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3D Text Tutorial

Now we can add a small highlight to the text. Duplicate the top layer and delete the layer style.

3D Text

Select this new layer and fill it with white (hold down Ctrl while selecting the layer).

3D Text

With the Rectangular Marquee Tool selected, nudge this selection down and left by 2 pixels.

3D Text

Making sure your highlighted layer is selected, hit Delete.

3D Text

3D Text

Set the Blending Mode of the highlighted layer to Overlay. And there you have it! Faux 3D text.

3D Text

Here are more examples of different perspectives and styles using the same technique. When you’re duplicating layers for depth, you would hold down Ctrl+Alt as usual, but you may have to select a different directional arrow.

3D Text

3D Text

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This entry was written by Minty Ferret on Saturday, September 15th, 2007 at 12:55 am and is filed under Photoshop Tutorials. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “3D Text Tutorial”

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  2. thanks its was of gr8 help

    ke3p up the Go()d work

  3. Great !!! saving time doing this. ow, btw..i set the overlay but the upper text have the same color with text. it dont gradiate. how come? if u write me to my email, i can send the picture if u dont understand. thnx

  4. Yo Frans - I don’t think you entered your email when you wrote this comment, so I can’t contact you. It might be easier if you just send me the psd so I can take a look at it, contact me through my contact page:
    http://mintyferret.com/request-a-tutorial/

  5. Ty for this, been trying to make something like this!

    Here is what I made out of this tutoiral

    http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=anonymtestcopywz0.jpg

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