[align=center][b]Tut:Golden Text Effect __________________________________________________[/b] [i]Hi guys I"m just newbie here i have a tutorial for you!:Golden text[/i] [quote]Credits: [url]http://www.tutorialkit.com/[/url] Me & My computer Tinypic[/quote] Requirments: [quote]Adobe Phototshop Common Sense Lots and LOts And lots for patience[/quote] Lets start! [b]__________________________________________________[/b] Create a new file. Fill the background with medium gray. Type "Gold" with Times New Roman 100 point font. [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext1.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext1.jpg[/url] Apply Gradient overlay as shown:- [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext2.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext2.jpg[/url] Image after applying above layer style. [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext3.jpg[/img] Press control+j to duplicate the layer. Hide the original layer by clicking on the eye icon in its name in layer pallate. Click on the duplicate layer to activate it. Control+click on its layer name in layer pallate to select it. Go to select>modify>contract and contract the selection to 2 pixels. [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext4.jpg[/img] Image after contracting the selection :- [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext5.jpg[/img] Press shift+control+i to invert the selection. Press alt+control+shift and click on the text layer name in layer pallate to select it. Your selection will be like this :- [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext6.jpg[/img] Create another layer. Fill the selection with color values shown in figure by gradient tool. [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext7.jpg[/img] Apply these layer styles in it:- [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext8.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext9.jpg[/img] Image after applying above layer styles :- [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext10.jpg[/img] Now, unhide the original type layer. Move it to 4 pixel right side :- [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext11.jpg[/img] Add these layer styles in it. [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext12.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext13.jpg[/img] Image after applying above layer styles :- [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext14.jpg[/img] Create another layer. Set the foreground color to white. Select this brush size. [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext15.jpg[/img] Draw some stars over the gold text. Our nice looking gold text effect is completed. Here"S my outcome: [img]http://www.yourphotoshopguide.com/tutorials/gold-text/goldtext16.jpg[/img] Enjoy understanding my tutorial! Hope you understant ha![/align]

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