Glossy Photoshop Text Effect

This Tutorial is From PhotoshopXtremeTutorials

In this tutorial you will learn how to photoshop your text to look like this:



Simple as always, this kind of tutorial only takes a few moments of your time and has only 3 layers, including the background ;).

Let’s get started!

Step 1.

Create a new Photoshop Document (File->New). Set it to have 500-550 pixels Width and 150-200 pixels Height. Fill the background layer with “#b7b7b7” (Edit->Fill).



Get the Type Tool and set the size of the font to 72 pt and use a bold-like font like “Cooper Black”. Write something down.



Add the following layer styles (Layer->Layer Style):




My result:



Step 2.

Ctrl/Command Click the Text Layer Icon in the Layer Pallet. Now draw a rectangle with the Rectangular Marque Tool holding alt. This will subtract from the total selection.



Create a new layer. Fill the resulting selection with white, and make sure you have the new layer selected while filling (Edit->Fill). Set the Opacity to 15-25% (Layer->Layer Style->Blending Options).



This is a nice outcome, and it’s fast. The style applied here will be added in a big package of styles that will be released early next year.

Optional Step 3.

You might want to add some color to this font style. To do that just go to Layer->Layer Style->Color Overlay and chose what color you want. Almost all strong colors go well with this style, so play with it a bit!



You can download the Photoshop PSD file here:
Photoshop PSD Download


This Tutorial is From PhotoshopXtremeTutorials