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Glowing text in space scene: ON: 2009-06-23 10:40:51; This is the final result of the glowing text tutorial that we will be creating today with Photoshop, I hope you enjoy it!; 21 times | category:

Colored Text Effect using Photos: ON: 2009-06-23 06:42:23; In this tutorial, we will be looking at how to use a text background to take on the color and texture of a photo. We will start with a blank canvas, colored black. And the first thing we want to do is to create our tiled text background. Choose the Type tool and then add your text. Make sure you pick a size and font you like. The color doesn't matter. Next, goto Edit > Transform > Rotate. Angle it a little, and make sure the text is covering the entire canvas, like so: Now paste in your image you want to use as the overlay, and resize it as needed. For this example, we are using the following...; 18 times | category:

Creating Fire Text Effects 2: ON: 2009-06-23 06:38:19; In this tutorial, you will learn one of many ways to create a fire text effect in PhotoShop. Although this tutorial is written with CS4, most versions are largely the same. The first thing to do is to create a new document in PhotoShop. For this example, we create a 400x300 black canvas. then We add our text to the canvas, in White: Now, goto Image > Rotate Image Rotation > 90° CW. Next, we need to Rasterize the text. But first, right-click the text layer and choose Duplicate Layer. Then hide that copied layer by clicking on the eye next to it: We used over 10 web hosting companies before...; 8 times | category:

Overlapping Text Effect: ON: 2009-06-23 06:32:52; In this tutorial, we will be looking at creating a cool text effect using PhotoShop CS4 where the letters overlap each other and cancel each other out, creating a cut-out effect. To start with, we create a new document and add text to the canvas using a font and color of your choice. TIP: use a relatively bold-looking font for best results: The next thing we want to do is goto the Layer menu, and choose Type > Convert to Shape. At this point, we will no longer be able to edit our text, so make sure it is as you want it. [Click to enlarge] Try Server Intellect for Windows Server Hosting . Quality...; 15 times | category:

Creating 3D Text Effects: ON: 2009-06-23 06:27:43; In this tutorial, you will learn one of many ways to create a high quality 3D text effect using PhotoShop CS4. To begin, we will start with a blank canvas and use the text tool to write some text to the document. Make it pretty big, like so: If you're ever in the market for some great Windows web hosting , try Server Intellect . We have been very pleased with their services and most importantly, technical support. Next, we want to make duplicates of our text layer, but first, right-click the layer and choose Rasterize Layer. This will make the text no longer editable, so that we can manipulate...; 10 times | category:

Double or Triple Stroke on Text: ON: 2009-06-23 06:23:14; In PhotoShop we can add a stroke Layer Style to anything, but this is somewhat restrictive as the built-in feature only let's us add one stroke at a time. There are a number of ways to add multiple strokes, some of which are destructive, meaning you can't edit it once you create it - not easily, at least. If you're ever in the market for some great Windows web hosting, try Server Intellect . We have been very pleased with their services and most importantly, technical support. In this tutorial, you will learn an easy way to create double or even triple strokes on elements in PhotoShop. We start...; 15 times | category:

Making Text Follow a Path: ON: 2009-06-23 06:20:40; Paths are very useful in PhotoShop and have many uses. They can be hard to get used to at first, but like most things, the more you use them, the easier they become to work with. In this tutorial, we will be looking at how we can use the Pen tool to create Paths that we can then use for text to follow. We are using Server Intellect and have found that by far, they are the most friendly, responsive, and knowledgeable support team we've ever dealt with! As usual, we will start off with a blank canvas. We will choose the Pen tool and begin to draw a line we want the text to follow. We can either use...; 20 times | category:

Split Color Text Effect: ON: 2009-06-23 06:17:40; Web 2.0 is one of the latest buzz-words about the Internet. Usually associated with Web 2.0 is gradient-covered text, which provides a nice glossy look. This tutorial will show you how to recreate such looks, and more. The text looks as though it is split into two colors, or there is a light source being projected onto the text. There are many looks to be achieved with this effect. We are using Server Intellect and have found that by far, they are the most friendly, responsive, and knowledgeable support team we've ever dealt with! We start with a blank canvas and then add some text: Next, we use...; 8 times | category:

Simple Chrome Text Effect: ON: 2009-06-23 06:11:07; In this tutorial, we will look at a quick way we can make chrome text. There are many PhotoShop tutorials on the internet showing how to create metallic or chrome-looking text, and this is one of the quickest and easiest ways. We will be using Layer Styles in this tutorial - exact values may output different results on your composition, if you are using different text, fonts, images, dimensions, etc. It is highly recommended that you experiment with the help of this tutorial as a guide. I just signed up at Server Intellect and couldn't be more pleased with my Windows Server ! Check it out and see...; 12 times | category:

Simple Plastic Text Effect: ON: 2009-06-23 06:08:22; In this tutorial, we will look at a quick way we can make our text look plastic. We will be using Layer Styles in this tutorial - exact values may output different results on your composition, if you are using different text, fonts, images, dimensions, etc. It is highly recommended that you experiment with the help of this tutorial as a guide. Server Intellect assists companies of all sizes with their hosting needs by offering fully configured server solutions coupled with proactive server management services. Server Intellect specializes in providing complete internet-ready server solutions backed...; 12 times | category:

Creating a Simple 3D Text Effect: ON: 2009-06-23 06:04:24; In this tutorial, we will look at a quick way we can make our text look 3D. The result is similar to a drop shadow, but more detailed. We are using Server Intellect and have found that by far, they are the most friendly, responsive, and knowledgeable support team we've ever dealt with! We will start with a blank canvas, and fill it with a nice gradient, like so: Now we will add some text, like so: Duplicate the text layer and drag the duplicate underneath the original, then change the color of text to Black. Right-click the duplicate layer and choose Rasterize Type (or Rasterize Layer), and hide...; 11 times | category:

Creating Crystal Looking Text: ON: 2009-06-23 06:02:24; Text effects are a lot of fun in PhotoShop, but the built-in effects and styles are somewhat limited and rather dated-looking. However, PhotoShop of course provides the tools to let your creativity run wild. This article will show how we can create text that looks like crystal or glass. Server Intellect assists companies of all sizes with their hosting needs by offering fully configured server solutions coupled with proactive server management services. Server Intellect specializes in providing complete internet-ready server solutions backed by their expert 24/365 proactive support team. We will...; 8 times | category:

Creating Metal Looking Text: ON: 2009-06-23 05:58:23; In this article, we will see how we can create a realistic-looking metal effect on text, without the use of those fancy plugins that do it all for us. Need help with Windows Dedicated Hosting ? Try Server Intellect . I'm a happy customer! We will start off with a pretty big document (640x480), and a font size of 150pt, with a relatively thick font. We chose bold Impact for this demonstration. It is important to create a large version of this, and then we can scale it down as needed. Once we have our text, we will Ctrl-click the layer it is on to select the contents: Next, we will create a new layer...; 10 times | category:

Glass-like Reflecting Text: ON: 2009-06-23 05:57:16; It seems that this type of text is becoming more and more popular on the web. Not just with text, either - images are being displayed in a similar way. Being reflected as though they were set upon a shiny glass surface. This article will show how we can replicate this effect using text. We chose Server Intellect for its dedicated servers, for our web hosting. They have managed to handle virtually everything for us, from start to finish. And their customer service is stellar. We will start off with a document of 400x300, and a font size of 68pt, using Impact. The first thing we will do to our text...; 10 times | category:

Projected Shadow Text: ON: 2009-06-23 05:55:40; PhotoShop offers a drop shadow Layer Style, but a cool effect is to have a projected shadow to images and text. To do this though, needs a little bit more work than choosing a few settings. However, this article will show how it can be done. We will start off with a document of 400x300, and a font size of 68pt, using Impact. We need plenty of room to cast our shadow. We will create a duplicate of the text layer by right-clicking and choosing Duplicate Layer, or dragging the layer onto the New Layer button. Now with this duplicated layer, we will first Rasterize it (right-click and then choose Rasterize...; 6 times | category:

Creating Neon Text: ON: 2009-06-23 05:54:02; This quick tutorial will show how easy we can replicate the glow of Neon lights in PhotoShop. We will use text to create a Neon sign. Need help with Windows Dedicated Hosting ? Try Server Intellect . I'm a happy customer! The first thing we do is create a text layer with our desired text. Choose a large font, and then once settled , Ctrl-Click the text layer to select the contents: Now we will hide the text layer and create a new Layer. In this new layer we will add a stroke to our selection. We can do this by right-clicking the selection with the selection tool and choosing Stroke. We want it...; 6 times | category:

Creating Fire Text Effects: ON: 2009-06-23 05:50:07; There are many ways to recreate fire in PhotoShop, this tutorial will show one of them. We are going to create text that looks like it is engulfed in flames.. We used over 10 web hosting companies before we found Server Intellect . Their dedicated servers and add-ons were setup swiftly, in less than 24 hours. We were able to confirm our order over the phone. They respond to our inquiries within an hour. Server Intellect 's customer support and assistance are the best we've ever experienced. First, we start of with a plain black background and a text layer. Next, we want to Rasterize the text layer...; 5 times | category:

Images Inside Text: ON: 2009-06-23 05:45:21; A really nice-looking effect to use in PhotoShop is to mask the background image into foreground text. There are a number of ways of doing this in PhotoShop, and I will show you one of them Try Server Intellect for Windows Server Hosting . Quality and Quantity! First, open up the image you want to use in PhotoShop. We will be using the following image: Now choose the text tool and write on top of the image. It's good to use a font that has significant weight to it, so that enough of the image will be shown through the text. It should look like this: Next, we will add to the text layer's Layer Styles...; 8 times | category:

Images Inside Text 2: ON: 2009-06-23 05:41:11; Similar to the other tutorial on this site, Images Inside Text, this tutorial will show you how to incorporate background images into your text. The difference will be that this tutorial will show you masking, so that you can have a different image in your text than what is in the main background. Try Server Intellect for Windows Server Hosting . Quality and Quantity! We will start off with the following image opened up in PhotoShop: We will add some text to the image: Once we have the image we want to use as the background of the text, we will open up the image we want to use as the text background...; 7 times | category:

3D Type: ON: 2009-06-19 01:11:14; Learn how to create 3D Type in Photoshop using a Free Transform Tool.; 5 times | category:

Glass Letter: ON: 2009-06-12 03:10:54; Reading this tutorial you'll see how to create Glass Letter effect using Layer Style and some special photoshop tricks.; 4 times | category:

Simple Google logo replication: ON: 2009-06-11 03:12:12; In this tutorial I will show you how to simply replicate the Google Logo in Adobe Photoshop.; 4 times | category:

Create a Simple, Professional Typographical Design: ON: 2009-06-10 00:42:25; This tutorial carefully walks you through the basics of creating a stunning typographical design. The outcome has a sleek metallic looking finish to it.; 4 times | category:

Colored Text Effect using Photos: ON: 2009-06-05 08:00:32; In this tutorial, we will be looking at how to use a text background to take on the color and texture of a photo. We will start with a blank canvas, colored black. And the first thing we want to do is to create our tiled text background.; 7 times | category:

Creating Fire Text Effects 2: ON: 2009-06-03 09:21:35; In this tutorial, you will learn one of many ways to create a fire text effect in PhotoShop. Although this tutorial is written with CS4, most versions are largely the same.; 5 times | category: