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Used images:
Splashes [link]
Scriptina Font [link]
- Create a new document in Photoshop 1024*768px and resolution 72px/inch.
- Create the heart shape with Custom Shape Tool, you my use preset Photoshop shapes from Custom shape palette.
- Insert different splashes shapes, transform and rotate them to create heart silhouette, apply Multiply Blending Mode to each splash layer to see original background heart shape.
- You may see in the screen shot below, that we can use one splash image twice, just stretch it and move it upside down.
- Fill heart shape with different splashes like on the example.
- Select all splashes layers and Convert them to the Smart Object.
- You will have all splashes in one Smart Object layer.
- Create a new adjustments layer, click small icon in the bottom of layers palette. Add "Levels" adjustment layer and "Black and White" levels adjustment layer. Go to Menu > Filter > Blur > Surface Blur. All settings for levels, black&white and Surface Blur filter you will find in the screen shots below.
- Blur Filter settings:
- Levels.
- Black and white settings .
- Merge Smart Object splash layer with adjustments layers.
- You will have black and white Splash layer.
- In order to remove white background, go to Menu > Select > Color Range. Select with Eyedropper tool white background.
- Remove white selected area.