Two Toned Title
Learn how to quickly create a title that adds some punch to your scrapbook page.
Step One: Prepare Your Workspace
- Create a new 4×6 inch document (File > New > Blank File) at 300 ppi with a white background. (PS: Choose File > New.)
- Press the letter D to reset the Color Chips to black over white.
Step Two: Create a Title
- Get the Horizontal Type tool.
- In the Tool Options, open the Font Picker and choose a font. Set the Size to 60 pts and the Align to Center.
Note: This technique works best with a font that has thicker letters. I’m using the Sea Salt font.
- On the document, click once in the center and type a title.
- Click the checkmark to commit.
Step Three: Add the Two Tone Style
Photoshop Elements Only:
- In the Menu Bar, choose Layer > Layer Style > Style Settings.
- In the Style Settings dialog box:
- Set the Lighting Angle to 120˚.
- Click to check Drop Shadow.
- Set the Size to 0 px.
- Set the Distance to 14 px.
- Set the Opacity to 100%.
- Click on the Color Chip to open the Shadow Color Picker. Choose a color other than black and click OK to close the Color Picker. I’m using Hex #: 3ad0fb.
- Click OK to close the Style Settings dialog box.
Photoshop Only:
- In the Menu Bar, choose Layer > Layer Style > Drop Shadow.
- In the Layer Style dialog box:
- Set the Blend Mode to Normal.
- Click on the Color Chip to open the Shadow Color Picker. Choose a color other than black and click OK to close the Color Picker. I’m using Hex #: 3ad0fb.
- Set the Opacity to 100%.
- Set the Angle to 120˚.
- Set the Distance to 14 px.
- Set the Spread to 0%.
- Set the Size to 0 px.
- Click OK to close the Layer Style dialog box.
Note: Make sure to keep the settings as I have them here. If you don’t, you may end up with a shadow that doesn’t work. This technique works best with a sharp shadow, not a soft one. The only setting you may need to adjust is the distance. Depending on the font you use, you may need more or less distance to get a similar look to the one I have.
Step Four: Use in a Project
Whether you want to use this title to make a card, word art, or other digital project, you’ll need to move it to another document. Here’s one way you can do that:
- (Optional) Save this document (File > Save As) as a PSD file with a unique name.
- Get the Move tool.
- On the document, click directly on the title and drag it to a different document.
Feel free to change the color of both the type and the shadow so that the colors compliment your project. I used this title on a scrapbook page I made about my recent hair cut.
Credits:
Page & Photo: Jenifer Juris
Tutorial: Two Toned Title by Jenifer Juris
Kit: Mojave by Jennifer Ziegler
Fonts: Veteran Typewriter, Sea Salt
I hope this inspires you to have some fun with your title on your next scrapbook layout!
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Hair looks GREAT Jenifer. Thanks for the info.
Thank you SO much!! 🙂
Hair looks great and the page does too. LOVE the title work!
Aw, thank you so much! 🙂
Great tip and cute hair!
Thank you much!! 🙂
Thank you so much!! 🙂
What a cute haircut. Your face is beautiful no mater how you wear your hair, but this is just great fun and pretty. So is the page.
Wow! Thank you so much – you’re too sweet!!! 🙂
Thanks for the Quik tip. Liking the new cut 🙂
Thanks so much! 🙂
GREAT haircut. Fun Tutorial.
Thanks!! 🙂