A Work in Progress: Falcon Academy

This guide was made for entry:
Falcon Academy
In Contest:
animal logos

step 1 of 13

This is a scan from one of my High En-Route Aeronautical Navigation charts.

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New document dimensions width =2083, height = 1264. Fill layer with color 00bed.

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2. To this layer apply bevel emboss FX with these settings:
â€¢ Style = Emboss
â€¢ Technique = Chisel Hard
â€¢ Depth = 766%
â€¢ Direction = Up
â€¢ Size = 18px
â€¢ Soften = 0px
â€¢ Angle = -90
â€¢ Global light OFF
â€¢ Altitude = 90
â€¢ Highlight Mode Screen at 94% opacity (color ffffff )
â€¢ Shadow Mode Multiply at 100% opacity (color 09044f)

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Make a new layer. Using the elliptical marquee tool (hold shift key to create a circle) fill the circle with color 0012f3.

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4. Select the circle you just created (CTRL button while clicking on the layer icon.) Choose Select from the menu bar choose Modify> Feather (SHIFT+F6) and set amount to 12 pixels.

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5. To the circle add the Bevel and Emboss FX with the same settings as in step 2.

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6. Make another new layer with the Chart on it. Set the Blend mode to Difference, Opacity at 41% and Fill at 62%. To this layer Link a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer to it. (While holding the ALT key and placing the mouse between your adjustment layer and the layer to be affected you will notice the little arrow icon.) Make Hue/Sat parameters as you wish I chose these settings: Hue -2, Sat +50, Lightness +4. Use a layer mask (soft round brush) to mask over the Dark Blue circle.

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7. On new layer insert the Falcon. Mask the bird.

sources used for this step:

: source

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8. To your bird apply Filter>Artistic>Poster Edges. Edge Thickness: 0, Edge Intensity: 1, Posterization: 0.

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9. Apply Bevel Emboss with contour and pattern fill checked. You can play with theses settings to get the effect you like. See example.

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10. Link a Curves Adjustment layer to the bird layer. Once again set the curves as you like.

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11. With the text tool make your Text. I used â€œGunship Italicâ€ from DaFont.com. Two text layers were made for purposes of scale and alignment. To these apply FX adjustments. Use the same for both of your text layers except for the smaller text un-check gradient overlay.
(While holding the ALT key and dragging the FX adjustment layer from one, you can make a direct copy to another layer)

sources used for this step:

1: source 1

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12. Position the text layers beneath the Bird layer.

Final result

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pearlie says:

Tutorial-worthy.

(5 years and 2868 days ago)

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