A smooth line of text that Photoshop draws a simple stereo effect

This tutorial seems to be a lot of the process, not so complicated. The purpose of the author's use of AI is to make a smoother font and a simple stereo effect. If PS skilled, all can be completed in PS.
The general process: first set up the desired text or graphics, and then slowly three-dimensional, by the light need to set a high light and dark tone, to make crystal texture. Finally render good color and add reflection and so on.
Final effect

1, open illustrator new RGB document, 1000px * 800px,72dpi, write some text, slightly larger font. I use Marketing script font, font size 234pt.

2, select text, Object > extension, click "OK" button. Now that our text is no longer editable text, it has become a path that needs to be edited using the direct selection tool.

3, now, our letters are grouped together, we want to make them into one path. It can be done with the "union" under the Pathfinder. If you do not open the Pathfinder Panel, window > Pathfinder, open the Panel, select the Path, and click "Set".

4, the text color also changed to light gray. Start by using the Pen tool (P) to tick a graph curve at the end of the letter S.

5, according to the thickness of the letter to adjust the thickness of the curve, I am here 12pt.

6. In the Layers panel, drag the path layer to the new Layer button to copy the layer. Click on the new copy out of the front of the small eyes, hidden layer. This makes it easier for us to add shadows in Photoshop later. Select the two nodes in the lower right corner with the direct selection tool (A), press the DELETE key to remove the node, and name the layer "Swirl 1."

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