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Erosion Text

by Metamorphosis
This Tutorial will show you how to corrode some text.
1.) Create a New File. Can be any size on a white background at 72 dpi.
2.) In the Layers palette... click on the Channels tab. Now, add an Alpha channel by clicking button located next to trash can (bottom of palette).
3.) Select the Text tool and enter something in the work area. (Large and bold preferably.)
4.) In the Channels palette... click on the Alpha channel to create the selection. Now, right-click the Alpha channel and click on Duplicate channel. (When the Dialog box appears, hit OK.)
5.) Deselect the type with (Ctrl D). Go to Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint. (When the palette appears, select Grainy Dots and hit OK.)
Follow with (Ctrl F) to apply the effect again if neccessary to get the desired effect as below:
6.) In the Channels palette, lets rename the Alpha channels. (double- click the names to change.) Change to mezzotint and clear accordingly as below:
7.) Switch back to the Layers palette by clicking the Layers tab. Now create a New Layer by clicking button next to trash can (bottom of palette). (Image will disappear but dont worry, we have saved it as a selection.)
8.) Go to Select > Load Selection and choose Mezzotint under the channel drop down then hit OK.
Now, once again Select > Load Selection and this time choose Clear. Check the Invert and Subtract from Selection then hit OK.
Image should now look similar with selection active.
9.) Select color of your choice and fill (Alt Backspace). Now, (Ctrl D) to deselect. Here, you want to mess up the text a little further. Select the Eraser from the Tool palette and using different size brushes, click some bullet holes randomly across the text.
10.) In the Layers palette... (Ctrl Click) on the text layer to put back the selection. Now, lets paint our image to create several colors. Select the Paint Brush Tool and select a brush you would like to work with. (I used one from the Default set, and varied the opacity and colors as I worked.) Use (Ctrl D) to deselect when finished.
11.) Final Step, In the Layers palette... click the Add a Layer Style button (located bottom left) and go to Drop Shadow. (Only adjustment I made was reduced Distance to 3. Hit OK and compare work to top of page.
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