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Subject: Mini-Tut: Speech Ballons in Photoshop

Elfwine opened this issue on Jan 09, 2009 · 18 posts

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 3:55 AM · edited Fri, 06 December 2024 at 12:55 AM

Here's a mini tut. I have 18 pictures to upload, so please hold off commenting until I'm done. Add Speech Ballons Using Photoshop Firstly, you'll need the ballon shapes. These are custom shapes (not brushes) for Photoshop and can be found by doing a Google search for them. The download or web page should have instructions for installing them. It's only a matter of dropping them in the correct folder, and being Poser users I'm sure you all have plenty of experience with that! The ones I use are here: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshopdownloads/ss/shapes1_9.htm Secondly, you'll see that I'm using an old version of Photoshop (version 6). However, I expect that the tools still perform these functions. So... after installing the custom shapes, let's make some speech ballons! : D 1. Load your image and under the menu Windows, select Show Layers.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 3:58 AM · edited Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:03 AM

2. Click on the menu Layer, and select New, then Layer.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 3:59 AM · edited Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:04 AM

3. The dialog box that appears will ask you to give the layer a name. Name it "ballons".

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:07 AM · edited Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:10 AM

4. Click on the Rectangle Tool and scroll down to select the Custom Shape Tool.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:12 AM

Clicking on the little diamond will bring up a drop down menu where you can select your desired ballon shape.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:14 AM

Click and drag your mouse and the ballon shape appears and grows larger as you drag. The ballon looks good, but the tip needs to point at the speaker.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:16 AM

Click on the Pen Tool and scroll down and select the Convert Point Tool.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:19 AM

Click somewhere outside the ballon and drag across the entire shape. This will cause these little anchor points to appear.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:20 AM

Using the Convert Point Tool, you want to click on the anchor point at the tip of the speech ballon. Here, I've zoomed in all the way so you can see it.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:21 AM

After clicking on the anchor point you can see that it has darkened, indicating that it has been selected.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:23 AM

Using ONLY the arrow keys, you can move just that one point to where you want it.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:25 AM

Go to the Layers menu and double-click on the ballons layer.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:28 AM

This will bring up the Layer Style dialog box.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:30 AM

Click once on the word Stroke. Now you can adjust the width of the line around your ballon as well as the color of it.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:32 AM

Go back to the top menu and click on the menu item Layer, and select New, then Layer. The dialog box that appears will ask you to give the layer a name. Name it "text".

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:34 AM · edited Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:37 AM

Click the Text tool and type your text. Then use the Move tool to position the text within your ballon.

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Elfwine ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 4:40 AM

Finally, click on the ballons layer and adjust the Opacity to suit your taste. da end!

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mrsparky ( ) posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 9:49 AM

Thank you - I'm not a photoshop user and your tutorial here is perfect for learning about layers.

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