CS4 and above have a professional 3D tools, you can make some simple three-dimensional words, we can use this tool to model, and then to render the high light and dark, to make more delicate font effect.
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1, 3D Word modeling, you can use PS with 3D tool modeling, you can also use other software, modeling after simple to separate the various facets of the text. Click here to download a good layer of text source files.
2, open the downloaded PSD file, select the Gradient tool, color settings, such as Figure 2, from the center to the corner pull out the radial gradient shown in Figure 3 as the background.
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3, first to make the left side of the surface, the effect needs to be completed as shown below.
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4, select "Group 1", create a new layer filled with dark purple: #A202BA, as an undertone.
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5, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the middle dark selection, feather 5 pixels after the darker purple: #A202BA, blending mode to "multiply", the opacity to: 60%, the following figure.
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