Sharp Metal Text Effect in Photoshop

Published: July 23, 2008 Category: Text Effects Comments: 3 Subscribe to RSS Feed

Sharp Metal Text Effect.

Start by creating a new document in Photoshop. Leave all the default settings except for the canvas dimensions, use 700×400 pixels with a black background. Now make a new layer set and name it ‘Text Design’.

Select your Horizontal Type Tool, above your screen under the options palette set the font family to Minion, regular, 72pt, strong and #A3A3A3 color shade. In a new text layer type your text.

Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Shadow, Gradient Overlay, Pattern Overlay and Stroke blending options to your text layer.

Result:

In a new text layer type out your name in white color shade.

Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Shadow, Inner Glow and Stroke blending options to your white text layer. Then set the layer’s blending mode to Darken.

Result:

Duplicate the ‘Text Design’ layer set and go to Layer > Merge Layer Set. You should now have a new layer with the text design. Turn off the original ‘Text Design’ layer set, you will need it later on.

Now make a copy of your Text Design layer and apply a motion blur through Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, use the settings below.

Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Shadow, Gradient Overlay and Pattern Overlay blending options to the motion design layer.

Grab the original ‘Text Design’ layer set and place it on top of every layer on the layer window. Place it as shown below.

Sharp Metal Text Effect.

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Ambika Poddar - August 18th at 11:04 pm:

Thanks for the tutorial. Nice Effect.

VARUN DWIVEDI - August 22nd at 7:36 am:

GLORIOUS EFFECT, I M VERY FOND OF THIS

ongo - August 22nd at 4:23 pm:

VERY NICE!!

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