Fakir nail bed text effect

Chris F · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:50 am **(#1)**

Do you want to sleep on your nail bed? :otb

Here is a Video how to create this text effect:
http://youtu.be/B3nhGJi_5X0

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

crazy effect ! :clap

how did you find out about the mask technique with G'MIC ?

Chris F · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:38 am **(#3)**

Which mask do you mean? The dots?

You can also invert the dot color and the background and you get this:

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

well the textlayer with the missing alphachannel works like a mask, right ?

i do not find this obvious, but i suck at G'MIC

the inverted effect is even better, imo :bigthup

Chris F · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:53 am **(#5)**

Oh, yes i found out that white be transparent when i use this 3D extrusion.
So i had a new idea to use it! :mrgreen:

AnMal · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:11 pm **(#6)**

chris f: cool text effect! very sharp looking, hehe...

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

Looks so good that it hurts Chris. lol

Oregonian · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:36 pm **(#8)**

Wow. I, too, like the inverted one the best. Wondering if a few soft pillows thrown on the bed would be oxymoronic.

Chris F · **Posted:** Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:43 am **(#9)**

thanks for your comments! :bigthup