am lost. You create a new layer over the white text layer and do a cloud, differance cloud, grain, noise. the result is supposed to be a dirty, gritty apperance to the text but I think the author left out a step. What I am left with is the texture abouve everything else and not applyed to the text. How do I apply the grainy texture to the text? any ideas?

Just a shot in the dark here ... Have you tried different blending modes on the texture layer? -- Jiger --

I would try the blend mode or maybe mask it... :) retrocity

how do you mask it?

here are the illistrations from the tut. when it gets to the last one about noise it goes into changing the background and does tell what the last step is. I have followed it throught and the texture layer just sits there. I for the life of me can't figure out how to apply tio the text and keep the color and the gradient.

Try to simply group it, if I`m read OK you have two text layers, so just drag effect from second text layer into the garbage, then add layer over it and add clouds, etc. and click CTRL+G. The gritty layer will squeeze into the text layer, if the result is to heavy try to lower the opacity ;) Hope this will help you ;) Tihomir

Shadowrelm, where is this tutorial ? Think it would be easier to help you if we could have our own look at it in original. -- Jiger --

thats the problem. I saved the tut a few months ago and now the site is down. I found it on Good Tutorials.com. go there and search for eroded. you hit two tuts. The one I am doing is the God Of War tut.I can email you the folder ant the tut though if you like. email me and give me your email address. I can send it right over.

here is the text from the tut in order so you can match it up with the pics uptop. Duplicate the text-layer, clear the layer-styles and press CTRL+I; Set the blending-mode to OVERLAY; Create a new layer above the white text and go to FILTER>RENDER>CLOUDS; Go to FILTER>RENDER>DIFFERENCE CLOUDS and press CTRL+F several times (aprox. 6); Go to FILTER>TEXTURE>GRAIN and add these settings; Now go to FILTER>NOISE>ADD NOISE and add these settings; Now you could also change the background or leave it be ;) See, this is where i am getting confused. He goes from adding noise to talking about the background. I would assuem that if you did everything in order then the gritty layer would simply be on the top of the text layer. but they do not blend. the gritty layer is just sitting there. I have even tried ctl-clicking the text layer to select the text and applying the effect directly to the text instead of having to creat a totaly new layer. this does work to get the grit on the text but it covers up the style effects totaly. I am left with grey and black gritty text. I am about to give up. I need this effect for a web site ai am building for a friend but I may have to choose something els.

Attached Link: Rusty Metal Tutorial

Not the tutorial you where originally using but it looks like it is very similiar. I'm pretty sure you'd get results close to what you're looking using clouds instead of the rusty metal image. At least it'll give you some ideas to try out.

Few clicks for this effect, if you like it use it ;) Tihomir

email me and give me your email address. I can send it right over.<
Thanks, but no need to really.
I was just curios on how the tut was written. Unfortunately, things "drops off" in the writing process every now and then and it happends even with trade press like Computer Arts.
As far as I can see there really is a step missing at the end. Following these steps to the letter should get you to the point you're at which is not the whole way out.

Think bushi's Rusty Metal Tut will help you out.

-- Jiger --