Glass Text Effect

Create some nice looking translucent glass type that will work great on any background.

Step 1: Open an image in photoshop. We'll use a great wet metal texture from Mayang.

Step 2: Then adjust the levels, so go to Images> Adjustment> Levels and apply these settings:

Step 3: Using the Type Tool and type out the text you want.
I use font name 'Cancun', size 120 pt.

Step 4: In layer palette Fill Opacity to '0'.

Step 7: Time to add the layer styles. Go to Layer> Layer Style> Blending Options and apply these settings:













That's it for your glass type text!

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Chrome Text Effect

In this photoshop tutorial you will learn how to create a nice looking chrome text effect.

1. First of all make a new 300x300 images on white background. Then using Type Tool create your type and use black color for your text. I used a Book Atiqua font at 72 pt and set the font style bold.
   
   
   
   
2. In step 2 go to Layer => Layer Style => Stroke or just double click on your type layer on the layer palette. Once the Layer Style box has opened then use the following values for stroke.
   
   
   
   
3. In step 3 go to the Gradient Overlay box and use the following settings. You will need to get the gradient to look like the one I used.
   
   
   
   To modify the gradient double click on it and add and change the slider to resemble this.
   
   
   
   
4. Next drop down to the Bevel and Emboss settings and set the following values.
   
   
   
   
5. Step 5 move down to your Inner Glow box and use the following values.
   
   
   
   
6. Step 6 move down to your Inner Shadow box and use the following values.
   
   
   
   
7. Now, finally move down to the Drop Shadow box and use the following values.
   
   
   
   

Final Result:




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Aqua Plastic Text

This tutorial will guide you through the steps of creating Aqua Plastic Text in Photoshop.

Step 1: Let's start.

Step 2: Press 'D' on your keyboard to reset your foreground and background color to the default.
Then press Alt+Backspace for Black Background.

Step 3: Using the Type Tool and type out the text you want.
I use font name 'Cancun', color white, size 75 pt.

Step 4: Go to Layer> Layer Style> Blending Options and set the values:









Here's is the Final Result!

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Fire Text Effect

In this photoshop tutorial we are going to create a Fire Text Effect.

Step 1: Let's start.

Step 2: Fill the background with black. Select the type tool and create a white text.

Step 3: Go to Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur and apply these following setting:

Step 4: Now create the flames, select the smudge tool and choose 17px soft brush. For strength, select about 80%. Check the "Sample All Layers" checkbox.
Open the Brush pannel and use these following setting:



Now create a new layer, then smudge the top of the letters and other areas to create a flame effect.

Step 5: Click on the Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of the layers pallete and select Color Balance.



Set the Midtones, Shadows and Highlights Settings:

Midtones Setting:



Shadows Setting:



Highlights Setting:

Step 6: Now, create a new text layer on top of that fire layer using exact same font and size as you did in the first step, but this time, use black for the color. Place this text layer on top of the fire.

Step 7: In the final setup set the new text layer's blending mode to 'Overlay'.

Here's is the Final Result!:

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Gloss Text Effect

This photoshop tutorial will show you how to create Gloss Text.

Step 1: Let's start.

Step 2: Using Horizontal Type Tool and type your text.
I use font 'Cancun', size 120 pt, font color #2d40fd.

Step 3: Go to Layer> Layer Style> Blending Options and change the following setting:

Step 4: Create a new layer. Select Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a selection.

Step 7: Using the paint bucket tool, fill the selection area with white.

Step 8: Set the layer blending mode to 'Soft Light' and Opacity to '85%'.

Here's is the Final Result!:

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Basic Tools

Here is detailed explanation about the following basic tools.

• Brush Tool
• Color Picker.
• Layers
• Clone Stamp Tool
• Marquee Tools
• Lasso Tool
• Lasso Tool using Quick Mask
• Crop Tool

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts.

• Marquee Tools:
  Pressing Shift-M toggles back and forth between the rectangular marquee and circular (Elliptical) marquee tools.
  
  
• Pen Tools:
  To cycle through the standard pen, freeform pen, and magnetic pen tools: press Shift-P.
  
  
• Add Anchor:
  To select the Add Anchor Point tool press "+".
  
  
• Subtract Anchor:
  To select the Subtract Anchor Point tool press "-".
  
  
• Ruler Tool:
  Press U to get the Measure tool. (Tip here: when you use the new Ruler tool, the Info box automatically appears, but here's the cool part. If you measure something that's crooked, the measurement automatically appears in the Rotate Canvas box for you and the proper rotation [clockwise or counter clockwise] is already selected for you. Pretty slick).
  
  
• Eraser Toggle:
  To toggle between the regular Eraser tool and the Background Eraser, and Magic Eraser, press Shift-E.
  
  
• Auto Contrast:
  To run Auto Contrast, press Shift-Command- Option-L (PC: Shift- Control-Alt-L).
  
  
• Save for Web:
  To Save for Web, press Shift-Command-Option-S (PC: Shift-Control-Alt-S).
  
  
• Toggle Between History and Art History Brush:
  Press Shift-Y to toggle between the History brush and the Art History brush.
  
  
• Extract Dialog Box:
  To bring up the Extract dialog box, press Command-Option-X (PC: Control-Alt-X).
  
  
• Extract Edge Highlighter:
  Within the Extract dialog box, switch to the Extract Edge Highlighter tool by pressing the letter b.
  
  
• Extract Fill Tool:
  Within the Extract dialog box, switch to the Fill tool by pressing the letter k.
  
  
• Extract Edge Highlighter's Brush Size:
  Within the Extract dialog box, change the Edge Highlighter's brush size by holding the right Bracket key to make it larger and the left Bracket to make it smaller.
  
  
• Direct Select Pen:
  To get the Direct Select Pen (the hollow arrow) press "A" (note: you can also hold the Command key [PC: Control-key]) to get this tool anytime you have another Pen tool selected.
  
  
• Convert Point Shortcut:
  Hold the Option key (PC: Alt key) to get the Convert Point tool when any other Pen is selected.
  
  
• Healing Brush:
  Press J to get the Healing Brush.

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Photoshop Layers.

Layers is the most important feature of Photoshop. Every one should know about their working and suppose. Here we will explain Layers in detail.

• Trash linked layers:
  Command-clicking (PC: Control-clicking) on the Trash icon at the bottom of the Layers palette will delete all the layers that are linked to the active one.
  
• Opacity Shortcut:
  You can use a keyboard shortcut to set the opacity for any active layer. To set the opacity down to 40% just press the number 4 on your keyboard. For 80%, press 8, 100% press 0, etc. You can also dial in an exact percentage of opacity (if you can type fast). Just type in both numbers (die: 83 for 83%.)
  
• Hiding Multiple Layers Shortcut:
  There's a shortcut for displaying or hiding multiple layers. Just hold the Option key (Alt key on a PC) and click once on the eyeball icon next to layer you want to remain visible. All other layers will instantly be hidden. To view all the hidden layers again, repeat the same steps: Hold the Option (Alt) key and click the eyeball again.
  
• Blend Modes Shortcuts:
  You can now select Blend modes for layers with keyboard commands. For example press Shift-Option (PC:Shift-Alt) and the first letter of the blend mode you desire. (For example, to switch the blend mode to Multiply, press Shift-Option-M, or to switch to Color mode press Shift-Option-C.) You can also cycle through the different modes by choosing any selection tool then pressing Shift-+ (plus) or Shift-- (minus).
  
• Hiding and Displaying Layers Shortcut:
  Another shortcut to quickly hiding or displaying layers, is the fact that you can click-anddrag your cursor up and down the column of eyeballs, and as you drag, each active layer is hidden.
  
• Shortcut for Moving Multiple Layers to Another Document:
  If you have a document open with multiple layers, and you want to move a number of layers to another document, there's a shortcut that will save you from clicking and dragging each individual layer over one by one. In the layers palette, click on any layer that you want to move, then click in the second column (between the eyeball and the layer's name) for every other layer you want to move. This temporarily links them together. When you have them all linked, just click-and-drag the whole lot to your new document.
  
• Move Layers Between Documents:
  Another way to move layers between documents is to use the Apply Image feature, found under the Image menu. It enables you to choose any layer, from a pop-up list, and move that layer to a new document (also chosen from a pop-up list.) You can also move the entire image as a flattened file, even if you haven't flatted the file yet.
  
• Preserve Transparency Shortcut:
  There is a keyboard shortcut for turning off and on Preserve Transparency. It's the forward slash key (/) on your keyboard.
  
• Putting a Selection Around Everything On A Layer:
  There is a shortcut for selecting all the elements on the active layer. Just Command-click (Control-click on a PC) on the Layer's name in the Layers palette. For example, if you have text on a layer, to instantly select all the text, Command-click the layer's name.
  
• Merging Active Layers Shortcut:
  There is a keyboard shortcut for merging the active layer with the one below it. This is extremely handy when you've created a drop shadow for text, or an object, and you want to make the shadow and object one layer. Just press Command-E (Control-E on a PC) to Merge Down. Big time saver!
  
• Select One Letter of Text:
  If you have text on a layer, but only want to select one letter of text, you have to Render your Type layer, then you can drag a Lasso selection around the letter. Then hold the Command key (Control key on a PC) and press the up arrow key and the down arrow key. This makes the letter a Floating Selection and now you can move the letter any way you'd like (we usually use the Arrow keys on the keyboard to move the selection). When you're done editing this floating selection, press Command-D (Control-D on a PC) to drop the floating selection back down to the layer where you started.
  
• Delete an Active Layer:
  There is another way to delete an active layer besides dragging it into the trash. While the layer is active, you can just click-once on the trash can and a dialog box will appear asking you if you want to delete the active layer. Click yes to trash it, no if you made a mistake. To bypass that annoying dialog box, you can Option-click (Alt-click on a PC) the trash can. And yes, if you trash a layer by accident, you can immediately choose Undo Delete Layer from the top of the Edit menu. (Command-Z on a Mac, Control-Z on a PC.)
  
• Covert your Background Layer to a Layer:
  To convert your Background Layer to a layer, just double-click on the Background Layer in the Layers palette, and a dialog will appear with the default layer name "Layer 0". However, any white areas of this new layer will remain solid white, and not transparent like a regular layer. Here's a work around for that. If you want the background to be it's own layer, but you want to be able to make the white areas transparent, just make a copy of the background layer. It will be named Background Copy. Then make the original background layer active, select all (Command-A, or Control-A on a PC) and hit delete to erase the original background. Now you background layer is blank (white) and your old background is on its own layer. Now, go back to your Background Copy layer, and use the magic wand tool to select any white area. Then go under the Select menu and choose Similar (this will select all white areas in your image) and then hit Delete to make those areas transparent.
  
• Create a New Adjustment Layer Shortcut:
  If you hold the Command key (Control key on a PC) when you click the New Layer icon, you get the dialog box to create a new Adjustment Layer.
  
• Copy Layer Effect to New Layer:
  You can copy any layer effect (or set of effects) to a new layer in Photoshop just by dragging the effect label in the Layers palette onto the desired layer thumbnail.
  
• Repositioning the Background layer:
  The Background layer is locked by default and cannot be moved. Not only that, you can't unlock it (the lock icon at the top of the Layers palette is grayed out). But you are not out of luck-to move the Background layer, in the Layers palette, double-click on the Background layer and the New Layer dialog box will appear. It will rename your Background layer as Layer 0 and now it will be unlocked and movable.
  
• Applying Styles:
  Want to apply a style to a layer using the Styles palette? Just click, drag, and drop that style on your object. The advantage of this "dragging and dropping?" You can drag and drop your style on any object on any layer, not just the current layer.
  
• One-click color-coding:
  Want to color-code one of your layers (for easy visual identification) in a snap? Go to the Layers palette, hold the Control key (PC: Right-click), and click on the Eye icon next to the layer you want to color-code. A pop-up menu will appear and you can choose the color you want from this pop-up list.
  
• Don't have a Background Layer? Make One!:
  If you are working on a document that does not have a Background Layer and you want to add one, simply create a new blank layer, then go under the Layer menu, under New, and choose Background from Layer.
  
• Shortcut: Duplicate Your layer:
  To duplicate your current layer, press Command-J (PC: Control-J).
  
• Float Selection into a Layer::
  To "float" any selection and instantly make it its own layer, just press Command-J (Control-J on a PC).
  
• Layers palette shortcuts:
  Here are a few quick ways to move layers around in the Layers palette:
  
  
  1. To move the top layer down “behind” the layer below-Send Backward: Command-[ (PC: Control-[).
     
  2. To move the second from the top layer to the top of the layer stack-Bring Forward: Command–] (PC: Control-]).
     
  3. To move the top layer to the bottom of the stack (above the Background layer)-Send to Back: Shift-Command–[ (PC: Shift-Control-[).
     
  4. To move the layer above the Background layer to the top of the stack, Bring to Front: Shift-Command-] (PC: Shift-Control-]).
     
  5. To make the higher layer active: Option-] (PC: Alt-]).
     
  6. To make the lower layer active: Option-[ (PC: Alt-[).
     
  7. To make the top layer active: Shift-Option-] (PC: Shift-Alt-]).
     
  8. To make the Background or lowest layer active: Shift-Option-[ (PC: Shift-Alt-[).

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Photoshop Tips and Tricks

The Following tutorial will tell you some basic tips and tricks about Phostoshop that you should know at beginners level.

• From a photo to a Painting
• Smoothing Skin Perfectly
• Creating a Sketch from a Photo
• Creating Snow or Rain
• Changing Product Colors in a Snap
• Deleting a plain white Background
  

More Detail on basic Tools

• Rotate and Crop at the Same Time:
  When you are using the Crop tool, you can rotate while you crop by just moving your cursor outside the bounding box that appears around your image when you choose the crop tool. You will see that your cursor temporarily changes into a double-headed arrow, which enables you to freely rotate your object. When it's rotated just the way you like it, you have two choices: Double-click inside the bounding box, or just press Return to make the rotation permanent.
  
• How to Cancel a Crop:
  If you are using the Crop tool and decide you don't want to crop the image after all, just click once on the Crop tool icon in the tool palette. A dialog box will appear giving you the option to "Crop" or "Don't Crop.
  
• Free Transform Tips:
  To bring up Free Transform, press Command-T (PC: Control-T). Here is how the Free Transform tool works:
  
  
  • To Scale (resize) an object visually, just grab one of the corner and drag in or out. Hold down the Shift key as you drag to keep your image proportional.
    
  • To Rotate an object, just move your cursor outside the bounding box and the cursor changes to a two-headed arrow which enables you to free rotate.
    
  • To Distort an object, hold the Command key (Control key on a PC) and grab any corner and drag.
    
  • To Skew an object, hold both the Option-Command keys (Alt-Control on a PC) and drag a corner left or right to Skew.
    
  • For change the Perspective of an object, hold Shift-Option-Command (Shift-Alt-Control for a PC) and drag a corner up or down, left or right.
  If all these commands seem too confusing (and frankly it is a bit hard to keep them all straight) you can always just hold the Control key and click anywhere (or on PC, just rightclick) and a pop-up list of transformations will appear, and you can choose the one your looking for. When you do, the bounding box doesn't change, but the cursor changes to the right one for the transformation you selected. You can now just click and drag away!
  
• Editing Gradients:
  To bring up the Gradient Editor, get the Gradient Tool, then click on the current Gradient up in the Options Bar. To create your own custom gradient, click below the color bar to add another color to the gradient. To assign either the foreground or background color to this new color, click the "F" marker for foreground, or the "B" marker for background. To choose a different color altogether, just click on the rectangular swatch next to the F and B markers and the Color picker will appear, enabling you to choose any color you'd like. To delete a color, click and drag down to the bottom of the palette; it will disappear. To drag out an existing copy of a color already in the gradient, just Option-drag it (Alt-drag on a PC.)
  
• Get the Zoom Temporarily:
  To temporarily switch any tool you are working with to the Magnifying Glass tool, just hold the Command-Spacebar (Control-Spacebar on a PC).
  
• Tip for working while zoomed in close:
  To temporarily switch any tool you are working with to the Grabber Hand, just hold the spacebar. Perfect for navigating while zoomed in close, because the Scroll Bars move too far, and are too unpredictable when zoomed in.
  
• Get the Eyedropper Any Time You are Painting:
  If you have any paint tool (Brush, Airbrush, Pencil, Eraser, etc.) you can temporarily switch to the Eyedropper tool (used for sampling any existing color from a image) you can just hold the Option key (Alt-key on a PC).
  
• Toggle Through The Tool Palette:
  To instantly switch to the Rectangular Marquee tool just press "M". To get the Elliptical (circular) Marquee tool, just press Shift-M.
  To get the Crop tool (you have missed this tool have not you?) just press "C".
  
  To toggle through the Pen tools press Shift-P to toggle between the Pen tool, the Magnetic Pen tool, and the Freeform Pen Tool. To get the Add Anchor Point Pen press the "+" (plus) key. To get the Delete Anchor Point Pen press the "-" (minus) key. Press the letter "A" to get the Direct Selection tool, and unfortunately there is no keyboard shortcut to get the Convert Point tool.
  
  The rest are pretty obvious (E for Eraser, B for Brush, T for Type, etc.) with the exception of:
  
  
• "I" for eyedropper
• "K" for Paint Bucket (You don't really use this tool, do you?)
• "N" for the Line tool
• "O" for the Burn tool
• "R" for Blur tool (Should have been R for Rubber Stamp)
• "U" for Smudge tool
• "Y" for Pencil tool

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Deleting a plain white Background

Lots of stock photographs come as a subject shot against a plain white background. Clip art also generally comes on a plain white background. Most of these images have clipping paths or alpha channels that you can use to extract the subject from the background to add it to another image. And when there is no path or channel? Open both images in Photoshop and drag the stock photo’s Background layer from the Layers palette to the window of the destination image. Make sure that the upper layer is active in the Layers palette and then open the Blending Options panel of the Layer Style dialog box. In the Blend If area at the bottom, drag the upper-right slider handle to the left until the upper layer’s white background is completely gone.

Use the Blend If sliders to hide a white background.

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• From a photo to a Painting
• Smoothing Skin Perfectly
• Creating a Sketch from a Photo
• Creating Snow or Rain
• Changing Product Colors in a Snap
• Deleting a plain white Background