Using channels and filters to make lifelike titanium gold

The font effects of this tutorial are embossed but do not need to be done with layer styles. Instead, they are built with light filters and curves. Make the black and white effect first, then the color can be later.

Final effect

　　

1, a new file, attention must be RGB mode.

　　

2, the foreground hue is gray: r100,g100,b100.

　　

3, playing the words of love.

4, the deletion of the text.

5, hold down the CTRL build point text layer, select-Save the selection. Here I name "Gold".

6, point Channel, select the selection just stored "gold".

　　

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