Using PS light and shadow to enhance 3D stereo character 3D effect

Text effects are an important application in Photoshop, each master has a lot of talk about creating the characteristics of the text of the tutorial, many of them are mainly three-dimensional, to be in the plane of the image to show the three-dimensional effect, is not a difficult thing, it is important that the user himself to the icing on the understanding, This tutorial is designed to help you build a basic sense of three-dimensional, to learn other 3D effects to lay the foundation. Tutorials are relatively simple, but the extended application is very broad, suitable for the PS novice extrapolate.

Tutorial Light Source

Before we start the tutorial, let's take a look at how a light source affects an object. As shown in the picture, there is a cube in the middle of the screen with a bright light source on the upper left. When light hits the cube, it creates a shadow on the other side. This shadow and the Shadow in Photoshop (the layer style) have a distinct effect that looks like it can leaps the object. If we want to make an object have three-dimensional sense, do not need to look at the boring textbooks, the light and shadow here is the answer.

Light effect explanation

One, our tutorial begins with a subtle linear gradient, from dark gray to grayish black. Notice that the top left is brighter than the lower right? Because the author wants to place the light in the upper-left corner.

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Two, now we start to put the text, the author is accustomed to using a type called "Agency FB" font, they look compact and tough, set the foreground color is gray-blue #c2c8d4.

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• PS Text Tutorial