Adobe Photoshop Tutorial-The Making of Melting Metal Text Effect

While following the steps of this tutorial you are going to create glowing melting metal Text Effect using Stone Texture, layer styles and Eraser font which you can download from http://www.fontsquirrel.com/.

The Texture applied on the Background is my photo and unrestricted stock.

I created my Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop CS6 but all other versions are applicable.

This is the final result:

STEP 1

Open Adobe Photoshop, go to the Menu bar and select File, New to create a new .psd file. Name this new document Melting Metal Text. Set the Width to 1300px, Height to 700px and type 96 Pixels/Inch for Resolution, then select RGB for Color Mode and Transparent for Background Contents. If you decide to print the text, set the Resolution to 300 Pixels/Inch and select CMYK for Color Mode. Press OK button and you'll see transparent Layer 1 in your Layers panel.

Double click on Layer 1 name and write Radial Gradient in the white space to rename the layer. Press Ctrl+G (or go to Layer, Group Layers) to place the Radial Gradient layer in a Group and call this new Group 1 Background.

Create the Background with Stone Texture and Two Radial Gradients

STEP 2

Click once on Set Foreground Color swatch in the Tools bar. Insert #470215 for Foreground color in the Color Picker. Then click on Set Background Color swatch and change the Background Color to black- #000000.

Grab Gradient Tool from the Tools bar (or press G). Go to the Options bar, select Foreground to Background Gradient from the Gradient Picker, select also Radial Gradient type and drag by holding down left mouse key from the middle to any side of the image. You should have this result:

STEP 3

Click on the Stone Texture below to open it in high resolution in a new window then right click and select Save Image As to save it in your folder.

STEP 4

Create a New Layer placed above Radial Gradient layer in Background group. Name it Stone Texture.

Open in Adobe Photoshop the Stone Texture you downloaded in Step 3, press Ctrl+A to load selection then press Ctrl+C to copy it. Return to your Melting Metal Text .psd file, see if Stone Texture layer is selected and press Ctrl+V to paste the texture. As the texture is bigger than your canvas, select Edit, Free Transform and move the nodes so that to resize the texture to cover your canvas.

  

STEP 5

Now you should change Blend Mode of Sone Texture layer to Overlay and you'll get this result:

STEP 6

Create again a new layer placed on top of Background group and call it Yellow, Violet, Orange, Blue Gradient after the gradient we are going to use. The name of the layer is pretty long but it will help you to remember what you have done when you reopen your file after a long time.

Press G key to activate Gradient tool, find Yellow, Violet, Orange, Blue Gradient from the Gradient Picker in the Options bar, then select the Radial type of gradient icon and drag with the instrument from the middle to a chosen corner of your canvas.

STEP 7

Change Blend Mode Yellow, Violet, Orange, Blue Gradient layer to Overlay.

Type the Text and Apply Brass and Golden Gradients to Create Metallic Effect

STEP 8

Let us start to create the Text now.

Many thanks to www.fontsquirrel.com for the awesome text effects which they give us for free. Download the Eraser Font we need for the purpose of our tut from here: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Eraser?filter%5Bclassifications%5D%5B0%5D=grunge&filter%5Bclassifications%5D%5B1%5D=handdrawn&filter%5Bclassifications%5D%5B2%5D=monospaced&filter%5Bclassifications%5D%5B3%5D=retro.

Install the font then select Horizontal Type tool from the Tools bar (or press T). From the Font Family drop down menu choose the newly installed Eraser Font. Set the Font Size to 220pt. Choose #1b8e7c for Text Color then type Metal in Capital Letters as you see on the following screenshot.

Now highlight the Metal Text then click on Toggle the Character and Paragraph Panels icon in the Options bar and Set the Tracking for the Selected Characters to 75.

Press Ctrl+G to place the Text layer in a Group. Call the newly created Group Text and move it on top of Layers panel.

  

STEP 9

While Metal Text layer is selected press Ctrl+J to duplicate it then reduce Fill Opacity of Metal copy layer to 0%.

STEP 10

Reselect the original Metal Text layer, right click on it and choose Blending Options. Tick Drop Shadow Layer Style and change three of the settings:

Distance: 0px

Spread: 40%

Size: 35px.

Don't close the Layer Style dialog box because there are more Blending Options to be added.

  

STEP 11

Now tick Outer Glow Layer Style then change its Blend Mode to Hard Light and increase Size to 10px.

STEP 12

The next Layer Style we have to choose is Gradient Overlay. Choose Reflected from Style drop down menu and set the Angle to 90 degrees then click on the Gradient rectangle and when Gradient Editor box pops up on your screen set the color stops like this:

First Color Stop (Location 10%): #c5be64

Second Color Stop (Location 50%): #f4f196

Third Color Stop (Location 75%): #efea93

Fourth Color Stop (Location 95%): #ada026.

STEP 13

The fourth Layer Style we have to apply on Metal Text layer is Stroke. Set its Size to 2px, select Gradient from Fill Type drop down menu, check Reverse option, choose Reflected for Style and set the Angle to 90 degrees. Click on the Gradient swatch and find Gold 1 gradient. If it is not exclusive for your Photoshop version, the color stops are these:

First Color Stop (Location 0%): #030303

Second Color Stop (Location 2%): #462f1f

Third Color Stop (Location 25%): #5b3c21

Fourth Color Stop (Location 50%): #a88347

Fifth Color Stop (Location 75%): #d9b675

Sixth Color Stop (Location 98%): #fcf6d0

Seventh Color Stop (Location 100%): #ffffff.

STEP 14

Now we have to apply Bevel and Emboss. Change these settings:

Depth: 135%

Size: 8px

Color for Highlight: #f3f621

Color for Highlight Opacity: 100%

Color of Shadow: #5c500c

Color of Shadow Opacity: 70%.

  

STEP 15

The last Layer Style we have to apply on Metal layer is Contour. Check it in the dialog box and only slightly decrease its Range to 45%. Leave all the other settings as by default.

Step 15-1

This is the outcome you should get after applying all six layer styles on the original Text layer:

STEP 16

Now select Metal copy layer (the one with 0% Fill Opacity) and firstly apply on it Bevel and Emboss Layer Style. Change the following settings:

Depth: 1000%

Size: 13px

Color for Highlight: #f3f621

Color for Highlight Opacity: 100%

Color of Shadow: #5c500c

Color of Shadow Opacity: 70%.

STEP 17

Apply also the same Contour added on the previous layer- only reduce the Range to 45%.

STEP 18

If you have followed all my steps you'll get this result in your Layers panel:

1.    Background group which consists of these three layers: Radial Gradient, Stone Texture and Yellow, Violet, Orange, Blue Gradient layer and

2.    Text group which contains two Text layers: Metal and Metal copy.

STEP 19

Our Melting Metal Text Effect is ready. Below you can see my final result.

Thank you very much for reading. Good luck and have fun! :)

Create Old Style Text with Layer Styles and Tree Bark Textures

While following all twenty six steps of this tutorial you are going to create awesome Old Style Text Effect with layer styles and two tree bark textures, which are my own photos and unrestricted stock.

I recommend you to click on the respective screenshot to open it in high res for a better visibility.

This is the final result:

  

STEP 1

Open your Adobe Photoshop program and go to the Menu bar to select File, New to create a new .psd file. Name this new document Old Style Text. Insert 1000px for Width and set the Height to 600px. Insert also 96 Pixels/Inch for Resolution, then choose RGB for Color Mode and Transparent for Background Contents. Those of you who would like to print the text, have to set the Resolution to 300 Pixels/Inch and select CMYK Color for Color Mode. After you press OK button, you'll see transparent Layer 1 in your Layers panel.

Double click on Layer 1 name and write Tree Bark Texture 1 in the white rectangle to rename the layer.

  

Create Colorful Background with Awesome Relief using Texture, Inner Shadow and Gradient

  

STEP 2

Now you have to download the first Tree Bark Texture. Click on it and when you get it in high res in a new window, right click on it and choose Save As to keep it in the folder where you have put your Old Style Text .psd file.

  

STEP 3

Open in Adobe Photoshop the Tree Bark Texture you already downloaded, press Ctrl+A to Load Selection on it then press Ctrl+C to Copy it. Go back to Old Style Text .psd file and press Ctrl+V to paste the Texture in your first layer. As the texture is bigger than your canvas, go to Edit, Free Transform and drag the nodes to resize the texture to cover your canvas. Press Enter to tell your Photoshop to accept the Transformation.

  

STEP 4

Double click on Tree Bark Texture 1 layer's thumbnail to open Layer Style dialog box (Layer, Layer Style, Blending Options). Select Gradient Overlay Layer Style and apply the following settings:

Blend Mode: Overlay

Dither: unchecked

Opacity: 45%

Select Red-Orange, Blue-Green Gradient

from the Gradient Picker

Reverse: unchecked

Style: Reflected type of gradient

Align with Layer: checked

Angle: 90 degrees

Scale: 100%.

  

STEP 5

The second Layer Style you have to add to Tree Bark Texture 1 layer is Inner Shadow, so check it in Layer Style box and change only two of its settings: reduce Distance to 0px and increase Size to 250px.

  

Create Text Effect with Default Photoshop Font and Blending Options

STEP 6

Now we'll start creating our Old StyleText Effect. Take Horizontal Type tool or press T. Select Mesquite Std default Font from the Font Family drop down menu and insert 400pt for Font Size. Choose black color (#000000) for Text Color then type Text in Capital Letters.

When you are ready with typing the Text, select it then click on Toggle the Character and Paragraph Panels icon in the Options bar and Set the Tracking for the Selected Characters to 200.

Place your Text layer on top of Layers pane and while it is selected, press Ctrl+G to put it in a group. Rename the new group to Text Effect.

  

STEP 7

While your Text layer is still highlighted, press Ctrl+J to duplicate it then move Text copy layer below the original one.

  

STEP 8

Right click firstly on Text copy layer and select Blending Options. Check Bevel and Emboss in Layer Style dialog box and insert the following settings:

Style: Pillow Emboss

Technique: Smooth

Depth: 1000%

Direction: Down

Size: 27px

Soften: 0px

Angle: 120 degrees

Use Global Light: checked

Altitude: 30 degrees

Gloss Contour: Cove-Shallow

Anti-aliased: not checked

Highlight Mode: Multiply

Color for Highlight: #fecf42

Opacity: 100%

Shadow Mode: Normal

Color of Shadow: #987338

Opacity: 100%.

  

STEP 9

Tick Contour Layer Style which is below Bevel and Emboss in the dialog box then select Sawtooth 1 Contour from the Contour Picker and increase the Range to 100%.

Now you can press OK button to apply the Blending Options and to close Layer Style dialog box. We finished our work on the duplicated Text layer. 

STEP 10

Select your original Text layer, right click on it and choose Blending Options. The first Layer Style we have to apply is Drop Shadow. Change its Distance to 2px, Spread to 45% and Size to 20px.

Keep Layer Style box opened as we have to add six Blending Options in the next steps.

  

STEP 11

The second Layer Style we have to add to our Text layer is Outer Glow. Change its Blend Mode to Normal and increase Opacity to 100%, then click on the Gradient rectangle to edit it and select Yellow, Violet Gradient from the Picker. Set the Technique to Precise and change the Size to 3px. 

STEP 12

Now we should apply Gradient Overlay Layer Style. Select Copper Gradient from the Gradient Picker and set its Angle to 90 degrees.

  

STEP 13

It is time to increase the yellow shades of the Text. Tick Color Overlay Layer Style, change its Blend Mode to Overlay and Set Color of Overlay to #ffd427. 

STEP 14

The fifth Layer Style we have to add to the Text layer is Inner Glow. Change its Blend Mode to Normal, heighten the value of Opacity to 100%, Set the Color of Glow to #1b4bff, then increase the Size to 60px.

  

STEP 15

Now we should apply Inner Shadow Layer Style to darken the borders of our Text. Change Distance to 2px, Choke to 20% and Size to 18px.

  

STEP 16

The last Layer Style we are going to add to the Text layer will create 3D Effect. So check Bevel and Emboss then change its Depth to 130% and Size to 9px, Set the Color for Highlight to #f4ff4a and reduce Color of Shadow Opacity to only 20%.

Now you can press OK button to apply the Blending Options and to close Layer Style dialog box.

  

Add Second Tree Bark Texture and Blend it with the Text

  

STEP 17

Download this Tree Bark Texture 2 as you did with the previous Texture in Step 2.

 STEP 18

Create a New Layer on top of Text Effect group, name it Tree Bark Texture 2 and Paste there the Texture you downloaded in the previous step (See Step 3).

Apply Edit, Free Transform to resize the Texture so that it covers the Text. Press Enter when you are ready with the Transformation of the image.

  

STEP 19

While Tree Bark Texture 2 layer is selected, hold down Ctrl and click on Text layer's thumbnail to Load Selection on the Text. You should get this result on your canvas:

  

STEP 20

Now go to Select, Inverse to invert the Selection you loaded in the previous step.

  

STEP 21

This is how your inverted Selection will look:

  

STEP 22

Press Delete key to get rid of the selected parts of the Texture, then press Ctrl+D to remove the Selection.

  

STEP 23

Change Blend Mode of Tree bark Texture 2 layer to Overlay.

  

STEP 24

Double click on Tree Bark Texture 2 layer's thumbnail to call Layer Style box and check Bevel and Emboss. Increase its Depth to 1000% and Size to 13px, then change Color for Highlight to #ff790d and lower Color of Shadow Opacity to 30%.

  

STEP 25

Our colorful Old Style Text Effect is ready and you should have the following group and layers in your Layers panel:

1.    One separate Tree Bark Texture 1 layer which is your Background and

2.    Text Effect group which includes two Text layers- Text copy and Text layer as well as Tree Bark Texture 2 layer on top of the group.

  

STEP 26

This is the final result.

Hope you find this short tutorial awesome and easy to follow. Thank you for reading it. God bless! :)

Cool Floral Patterns for Your Graphic Design Works

All Floral Patterns you see below are my own photos and unrestricted stock. I hope you like them and find them useful. If you decide to download some of them, simply click on the respective photo, then right click and select Save Image As to place it in your folder.
All photos shown below are taken in Ireland. :)

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