Creating Cool Marble Text Effect

In this small, but useful Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing cool marble text effect.

Get started by finding a nice, suitable photo of the marble texture to work with. After that create a new document about 1000×500 pixels and bring out texture to it. Now, we are starting to create the text effect. First of all we need to type some text, where the effect will be shown. Choose the Horizontal Type Tool and type text with any color. Color is not important in this case. It’s desirable to use bold style of text for this effect. For this tutorial I used Arial Black font.

Time to start with creating the text effect. But in the beginning we need to choose the appropriate pattern we will use further in our text effect. I prefer to use this one. Open it and save as pattern by going to Edit > Define Pattern. Go back to our main document and apply following Blending Options to the text layer:

The result should be very good!

Looks good as for me! Use it, make it and enjoy your own nice text effects.

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Cool Unusual Text Effect

Cool unusual text effect. Would you like to know how to make it? Read the text below.

Start by creating a new document to make this text effect. I created a small document sized 500×300 pixels and fill it with color of #74a103:

After that cerate a new one layer, then select the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make the selection, then fill this selected area with color of #b6e100.

Remove the selection with Ctrl+D and apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with similar settings to these:

Your result should look like mine:

Now it’s time to add your text to the canvas! Start by getting out the Horizontal Type Tool then write out your text.

The font I’ve used above is called Futura. Ok, start to create the text effect. Rasterize this text layer with Layer > Rasterize > Type. Press Ctrl+J to copy the layer and hide the original layer (click on the eye, which indicates layer visibility). Go to the upper layer and apply Gradient Overlay layer style to this layer.

See the difference now:

Start to transform current layer with Edit > Transform > Skew to get the text as on my picture below:

Now, we need to do is add the glare on the letters. Create a new layer and make selection using the Rectangular Marquee Tool as on picture below and fill it with white color.

Remove the selection with Ctrl+D and apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with following parameters:

The result you can see on the picture below.

After that create a new one layer, make selection using the Rectangular Marquee Tool and fill it with white color again.

Remove selection and apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with other parameters:

Your image should look as mine.

Merge two of these layers in one and rotate it a little bit with Edit > Transform > Rotate:

Duplicate this glare three of times and bring to each letter.

Merge all glares in one layer. Ok, press Ctrl and Left click the text layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette to make letters selection, then press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert selection and use Delete to clear selected area.

Remove the selection with Ctrl+D. Go back to the hidden text layer and make it visible again. After that apply Edit > Transform > Skew to skew this layer.

Don’t apply transformation unless don’t reduce the height of the letters with Edit > Transform > Scale.

Ok, apply Color Overlay layer style to this layer.

Now, we have different color for the letters.

After that create a new one layer, then select the Polygonal Lasso Tool and begin to connect the upper part of the letter with its projection. After that fill selected area with color of #689106.

Finish other letters in the same way.

Ok, merge current layer with layer under. Now, we can start create volumetric letters. Get out the Polygonal Lasso Tool and create selection as on my picture below. Then apply the Dodge Tool (Brush: 45 px, Range: Midtones, Exposure: 30%).

After that press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection and apply the Dodge Tool with similar settings as before.

Ok, now select the Burn Tool (Brush: 45 px, Range: Midtones, Exposure: 30%) and add a little bit more dark spots on the letter side. Then remove the selection with Ctrl+D.

Process other letters in the same way.

And that’s pretty much it. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

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Creating Cardiac Rate Effect

On this Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show u how to make one interesting effect which I received by experimenting with Photoshop filters. In the end our effect will looks like cardiac rate.

Ok, let’s begin. Create a new document sized 700×700 pixels and fill it with black color.

After that apply Gradient Overlay layer style.

The result should be next:

After that create a new layer and merge it with previous to get all effects in one layer. Then apply Filter > Brush Strokes > Sprayed Strokes with next parameters:

See the difference now?

Ok, now we can start with creating effect. Select the Horizontal Type Tool and write out something like ‘BEAT.’ Pay your attention that the text color should be white and different design elements also. Only in this way effect of applying a filter will be maximum.

In the above image I’ve used Swis721 as my font of choice, which is free and it’s sized at a meager 120 pt. Ok after that we need to add a few lines more. Select the Line Tool (Weight: 3 px) and draw the lines like on my picture below:

After that merge text layer with lines in one layer. Then select the Eraser Tool and hard round brush and make some clear work on the new layer.

Good, then rotate our layer about 90 degrees with Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CCW.

After that apply Filter>Stylize>Wind with similar settings to these:

See the effect now:

Then press Ctrl+F to enhance the action filter.

After that apply Filter>Stylize>Wind again, but now you need to change some parameters:

The result should be next:

Again press Ctrl+F to enhance the action filter again.

Looking good isn’t it? But this tutorial is not done for now. After that use Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CW to rotate text with lines back.

Then apply Outer Glow and Color Overlay layer styles for this layer.

Ok, now you should have the result like this on my picture below.

That is it. Great job!

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