Satin Covered Text (Challenge)

AnMal · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:56 pm **(#21)**

he4rty: it is a lovely colour and yes, it has the best shimmer of these three.

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Still playing and tweaking, got some good results running the lomo filter and by making the top of the text flatish.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

definitely an improvement !
but still a bit fuzzy
you dont like applying Unsharp Mask ?

he4rty wrote:

making the top of the text flatish.

what does that mean ?

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Making the text smooth on top as though it is really being pushed into the satin, so only the side have and folds.

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Just for you Esper, I've ran the unsharp mask filter with settings similar to what you used on page 1 of this thread, I then ran a very subtle selective Gaussian Blurr just to try and clean up some of the cloth artifacts from the sharpen.

AnMal · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:39 pm **(#26)**

he4rty: that last one looks really good! the satin shimmer comes out a lot better than in the one above. how do you make the text "flatish" on top?

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

AnMal wrote:

he4rty: that last one looks really good! the satin shimmer comes out a lot better than in the one above. how do you make the text "flatish" on top?

Basically to displace the text I used the addition filter bevel, with settings set to outside, therefore all I had to do was use the colour picker on the displaced satin to pick the average colour then using a feathered selection from my original text layer just fill that area.
it all seem to work ok.

AnMal · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2013 5:29 am **(#28)**

ok, i think i understood that

. i'll have to try it.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

AnMal wrote:

ok, i think i understood that

i didnt

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

When I get something I'm happy with I'll maybe post a tutorial, like the sharpen as it does lift the cloth but not 100% sold on it yet.

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

So after playing some more have realised that the sharpen filter works because it boosts the shadows and highlights but does leave a very grainy image, so how to boost the image without the grain effect?

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Still playing, went right back to the beginning and started from scratch, pleased so far.

Still needed more shine, eventually managed to achieve it.

Chris F · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:43 am **(#33)**

I love this effect! :bigthup

Is this made only with a script? Is there a tutorial?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12834

Text blended with blurred G'MIC skeleton as displacement map for a 150% bigger sized pattern that I posted earlier (the world's smallest pattern; lol)

AnMal · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:11 pm **(#35)**

hearty: yay!!! :hi5

you've really got it looking natural now - even i couldn't complain on the look of that satin and it really looks draped over the letters.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:03 pm **(#36)**

lylejk wrote:

Text blended with blurred G'MIC skeleton as displacement map for a 150% bigger sized pattern that I posted earlier (the world's smallest pattern; lol)

Nice one, Lyle :bigthup

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Chris F wrote:

I love this effect! :bigthup

Is this made only with a script? Is there a tutorial?

No scripts, once I'm happy it all works and is repeatable then a tutorial may follow.