quick tip: create a crisp metallic text effect in …...quick tip: create a crisp metallic text...
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Quick Tip: Create a Crisp Metallic Text
Effect in Photoshop
In this quick tip tutorial, we will explain how to create a crisp, metallic text effect using just a
couple of layer styles in Photoshop. Let's get started!
Step 1
Before opening Photoshop, install the font Rothenburg Decorative and these grunge brushes.
Open Photoshop and Create a New Document, 1800 x 1300 pixels in RGB mode, 72 DPI and
finally then Fill the background with this dark grey color #1f1f1f.
Step 2
Create a New Layer, name it 'texture' and using these Grunge Brushes click a couple of times
in the center of the document using a white color. Use different brushes, try to cover the
center of the document, varying the textures.
Step 3
Double-click on the thumbnail of the Layer 'texture' to open the Layer Style panel. Into the
'Blending Options'
Reduce the 'Fill' to 0, then apply a 'Drop Shadow' and an 'Inner Shadow' using these settings.
This will give the texture a realistic embossed look.
Step 4
Click on the 'Add Layer Mask' icon, then click Command/Ctrl + (I) to invert it.
Pick a big soft Brush (hardness: 0% - size: 950px) and click in the center of the document.
This way the 'texture' Layer will be shown only in the center, fading on the edges of the
document.
Step 5
Using the 'Type Tool' (T) and these settings, type the word 'Othello' or whatever you want. If
you can't see the 'Character Window" go to Window > Character.
Step 6
Open the 'Layer Style' of the 'Othello' Text Layer and apply these settings. Below each step
you can find a preview for the effect just added.
Step 7
Once you've modified the Style, click Ok. Now select the word 'Othello', using the Type Tool
(T). Select everything beside the first capital letter and reduce the kerning to -5 as in the
image below. You can find the Character Window under Window > Character.
Step 8
Duplicate this Layer with Command/Ctrl + (J), right-click on the Layer's thumbnail and
choose 'Clear Layer Style'. This way the text below matches exactly the one above, and now
we can add more effects. My favorite way to work with 2 Layer Styles, is to create a solid
base as we did to the first Text Layer, and then add lightings and reflections on the second
Layer above. This way you can blend easier the lights and colors with the textures of the
Layer below.
Step 9
Let's go on, adding a Layer Style to this second 'Othello' Text Layer. Double click on its
thumbnail to open the Layer Style panel. Set fill opacity to 0 in blending options.
Step 10
The effect is pretty much done, but we need to make it look crisp and realistic, in this final
step. Take a look at the trick with the 'Stroke': dropping down it's Opacity to '0' it works
almost as a layer mask, hiding the Layer on its edges. A Stroke of 3px 'Inside', for example,
will hide the Text for 3 px along the edges, revealing what's below in that 3px range. Once
you've finished with these settings, click Ok to apply the effect.
Conclusion
Remember that when you Save the final effect, as a jpg image for example, it may look
different, sharper, and more defined overall.
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