get the template from http://jgdahl.tripod.com/Flags/flags.html or
http://massf.cdis.org/~jd4031/Flags/flags.html
Step 1: Get a flag from somewhere, MAKE SURE it has 2:3 proportions (100 height, 150 width is good) and MAKE SURE you set it to RGB color by typing alt-i-m-r. MAKE SURE the file displace.psd is on your desktop (this is important).
Now window-show actions and click the actions options button
select load actions and load the flags.atn that came with the zip.
now open the flag template, THEN open your flag (this is important) then click run action!
Save! and save a copy as flag_XXX (XXX being the country for which you made it)
The flag window will be too small to show everything, so before you run the action, set the background colour to the main color of your flag, and go image-canvas size, for 130 percent for height and width. Unless your flag is crosses and stripes (england, scotland etc) in that case you don't want to do this.
With horizontal tricolours (France, Italy, etc), you want to make the middle stripe a lot thinner, so on the flag graphic go image-convas size 130 percent, and fill in the sides the right colours, and then go image-image size turn off constrain proportions, and set height to 130 percent, then run the action.
Unfortunately because of the nature of the way I did this, this will only work well with flags that have no HORISONTAL stripes, flags like the Netherlands or Hungary or modern Russia will look... weird. Flags like Italy or France will work fine. With flags that are mostly one colour with detail in the middle though, this will work great!
For vertical tricolours you CAN however use the NEW functionality of the three stripe adjustment layers I added in for making flags like modern Russia, the Netherlands, Germany etc. click the eyeball next to it to activate the layer, and click the divided black/white circle to edit it. Change the hue to change the color, and saturation to lower/raise the intensity, and brightness to make it lighter or darker.
http://massf.cdis.org/~jd4031/Flags/flags.html
Step 1: Get a flag from somewhere, MAKE SURE it has 2:3 proportions (100 height, 150 width is good) and MAKE SURE you set it to RGB color by typing alt-i-m-r. MAKE SURE the file displace.psd is on your desktop (this is important).
Now window-show actions and click the actions options button
select load actions and load the flags.atn that came with the zip.
now open the flag template, THEN open your flag (this is important) then click run action!
Save! and save a copy as flag_XXX (XXX being the country for which you made it)
The flag window will be too small to show everything, so before you run the action, set the background colour to the main color of your flag, and go image-canvas size, for 130 percent for height and width. Unless your flag is crosses and stripes (england, scotland etc) in that case you don't want to do this.
With horizontal tricolours (France, Italy, etc), you want to make the middle stripe a lot thinner, so on the flag graphic go image-convas size 130 percent, and fill in the sides the right colours, and then go image-image size turn off constrain proportions, and set height to 130 percent, then run the action.
Unfortunately because of the nature of the way I did this, this will only work well with flags that have no HORISONTAL stripes, flags like the Netherlands or Hungary or modern Russia will look... weird. Flags like Italy or France will work fine. With flags that are mostly one colour with detail in the middle though, this will work great!
For vertical tricolours you CAN however use the NEW functionality of the three stripe adjustment layers I added in for making flags like modern Russia, the Netherlands, Germany etc. click the eyeball next to it to activate the layer, and click the divided black/white circle to edit it. Change the hue to change the color, and saturation to lower/raise the intensity, and brightness to make it lighter or darker.
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