This plastic text with a glow is what you are going to create:
Step 1
Create a blank document of the desired size. (This one is 360 x 250 pixel) Type your text, right click it's layer and choose Rasterize Type.
Step 2
Apply Box Blur to the text (click Filter --> Blur --> Box Blur) Use a different radius for a different outcome.
Step 3
Merge down the layers (CTRL-E) and apply the Plastic wrap filter ( Filter --> Artistic -->
Plastic Wrap). You might want to change the settings for different effects.
Step 4
Now Use Filter --> Brush Strokes --> Accented Edges.
It will look like this now:
Step 5
Hit CTRL-U and choose a color.. the values below will result in the blue of the example.
This is what you get:
Step 6
Now, if you want to remove the excessive glow above the text go to Image -->
Adjustments --> Levels and set it to this:
There's your final plastic text:
Step1: Setting up workspace and adding the effect.
Create a new image using the dimension 800 x 600. Set the background color to white. Click on the Type Tool and write something in your work area. I typed "PD". You can use whatever font type you like, Using a Big face font you will get a better effect. Your work area should look like the screenshot below.
You can also put each letter on a different layer more control over the positioning.
Step2: Using the pen tool to create the string.
Create a new layer, Layer New Layer and name is String Layer (Shift+Ctrl+N) . Click on the Brush Tool make sure the brush color is black set the brush size to 2 Pixels.
Click on the Pen Tool using the setting below and draw the path shown.
Zoom into your image to get a better view of what to do.
With the Pen Tool selected right click on the selection, click Stroke Path.
After adding the Stroke Path With the Pen Tool selected right click on the selection and click Delete Path.
Duplicate the String Layer, which should now be String Layer copy and move the layer under the text layer. Therefore, the Text Should be sandwich in between the two string layers. Click over to the main string layer and click on the Eraser Tool using the setting below.
Erase a part of the string shown below.
Step3: Adding the shadow to the Text and string.
Right click on the text, click Blending Option, and add the setting below.
Drop Shadow
Click ok, to add the setting.
Your image should look like the screenshot below.
Create a new layer, Layer New Layer , name it String Shadow Click on the Brush Tool make sure the brush color is black set the brush size to 2 Pixels.
Click on the Pen Tool using the setting below and draw the path shown.
With the Pen Tool selected, right click on the selection click Stroke Path. After adding the Stroke Path With the Pen Tool selected right click on the selection and click Delete Path.
At this point, your image should look like the screenshot below.
Change the Layer Opacity to 17% as shown below.
With that, you should have the image below.
Finished:
Well that is it, hope it came out to what you expected. I also created a video tutorial for this example. The file is a 12 MB flash file. I have the link up on the video section on the forums. Users have to register to view the file, click here to register and view file. If you have any question or comment about this tutorial, feel free to post a message on the forum.
Description:Here you will learn how to create multi layered text effect which you can apply to both texts and other layers. A Great effect for logos, and signage.
Start photoshop with a new document, large enough to accomodate your texts.
Use the TYPE tool to create your text.
Then duplicate this text layer so you end up having 2 identical layers.
First, we will work with the TOP text layer.
apply the following Layer styles to the top text layer.
(Layer->Layer Style->....) Drop Shadow
Inner Shadow Bevel and Emboss Gradient Overlay
Now, make sure your still working on the top layer, then go to Layer->Rasterize->Type
After this, the top layer text will no longer be editable.
Now hide the top layer by clicking on the "eye" icon next to it, so we can see the bottom text layer.
Now apply the following layer styles to the bottom text layer:
Inner Shadow Bevel and Emboss Gradient Overlay Stroke
Now, show the top layer by enabling the eye icon again, you will now see the top text layer, the bottom layer hidden underneath.
Now select your Eraser tool, using a HARD EDGE brush, and partially erase the top text layer, revealing the bottom layer...
This part is where you can get creative and erase whatever part you want, using different brush sizes...
3 stroked text Ok for this tutorial I am using a font called Jungle LIFE. Search www.dafont.com for it if you want to follow this tutorial exactly though any graffiti type font (or any font at all) will work.
Also in this tutorial I am going to include the text styles used so you can apply them easier and learn from them. I don't want this to be a bording tutorial where you have to enter values into the bleding options so simple load up the styles and apply them where I tell you to. Then experiment with them. Change the values and colors and learn from them
Layer Style: CLICK HERE
The images for this tutorial are also saved with low quality so that they load faster so they will not reflect your actualy results.
So anyways.... Write something with your text -
Now apply "Tutorial Text #1" to it. Right click the layer and go to Bleding Options to have a look at what changes the Style has made. Experiment with the values. Ctrl click the text layer. The layer should become slected. Now go to Select>Modify>Expand and expand by 8 px or whatever you think suits the chosen font best. Make a new layer with the selection still active. Then fill the selection with #8fb02f color. Experiment with the
color if you want. Keep in mind that the second layer style will appear differently
depending on what color you choose. Apply "Tutorial Text #2" to this layer. This is what I have so far -
Duplicate Layer 2 (which is the layer you filled black). You can turn the layer styles applied to it off by either deleting them by draging them to the bin or by hiding the eye icon next to them.
Before:
After:
Then drag the layer down a bit to add a 3dish effect. You could alternatively continue selecting and expanding the selection to make more strokes. This is what I have -
This is my final result after adding a bit -