Using PS Filter and action to make dark-tone metal texture stereo word

The three-dimensional text of the tutorial is unique, metal surface texture is the use of filters and style to make, the operation is relatively simple, with lens halo to make texture, and then use a simple layer style to strengthen the texture. The three-dimensional part of the author used the action, the effect is more realistic.

The final effect of the Photoshop tutorial

1, a new document in Photoshop, size set to 900*600, resolution set to 300. Fill the background with a darker color (with #332222, readers can try their favorite hue). White as the foreground color, input text "AWESOME", the reader can according to the size of the canvas, style preferences, choose their favorite font, size and style.

2, first to create a surface of metal reflection: New Layer (ctrl+shift+alt+n), named "Metal", and fill 90% of gray. Use Photoshop's own lens flare filter, in menus: filter > Render > Lens light. The settings for this filter are simple, you can explore it yourself, or refer to the settings of the following diagram. Hold down the ALT key, put the mouse between the metal layer and the text layer, there will be the following image of the cursor, click, the text will be used as a metal layer of the mask, so simple metal surface texture came out.

3, Phtoshop mixed layer mode is a very powerful tool that can add shading and highlight effects for metal characters, select the type layer, and double-click into the mixed layer mode.

Shadow: Selects the projection, sets the blending mode to multiply, which makes the shadow darker. Transparency can be grasped by yourself, this article is set to 75%. The direction is set to 90, which can simulate the effect of the ceiling light irradiation. Distance and size can be adjusted to their own needs, distance control the displacement of the shadow, the size of the soft shadow control.

Highlights: Bevel relief effect, style set as the default inner bevel, depth control stereo, here set to 100%. The distance and the size of the function of the same shaded section, here set to 0, so you can get a sharp chamfer effect. Direction and Shadow, also set to 90. Need to explain the height, adjust the height of the value can increase or weaken the metal word stereo effect, here set to 65, enhance the effect, so that the highlights of the chamfering section brighter.

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• PS Text Tutorial