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Saturday, 06 May 2006 |
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Road Sign This tutorial with guide you through how to make a road sign:
| 1. | Open Photoshop and create a new image. |
| 2. | Select the Polygon tool  |
| 3. | Set it to 3 sides.  |
| 4. | Draw a triangle then rotate it so its in the right position. |
| 5. | Now to make the corners rounded. A simple way is to Ctrl + Click the layer then click Select » Modify » Smooth and set to 15px. But you get a bad result on 2 of the corners:
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| 6. | To make the corners come out properly Ctrl + Click the layer then select the channels panel. |
| 7. | Then click the "Save selection as channel" button:
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| 8. | Left click on alpha 1 to select it. Press Ctrl + D to deselect the selection. |
| 9. | Then go to Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur and set to 15px. |
| 10. | Then go to Image » Adjustments then levels. |
| 11. | Use these levels.
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| 12. | Ctrl + Click the Alpha 1 layer to select the rounded triangle. |
| 13. | Change back to the layers panel and create a new layer. |
| 14. | With the selection still active fill it with black. |
| 15. | With the selection still active fill it with black. |
| 16. | Delete the original triangle. |
| 17. | Right click the layer and select blending options. 

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| 18. | You should now have a nice smooth rounded sign.
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| 19. | Add an image or text to your sign and you are complete.
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