Use layer style to make a strong word effect

1. The strong layer style is far more than our understanding of it, but the inside of the projection does not count, the projection is too retarded. Close to me with a common wood material to make this metal wrapped this wood word effect, feel good, especially the production of wood color I like very much. First look at the effect of the picture:

I also provided a piece of wood for the back.

2. The parameter equation of the layer style is simple, if you can follow the tutorial step-by-step, your work will be exactly the same as mine. Too new beginners can also try if you can find how the Layer style feature opens. Here's the final effect: now formally start this tutorial, first we open a new document with a 1500x500 pixel, 96 resolution, and a white background.

3. First make a very simple background, open the Gradient Fill tool, select a linear gradient, then set the color: Left color code input E6E6E6, the right input 505050. Then fill the gradient along the lower-left corner to the upper-right corner. I drew an extra red line to remind everyone.

4. Input text, I used "Anyway Super bold black", size of 350 pixels. If your computer does not have this font can also be replaced by other, as long as the strong point of the line, and my font is not too big, otherwise I adjust the layer style some parameters when the pattern to show the difference will make you very tangled. After the input is moved under the position, center around, slightly up to a point, the following empty out of the part I intend to make a reflection, I like the reflection ~

5. Execute "FILE-place", select the plank material that you download, hold down SHIFT key to flip 90 degrees accurately while pulling large whole plank. It is better to cover half of the screen when the plank is erected.

6. Use a rectangular marquee tool to circle the lower half of the plank, press Ctrl+j to copy the new layer. Move the cropped piece of wood to the right and continue pulling down the original plank. My aim is to make the planks in these letters different.

7. Combine the two floors of wood. Move the merged plank layer below the text, and now your board can cover all the text, let's move on to the next step.

8. Hidden text layer, on the plank layer Ctrl + mouse left click on the text layer to get the marquee, press ctrl+j Copy, and then the plank layer also hidden away. Now what you see is a simple, wood-textured text. For the rest of the tutorial to make it clear which layer to choose, I suggest that you change the name of the plank layer to "outer frame".

9. In the "frame" layer Ctrl + plus the left mouse button to quickly obtain the selection box, the implementation of the "selection-modification-contraction", in the amount of input 15 pixels, press ctrl+j copy a layer, copy out of this layer name changed to "Plank a".

10, click on the "frame" layer, press CTRL + the left mouse button click "Plank a" layer to get the selection box and then press the DELETE key. This hollow plank of text I am prepared to produce a metal-like frame outside. That's why I named this layer "the outer frame".

11. Double-click the "Plank a" layer to open the layer style, select bevel and Emboss, and enter a numeric value according to the parameters on the diagram.

12. This is the "inner Shadow" value.

13. The value of "inner glow".

14. The last is "gloss".

15. Now we get a very strong sense of the wood to do the text.

16. Double-click the outer frame layer to open the layer style. Select Bevel and Emboss to enter a numeric value by the parameters on the diagram.

17. Curve adjustment of "contour line".

18. "Texture" in the pattern is a PS from a similar noise-like pattern. I am very lazy and I am even too lazy to take the time to download what brushes, filters and so on.

19. "Stroke".

20. Press CTRL + The left mouse button click the "Outer frame" and "Plank a" layer selected two layers, continue to press CTRL+J copy. Merge the two layers that are copied. Perform edit-free transform and right-click to select Flip Vertically. Move to the bottom, which is the shadow of the material.

21. Adjust the transparency of this reflection layer to 28. Execute Layer-layer mask-show all, I'm going to let the reflection not show all, 2 just want to let the reflection only show near the top part of the show, the following gradually disappear. Now that the mask works, the best thing to do is to use a black and white gradient, choose a gradient fill, and pull it from the bottom up with a black-and-white gradient, like the beginning. I also made a reference line.

22. The final step, I also need a shadow. I began to say that the last thing I liked was the shadow in the layer style because it didn't meet my requirements. This is why the shadow I'm going to do below. Press CTRL + The left mouse button click on the text layer to get the marquee, you should not unfamiliar to this layer, it has been in a hidden state, monochrome does not prevent us from getting a marquee. After you get the marquee, create a new layer of black on top of the reflection layer. I hide the "frame" and "plank a" after you will see it ~ ".

23. Use this freshly filled black text to adjust with a free transform, at least it looks like they are on a flat desktop.

24. After the adjustment, the shadow layer is copied to a layer, respectively, to give them Gaussian blur 13 and 5. Why do I have to blur them to a high point, a low one? This is a good question, when a shadow gets closer to the projecting object, the shadow becomes clearer and the opposite is blurred. Now you should understand why I want to replicate two shadows, and the Gaussian blur is not the same value. Then how to achieve this effect? Very simple, with a mask! This is my favorite tool in Photoshop. And not one ~

25. Click on the layer of Blur 13. Perform Layer-add mask = Show all add a mask. The label below the layer bar is quicker. With a large enough brush, the hardness of 0 in the mask under the horizontal glance. Also click on a layer with a blur of 5, add a mask, and sketch it horizontally with the brush. Why not use a gradient instead of a brush? Personally think this place brushes better grasp.

The above is my completed effect chart, it is estimated that the top floor of the effect diagram is a bit different, because I was to do the edge of the plot, to the end more or less strange, this is also reasonable, I hope we can understand.

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