This document provides instructions for warping, skewing, beveling, and embossing text in Photoshop to create the appearance of a CD cover. The steps include placing text in a Photoshop window, rasterizing the layer, warping or skewing the text using the transform menu, duplicating the layer and adding a color overlay, downloading a brush to create cracks on the text layer, adjusting the layer style to add bevel and emboss, adding a background photo and placing it under the text layer.

1. How To Skew, Warp, Bevel and
Emboss.

2. • Place text, from
dafont.com or similar
sites, specific to your
genre in a Photoshop
window. If you want it
to appear like a CD
cover makes this
window 120mm x
120mm and 300
pixels.
• Rasterize layer.
• From the edit
menu, select
transform then warp
or skew.
Adjust, depending on
how you would like
your text to appear.

3. • When you’ve
adjusted your
text to your
satisfaction, dupli
cate this layer.
• By double clicking
on the bottom
layer, select a
colour overlay of
your choice.

4. • Download a
Photoshop brush
of your choice
from
psbrushes.com.
• Select your top
layer and using
the eraser
tool, with your
newly
downloaded
brush, create
cracks, or
something to
that effect, on
your text.

5. • Double click
on your
layer to
change
layer style.
• Select Bevel
&
Emboss, adj
ust to your
liking.

6. • Place photo
from the
internet, match
ing your colour
scheme, into
your window. If
it doesn’t
match, adjust.
• Rasterize.

7. • Place your
image
layer, underne
ath your text.
• Voila.