The Sugar Bag Effect
Introduction I call this the Sugar Bag Effect because I got the idea from an old bag of sugar. Original… I know. It’s a great beginner text effect though and unlike many of the tutorials in this...
View ArticleTransformers Effect
Step 1 Because this is a text effect will attempt to replicate the original Transformers text, it’s important to have the right font. I did a little looking and found a font called SF Transbotics at...
View ArticleWet Window Text Effect
Step 1 Lets start by laying down a nice radial gradient on the "Background" layer. Grab the Gradient tool by pressing the G key, then set the foreground and background swatches to #3bbff8 and #002c59...
View ArticleWatercolor Text
Step 1 Watercolor is one of those mediums that can be difficult to replicate digitally, but with a little practice and experimentation I think you’ll find it can be rather fun. This tutorial will be...
View ArticleWood Inlay Text
Step 1 Lets start by setting up a new document, mine is 540×300 pixels at 72ppi but for this tutorial size doesn’t matter at all. There are plenty of good places online to find nice wood textures and I...
View ArticlePatriotic Text Using Displacement Masks
Step 1 Lets jump right in and get our document set up. Create a new document by choosing File>New from the Main Menu. My working file for this lesson will be 540px x 300px at 72ppi. If you’re...
View ArticleThe Wheels Text Effect
Step 1 Lets start by taking a look at the original ad below. From the start we can see that they’ve used a few basic Layer Styles like Gradient Overlay and Bevel and Emboss to do most of the work....
View ArticleModern 3D Text Effect
Introduction In this Photoshop tutorial we’re going to step outside my usual Photoshop Only philosophy and use the 3D rendering power of Adobe Illustrator to create a cool little 3D text effect. Don’t...
View ArticleCreate A Scrapbook Alphabet
Introduction In this Photoshop Text Effect you’ll learn to create cool Scrapbook style text that can be used as a stand alone word treatment or converted to individual reusable .png files with a...
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