In this tutorial, we’re going to make a metallic effect for the text.
 

Make a metal looking text


In this tutorial, we’re going to make a metallic effect for the text.


Open a new document in Photoshop. Use some dark gray to fill the background. You can use the Bucket Tool or to go Edit / Fill and then choose the color. I’ll go with #535353 gray. Now pick a font type and size. For the font color choose light gray. Mine pick is arial black type with anti-aliasing set on strong and color #a9a9a9. Write something.









Go to Blending Options for the text layer. Set the Outer Glow on something like this:









Now add Inner Glow with the settings similar with these:









Next one is Gradient Overlay:

Add a Stroke:









Duplicate the text layer. Set the copy underneath the original text layer and above the background layer. Right-click on the copy and choose Clear Layer Style. Set the Fill on 0%.









Add the Outer Glow to the copy layer with these settings:









Now apply the Stroke:









Create a new layer above the original text layer (Layer / New / Layer…). Hold down a ctrl key and click on text layer. Now fill the selection with white. Set the opacity on 50%. Deselect the selection.














Pick Rectangular Tool, select the bottom half of text and press delete.









That’s all.