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PSDTUTS New Contest! Design an AudioJungle Wallpaper!

in News, Text Effects by Sean Hodge

Great job to everybody who participated in last month’s contest. This month we are raising it up a notch. Collis has kicked in some great prizes from FlashDen and the new AudioJungle. We have more sponsors this month as well. This contest will be about creating an awesome wallpaper for the new AudioJungle site. This is going to be a lot of fun!

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Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

in Text Effects by Kyle Pero

In this tutorial, we will create this effect using very basic Photoshop tools and layering effects. This tutorial is simple enough for a beginner to understand, but I should warn you that in this tutorial there ends up being over 60 active text layers, which will require a heavy use of your computer’s memory. Let’s jump into this tutorial and layer some glowing text.

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Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop

in Text Effects by Collis

Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop, but in this tutorial I’ll show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. We’ll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image.

This is the second of our five-part series on Photoshop Typography. If you missed last week’s, go visit Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect.

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6 Quick’n'Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch

in Text Effects by Collis

Photoshop is great for embellishing display text with little effects. When you add layer styles into the equation, you have the added benefit of the styles being easily transferable. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make six different effects using just layer styles. So really this is like six tutorials in one!

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Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

in Text Effects by Collis

Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we’ll create a rather cool-looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the Pen Tool and a bit of patience.

This is the first of a five-part set of tutorials where we’ll use Photoshop to make text out of all sorts of things. So let’s get ready to Photoshop!

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Design Soft Stylized 3D Type

in Text Effects by Arik

The use of 3D type is an increasing trend in design today. Creating such type usually requires advanced 3D software. Yet, not all of us own such software, nor know how to use it. In this tutorial, I will teach you the basics of creating polished 3D type using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get to work.

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How to Put Smokin’ Bullet Holes and a Wanted Sign into a Piece of Wood

in Effects, Text Effects by Collis

Ok, so this tutorial is like three tutorials rolled into one. We’re going to make an awesome wood emboss effect, put bullet holes into the wood, and finally smoke ‘em up to a gnarly Wyatt-Earp-just-walked-past look. Continue Reading

How To Create A Gold Text Effect In Photoshop

in Text Effects by Fabio

One of the best features of Photoshop is the Layer Styles. We can create all sorts of effects – plastic, glass, water, ice, metal, and many more. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a gold text effect. I will use only Layer Styles, and once our new style is created, we will be able to save the style and apply it wherever we want.

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Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text

in Text Effects by Fabio

Take typography one step further by having text falling from the sky in a burning inferno. Yes, this is the text-on-fire tutorial to end all tutorials. It uses a little Illustrator for the text and a lot of Photoshop to burn up the screen!
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A Slick Supernatural Text Effect

in Text Effects by Collis

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a smoky night effect on text to give it an eerie supernatural sort of feel. It’s a good exercise in using the Wave distortion filter… Continue Reading