Web 2.0 is one of the latest buzz-words about the Internet. Usually associated with Web 2.0 is gradient-covered text, which provides a nice glossy look. This tutorial will show you how to recreate such looks, and more. The text looks as though it is split into two colors, or there is a light source being projected onto the text. There are many looks to be achieved with this effect. We are using Server Intellect and have found that by far, they are the most friendly, responsive, and knowledgeable support team we've ever dealt with! We start with a blank canvas and then add some text: Next, we use...

In this tutorial, we will look at a quick way we can make chrome text. There are many PhotoShop tutorials on the internet showing how to create metallic or chrome-looking text, and this is one of the quickest and easiest ways. We will be using Layer Styles in this tutorial - exact values may output different results on your composition, if you are using different text, fonts, images, dimensions, etc. It is highly recommended that you experiment with the help of this tutorial as a guide. I just signed up at Server Intellect and couldn't be more pleased with my Windows Server ! Check it out and see...

In this tutorial, we will look at a quick way we can make our text look plastic. We will be using Layer Styles in this tutorial - exact values may output different results on your composition, if you are using different text, fonts, images, dimensions, etc. It is highly recommended that you experiment with the help of this tutorial as a guide. Server Intellect assists companies of all sizes with their hosting needs by offering fully configured server solutions coupled with proactive server management services. Server Intellect specializes in providing complete internet-ready server solutions backed...

In this tutorial, we will look at a quick way we can make our text look 3D. The result is similar to a drop shadow, but more detailed. We are using Server Intellect and have found that by far, they are the most friendly, responsive, and knowledgeable support team we've ever dealt with! We will start with a blank canvas, and fill it with a nice gradient, like so: Now we will add some text, like so: Duplicate the text layer and drag the duplicate underneath the original, then change the color of text to Black. Right-click the duplicate layer and choose Rasterize Type (or Rasterize Layer), and hide...

Similar to the other tutorial on this site, Images Inside Text, this tutorial will show you how to incorporate background images into your text. The difference will be that this tutorial will show you masking, so that you can have a different image in your text than what is in the main background. Try Server Intellect for Windows Server Hosting . Quality and Quantity! We will start off with the following image opened up in PhotoShop: We will add some text to the image: Once we have the image we want to use as the background of the text, we will open up the image we want to use as the text background...

A really nice-looking effect to use in PhotoShop is to mask the background image into foreground text. There are a number of ways of doing this in PhotoShop, and I will show you one of them Try Server Intellect for Windows Server Hosting . Quality and Quantity! First, open up the image you want to use in PhotoShop. We will be using the following image: Now choose the text tool and write on top of the image. It's good to use a font that has significant weight to it, so that enough of the image will be shown through the text. It should look like this: Next, we will add to the text layer's Layer Styles...

There are many ways to recreate fire in PhotoShop, this tutorial will show one of them. We are going to create text that looks like it is engulfed in flames.. We used over 10 web hosting companies before we found Server Intellect . Their dedicated servers and add-ons were setup swiftly, in less than 24 hours. We were able to confirm our order over the phone. They respond to our inquiries within an hour. Server Intellect 's customer support and assistance are the best we've ever experienced. First, we start of with a plain black background and a text layer. Next, we want to Rasterize the text layer...

This quick tutorial will show how easy we can replicate the glow of Neon lights in PhotoShop. We will use text to create a Neon sign. Need help with Windows Dedicated Hosting ? Try Server Intellect . I'm a happy customer! The first thing we do is create a text layer with our desired text. Choose a large font, and then once settled , Ctrl-Click the text layer to select the contents: Now we will hide the text layer and create a new Layer. In this new layer we will add a stroke to our selection. We can do this by right-clicking the selection with the selection tool and choosing Stroke. We want it...

PhotoShop offers a drop shadow Layer Style, but a cool effect is to have a projected shadow to images and text. To do this though, needs a little bit more work than choosing a few settings. However, this article will show how it can be done. We will start off with a document of 400x300, and a font size of 68pt, using Impact. We need plenty of room to cast our shadow. We will create a duplicate of the text layer by right-clicking and choosing Duplicate Layer, or dragging the layer onto the New Layer button. Now with this duplicated layer, we will first Rasterize it (right-click and then choose Rasterize...

It seems that this type of text is becoming more and more popular on the web. Not just with text, either - images are being displayed in a similar way. Being reflected as though they were set upon a shiny glass surface. This article will show how we can replicate this effect using text. We chose Server Intellect for its dedicated servers, for our web hosting. They have managed to handle virtually everything for us, from start to finish. And their customer service is stellar. We will start off with a document of 400x300, and a font size of 68pt, using Impact. The first thing we will do to our text...