Text written in chalk in paint.net
In this lesson I will tell you a way to make a chalk inscription in paint.net.
The idea of the lesson was borrowed from the English-language site, but slightly modified, because... You can achieve the desired effect of writing with chalk much easier and the result will be better. To write with chalk, we will need a picture with a texture on which we will make this very inscription. For example, this drawing of a school board would be suitable:
Using the board as a background, create a new transparent layer and write a message on it. Key disadvantage original lesson, they made the inscription thick, which made the sense of reality disappear. Those who went to school and had experience communicating with chalk board they know it's very difficult to do beautiful inscription with letters as thick as three pieces of chalk. :-D I used the Script font for the inscription, which is available in almost all systems. However, all the parameters are in the figure below:
Apply to the layer with the inscription the standard paint.net effect “adding noise” from the paint.net Effects menu - Noise.
Apply the standard paint.net effect "Gaussian Blur" from the paint.net menu Effects - Blur to the layer with the inscription.
Create a copy of the layer with the resulting inscription. Apply the standard paint.net effect “Dents” from the paint.net menu Effects - Distortion to the top copy of the layer. In the figure below, the Scale parameter was set to 2. The rest of the parameters are at their defaults. The value of the "Scale" parameter can be larger, it all depends on the thickness of the text you are making.
Merge these two text layers.
Create a copy of the layer with the resulting text. Turn off the visibility of the layer on the top copy, we will need this layer later. For the other visible text layer, set the blending mode to Add. Apply a “Curves” correction to this layer with the settings as in the image below:
As you can see in the picture above, the inscription already looks like it was made with chalk, only pale. Now you can turn on the visibility of the top copy of the text layer. Set this layer's Blend Mode to Screen Screen. By adjusting the transparency of this layer you can change the brightness of the inscription made. For the image below, the layer opacity was set to 180.
Since the popularity of chalk paint in interior design, many homes have features ranging from signs to entire walls that can be written on with chalk. In this post we will tell you how to make a chalkboard a beautiful decorative element, and not just a place for notes and children's creativity.
What to write
The answer to this question seems obvious - chalk, of course! However, the manufacturers showed imagination: in addition to chalk different sizes and colors there are chalk pencils, chalk markers and even chalk paints. The choice of tools is very important for the final result.
The marker is ideal for small inscriptions and thin, clear lines, but the inscriptions are obtained without the characteristic chalk texture. It is more convenient and pleasant to hold in your hands. If you buy one, keep in mind that not all markers erase equally well - it's better to experiment on a less noticeable area.
You can make your own chalk paint by rubbing regular chalk on a fine grater and mixing the resulting powder with sanitary hand gel to the consistency of syrup. The paint is indispensable for painting stencils and large areas.
Ordinary crayons can also be made more pleasant: a variety of crayons holders, which are now very easy to find and buy, will not leave your fingers dry.
What to depict
On the slate surface you can simply draw, improvise, write down your thoughts and recipes, or leave messages for your household. However, such creativity may look careless and not serve the benefit of the interior. Often cafes become the standard for slate wall design - the walls in modern establishments are painted beautiful fonts in different combinations and supplemented with drawings.
Make beautiful lettering on a board by hand to a person without special education and experience is almost impossible, so just find a template on the Internet or create your own composition from different fonts in your favorite graphic editor. We will tell you further how to transfer this artistic splendor to a wall or board.
Method 1. Stencil
This method works best for large lettering or repeating elements. You can print the stencil on thick paper and cut it yourself, buy ready-made ones, or order production from a printing house. The advantage of the last two is the possibility of reusable use.
To stencil your design, use chalk paint or markers. The advantage of chalk over regular paint is that if it doesn’t work out the first time, it’s okay, just wash off the area and redo it. The borders can also be corrected with a damp cotton swab.
Method 2. Carbon paper
This method is a little more difficult to implement, but it opens up more possibilities, because producing a large number of stencils is expensive. You will need a printed message or image, tape, graphite, a pencil, and fine chalk or chalk marker.
The technology is as follows:
- shade the back side of a sheet of paper with graphite (you can replace it with chalk, but it will stain the surrounding surface more);
- turn the sheet over and stick it with tape to the slate surface;
- trace the image with a pencil, pressing firmly;
- peel off the sheet - the outline of the image will remain on the surface;
- carefully outline and paint over it with chalk;
- Correct sloppy areas with a wet cotton swab.
List online services providing the opportunity to draw on a virtual board with crayons. After drawing, the picture can be saved and downloaded to your computer.
Let's start with perhaps the best that I could find. Demo version of the web application - Drawing Board, there are three crayons for drawing (white, red, purple). The drawing process is accompanied by the pleasant sounds of chalk hitting the blackboard.
You can draw with chalk, or you can write something in printed font. The disadvantages include the small size of the board and the inability to adjust the thickness of the chalk. What you drew can be saved as a picture; to do this, enter your email address in the line above the upper left corner of the virtual board. Click the "Submit" button and a message with a picture will be sent to your email.
The second service is My online blackboard - the size of the board is huge, almost covering the entire browser area. You can paint with all the colors that exist in nature.
Use straight lines, squares, rectangles or just freehand. Unlike the first service, the thickness of the chalk is adjusted here. However, here I still haven’t found a button to download the image; all that remains is to take a screenshot using the “Prt Sc” key on the keyboard. And the lines themselves here do not look like lines drawn with chalk, although perhaps everything depends on good drawing skills.
Chalk Text Effect is not really a chalkboard, just choose the font you like and the background in the form of a green, black or any other chalkboard and write the text.
The result is quite high quality, just like real photo. But the fonts do not support Russian letters, so it is only suitable for those who want to write something in English.
Here is an example of what kind of picture you can get.
And finally, a game in which you can also remember your childhood and draw with crayons - Chalkboard Paint. And then reproduce the whole process at high speed and see how you drew it.
I couldn’t download the picture though, because... I didn't find such a function. But I don’t exclude the possibility that it is there (I don’t understand Chinese at all). Green board, and six different colored crayons. Everything is accompanied by sound effects.
Today we will try to make a green school board and write text on it with chalk. As always, thanks to Vectips for the idea of the lesson, who implemented it in Illustrator. I brought it to life using Photoshop. There are some interesting things in this tutorial. simple techniques which give amazing results. First, let's do some magic on the board, giving it a slightly shabby look, literally and figuratively. Then we will write the text and using the Dissolve blending mode we will achieve the effect of an inscription made with chalk. Then we’ll decorate the inscription a little.
Step 1.
Create a new document in Photoshop and fill it with color #365722. Immediately make a duplicate of the layer and turn it off, it will be useful to us in Step 4. 
Step 2.
Take a large soft brush with a size of 250 px and with the color #7a975f click in the center of the canvas to create such a light spot. 
Step 3.
Now let's add some noise. “Filter” (Filter) > “Noise” (Noise) “Add noise...” (Add Noise) with values as in the image below. 
Step 4.
Set the foreground color to white, color background— #365722. Now let's use the auxiliary duplicate layer from Step 1. Turn on the auxiliary layer and apply to it “Filter” (Filter)> “Sketch” (Sketch)> “Linocut” (Stamp) with the settings as in the image below. 
Step 5.
This is the effect. 
Step 6.
Now select White color and turn off the auxiliary layer. 
Step 7
On a new layer, fill the selection with white and change the blending mode to Soft Light. Reduce the layer opacity to 10%. 
Step 8
Now let's select a brush. IN standard set I found “Thick Heavy Brushes” suitable brush. Press F5 and in the dialog box that opens, select the “Brush tip shape” tab. We set the settings as in the figure below.
Step 9
In the “Double Brush” tab, set the following settings. 
Step 10
In the “Color Dynamics” tab, set the following settings. 
Step 11
Now, in the panel under the top menu, set the brush values to “Opacity” - 50% and “Pressure” - 20%. After that, make a few brush strokes on a new layer. 
Step 12
Change the blending mode of the layer with strokes to “Soft Light”. Reduce the layer opacity to 65%. 
Step 13
Now, using Book Antiqua font, size 90 pixels, we write the word “DESIGN”. 
Step 14
Let's rasterize the text. Change the layer blending mode to “Dissolve (Fade)” (Dissolve). Reduce the transparency of the layer to 95%. 
Step 15
Double-click on the layer and open the layer style, “Stroke” tab. Set the following parameters. 
Step 16
It should turn out like this. 
Step 17
Right-click on the layer and select “Group into a new smart object” (Convert to Smart Object). And after that, apply to the text “Filter” (Filter)> “Blur” (Blur)> “Gaussian Blur...” (Gaussian Blur) with a value of 0.3 pixels. 
Step 18
Now we write a few more random words and, using Steps 14 to 17, achieve the effect of an inscription made with chalk. 
The final
Now we add decorative single-pixel stripes and, using Steps 14 to 17, achieve the effect for them as in the image below. 
