How to make Anime beads in Photoshop
Step 1
Create a new document
Create some text. (I used Planet Kosmos at 50 points)
Ctrl/Cmd+Click on the texts’ layer thumbnail to load the selection
Select>Modify>Expand
Enter 5 pixels and click ok
Step 2
The selection should now look like this
Step 3
With the selection still active create a new layer and name it beads
Step 4
Go to the Paths Palette
Click the top right arrow and choose “Make Work Path” from the fly out menu
Enter a setting of 0.5 (The minimum allowed)
Click ok
We have now made a path out of the selection
Step 5
Prepare the brush…
Choose White as your foreground color
Select the Brush tool from the Toolbox
Open the brushes panel
Turn off all the boxes on the left
Choose a 10 Pixel hard brush
Set the spacing to 105% (This will make a dotted line)
Step 6
Click on the Stroke path button as shown
The path will now be stroked with white dots.
Click in the blank area of the paths palette (Below the work path) to turn off the path
Step 7
Go back to the layers palette
You should now have something like this
Step 8
Click the little “f” at the bottom of the layers panel to add a layer style
Choose bevel and emboss and use the settings shown
Step 9
Choose inner shadow and use the shown settings
Click Ok to apply the style.
Step 10
At this point we have a problem. The text is a bit small for the beads (There is a gap showing)
Increase the size of the text to compensate, the edge of the text should line up with the beads
Step 11
Add a layer style to the text. Apply a default drop shadow and a Bevel as shown
Step 12
In this variation, I repeated the step and expanded by 10 pixels to create a second ring of beads. I also enhanced it a bit with some sparkles.
I hope you like this effect
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