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 »  CodeCrunch  »  Software Tutorials  »  Photoshop Tutorials  »  Photoshop Magic Marker Effect
Photoshop Magic Marker Effect
By Cory Crampton | Published  04/21/2006 | Photoshop Tutorials | This tutorial viewed 17685 times
Creating a Better Handwritten Look
New Tutorial : Check out how to make a Man of Fire in Photoshop.

Sometimes you'll want to make your text look like it was written with a marker on real paper (or some other surface), and the fonts that look like handwriting are not accurate enough for you. Fortunately, Photoshop has a few tools that will help give your text a nice, somewhat distressed inky effect for a realistic 'marker' effect.

You can get some handwriting fonts here that you can use to follow along with and create your own samples. Just remember that you'll want to choose one that isn't too choppy or blocky for a better end result.

I've included a jpeg as an attachement on the last page of this tutorial. If you simply can't wait to see what the output will be - it should look something like this (depending on your chosen font style ) :




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  • Comment #1 (Posted by Cloud No9)

    I love this tutorial!!! I have tried this on my own some time ago and spent quite some time to get it more realistic.

    One comment though-more pictures referring to each step would provide a more helpful procedure.

    Thnx for this tut!!! I enjoyed it!
     
  • Comment #2 (Posted by Cory)

    Thanks for the good feedback. I've taken your advice - and every tutorial after this one will come fully illustrated. Check out the Man of Fire tut to see the difference in format. I'll be re-doing this one very soon to conform ;-) Thanks - Cory
     
  • Comment #3 (Posted by hasbullah)

    i think the same could be done with pen tool, nice tutorial. Keep it up.
     
  • Comment #4 (Posted by Rowdy)

    I like this tut=
     
  • Comment #5 (Posted by mbeck)

    Can you please tell me which font you started with to get the example displayed in your article? The word is "marker" in the example and it is exactly what I've been looking for use in a marketing piece.
     
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