Metallic text effect in Photoshop

Ravi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:22:06 +0000

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how to create metallic text in Photoshop. I will just use blending options to add metallic text effect.

Below is a preview of the final image of the tutorial:

Step 1:
Create a new document in Adobe Photoshop (File New).

Step 2:
Create a new layer (Layer >> New >> Layer)
Select “paint bucket tool“.

And fill the layer with color #803f0f

Step 3:
Right click the layer and select “Blending options” as shown in below image.

Apply following layer styles.

Step 4:
Create a new layer (Layer >> New >> Later). Select “text tool”.

Type some text with following text style.
Font size: 48pt
Font Family: Forte
Font Color: #ffffff

You can download Forte font from here.

Here I have typed psyag.com

Step 5:
Right click text layer and select “Blending options”.

Apply following layer styles.

After applying these layer styles, the text will have metallic effect. See below the final image.

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Metallic text effect in Photoshop