• Adobe Photoshop

  Coke can bubbles

  Posted by Alistair Gallop on September 27, 2012 at 4:39 pm

  Hi,

  I want to edit the attached image to replace the ‘Mate’ with my own text. I know I can remove the text using content aware and some touching up but then what is the best way to add the text and make it look realistic like the original image? I especially want the effect of drips over the text?

  Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

  

  Cheers

  Ali

  Alistair Gallop replied 13 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Jonathan Ziegler

  September 28, 2012 at 3:46 pm

  There are a couple ways to do this, but I’ll tell you what I would do. First off, I’d start over. Keep the can with the stripe and the “Share a Coke…” text, but lose the water drops and the “Mate” type. Now, to make the red for the can, I would make a new custom gradient (just sample the horizontal lines and use at least 5×5 for a sample size) OR use the stamp tool to wipe them out – be gentle and use Shift keep it horizontal. I would import the can into Illustrator to redraw the wave graphic and maybe reset the “Share a Coke…” type (you can do that in PS, too). Once you have the new can with a wave and the “share a…” type, set your own type.

  For water drops, the easiest way is to use Alien Skin’s Eye Candy (yeah, I totally cheat, but it looks good). Beyond that, you can make the drops one at a time with small, grey dots, using the filters panel to make the single dots – vary the dot size and dot fill opacity to get the right look. Working on mine, will show in a short bit.

  Jonathan Ziegler
  https://www.electrictiger.com/
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  Jonathan Ziegler

  September 28, 2012 at 4:34 pm

  Didn’t have the right font for the can so I just used a totally different one. 🙂

  The steps:

  Step 1:
  

  Step 2:
  

  Step 3:
  

  Step 4:
  

  Step 5:
  

  Final:
  

  Jonathan Ziegler
  https://www.electrictiger.com/
  520-360-8293
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  Alistair Gallop

  September 28, 2012 at 9:50 pm

  Thats awesome! Thanks so much for the tips – I will have a go with mine tomorrow!

  Cheers

  Ali
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  Michael Zoppo

  October 19, 2012 at 5:58 pm

  I would find some stock photography of bubbles to sell the effect, the above example does not look awful but those bubbles give away the fakeness pretty fast. Find a stock photo with bubbles on white or black, mask them out and then use some subtle layer warping to conform the bubbles to the curvature of the can.
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  Alistair Gallop

  October 23, 2012 at 10:34 am

  Thanks for your suggestion. If the bubble was on a white ir black background, wouldn’t this look odd as they are transparent and wouldnt blend onto the can?

  Thanks

  Ali

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