Cerulean Letter

Cerulean Letter

We are going to make a glowing letter this time. Best for your web banners and presentations.
The settings we use in this tutorial are for our text size 350px with a bold font.

Start a new document, and use your type tool to create your text. Make it big and bold,

and color #B7E1F7.

Now just apply the following layer style settings to the text.

Bevel and Emboss:

Outcome:

Now Inner Glow:

Outcome:

Inner Shadow:

Outcome:

Now use Drop Shadow:

Go to Layers > New Adjustment Layers > Levels and use these settings:

Here is what you will get:

You can even apply these Layer Styles for different shapes and patterns:

Authors: Aindrila Mondol & Arka Datta @ Designers And Developers
Compiled & Presented by:swastikroi

Blushing Manifestation

Blushing Manifestation

Create a blank document of the desired size.
Type your text on a black background. Use a bold font.
You need to apply some layer styles (right click text layer and choose blending options) or go to
Layer > Layer Styles:

Outer Glow:

Stroke:

The Gradient set to:

Right click text layer and choose Rasterize Type.
It will look like this now:

Now copy your text layer.
Place your original text layer on top.
Select the Copy.

Hit Ctrl+T and choose flip vertically.
Align the layer just below your original text layer like this:

Bring the Opacity of the copied layer down to about 40 %.
Go to Layer > Flatten Image.
Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool select the reflected part of the text.

And apply with Ripple Size 1 and Ripple Magnitude 2.

Now select the around the edge of the Ocean Ripple Effect and use Filter > Blur > Surface
Blur with these settings:

It’s done. You can also be experimental with the values you use to get different effects every
time.

Authors: Aindrila Mondol & Arka Datta @ Designers And Developers
Compiled & Presented by:swastikroi

Candy Text

Candy Text

First we have to create a pattern for our candy. Take a 100px X 100px small square canvas, grab the brush tool from the tool bar set the value of the brush to 20px round hard brush and make a patter like shown below, you are free to use your own choice of color:

Now go to Filter > Distort > Pinch and set the value to:

Save this as a pattern. (Edit > Define Pattern) and save as candy.

Now create a document 800px X 600px.
Select the text tool and write a text use any font and size.
Now go to Layer > Layer Style > Pattern Overlay and set the values to:

Pattern Overlay:

While the layer style palate still on click to Bevel and Emboss and set the sliders to:

Bevel and Emboss:

Also apply Drop Shadow:

Now we need to set the angle of the text:
Go to Image > Rotate Canvas > Arbitrary and set to 45 CCW.

Now go to Layer > Merge Visible.
Now its time to rotate the image back to its position Image > Rotate Canvas > Arbitrary and set to 45 CW.
And we are done:

Authors: Aindrila Mondol & Arka Datta @ Designers And Developers
Compiled & Presented by:swastikroi

Adobe Text Effect

Adobe Text Effect

Hi friends don’t be surprised to see the name of the text as Adobe Text Effect. Hope all you Photoshop users are acquainted to what Adobe means. So let’s get started.

Open a new document sized 500px X 150px. Take the Gradient tool and set a preferable background, we have set:

Now using the Type tool write the text in white. Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer, drag the duplicated layer below the original text layer.

Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the radius field to 3 pixels.

Then go to Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic put in size 17.

Your text will look like the figure below.

Finally go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen repeat this twice and your final product is ready:

Done!

Authors: Aindrila Mondol & Arka Datta @ Designers And Developers
Compiled & Presented by:swastikroi

Blazing Eclipse

Blazing Eclipse

To get the Blazing effect start out with a new 300px X 300px canvas (or any square canvas).

Hit D on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background color to black and white.

Using the rectangular marquee tool draw a vertical rectangle exactly half the size of the canvas and fill it with black color (Alt+backspace).You will have an image like this.

Press Ctrl+D to deselect the selected area.

Now its time to apply a filter effect which you will get from Filter > Stylize > Wind, apply the settings as shown.

Press Ctrl+F for three times, this will repeat the last filter used.

Now we need to rotate the image for it we move on to Image > Rotate Canvas > 90 CCW. To make it look like this:

Now to give it an elliptical view we go to Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates and check the option Rectangular to Polar.
The image stands like this:

Now to apply color I decide to give it a soft blue tint, for it we go to Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation or simply press Ctrl+U
and check the colorize option and set the values of Hue – 205, Saturation – 17, Lightness – 0.

This is according to my choice, but you feel free to experiment with the color of your own choice.

To add a special body, make a new layer and create an eclipse in the center as shown:

Fill the selection with black color (Alt+backspace) in the new layer, and apply these layer styles (Layer > Layer Styles).

Here follows the final result.

Authors: Aindrila Mondol & Arka Datta @ Designers And Developers
Compiled & Presented by:swastikroi