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[ 99 ]Step 16: Finally, we added some text to
give it an additional element of design.
“Tekkers” is UK slang for a player showing
top techniques with a soccer ball. We used
Amboy Black at around 138 pts set to white.
I also double-clicked to the right of the text
layer’s name in the Layers panel to open
the Layer Style dialog, and added a drop
shadow, grass pattern overlay, and a stroke
using the yellow from the soccer jersey. See
the images shown here for all the settings
we used. Finally, crop the image as desired.
Step 17: Before saving the file, unless you
made your save at the very start, make sure
you delete the Duplicates group. All those
copies inflate the size of the original image
to a point where you may get a warning say-
ing it’s too big to save as a PSD. In that case
you’d save as a PSB, but we don’t need to
do that.And now you’ve created your first pixel
stretch effect. Remember, experiment with
different elements of this tutorial to try
new things! n