Fallout Theme (Exclusive Tutorial)

Create a new image 350 X 200 pixels. Select Type Tool (T), then choose Window>Character and assign the following properties to it:

If you chose another font and it's properties, but you should get something like the following:

You will work more in the future with this text. At this time, move on to the Channels bookmark (Window>Channels) and make a copy of any of the channels available (dragging the channel to the new blank document icon). You'll need this copy later when we create scratches. Next return to the Layers bookmark (Window>Layers) and choose the layer with the signature. Go to Blending Options and add Inner Glow, Bevel and Emboss with the following settings:

The result should be something like this:

Rasterize layer (Layer>Rasterize>Type). After which it is time to move on to the creation of a mask. Return to the Channels bookmark and choose copy channel that was created earlier. Next you need to create a brush for drawing holes in the letters. Choose a round brush with a radius of 5. Move next to the bookmark for Brushes (Windows/Brushes), setting Hardness = 100%, Spacing = 550%, in the section Shape Dynamics set Size Jitter = 100%, in the section known as Scattering let's set Scatter = 100%, and our hole-making brush is ready. You'll choose white for drawing the picture and run it through the channel copy so that our result will look something like this:

Now grab the Magic Wand tool, taking care to remove the check mark from the option Contiguous, and click along any letter. The entire signature stands out. Apply Filter>Pixelate>Crystallize (Cell Size = 6), then Filter>Sketch>Graphic Pen and Filter>Artistic>Colored Pencil with these settings:

Deselect (Ctrl+D), then click the reformed mask thumb with the left mouse button, while pressing Ctrl. Let's move on to the Layers bookmark, choose the layer with the signature, and take selection tool (M). Next using the arrows on our keyboard, shuffle our selection a bit to the left and to the top (it's enough to click two to three times on each arrow), and then click Delete. You see, we ended up with scratched letters.