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Hey !! we’re going to create a very simple text effect. A dark, colorful text effect. 

You can start by creating an empty file with a black background. 
-Make new layer and write something on it (White text). Rasterize and duplicate the layer. Now you have the black background, layer 1 and layer 2 both with your text on them. 
-Hide layer 2 and select layer 1:

Go Layer -> Layer Style -> Gradient Overlay and create a Gradient like the image below using the Hex Values for colors as the ones below:

Apply the gradient and stay on the same layer. Now go to Filters -> Blur -> Motion Blur set the Angle to 0 (zero) and the Distance to 50 pixels. Apply the effect and duplicate the layer. You must end up with something like this:

have the following layers:

Select the second layer from bottom (the one after the background) and go to Filters -> Distort – Waves and set the following values:

Photoshop Tutorial: Dark But Vivid Text Effect

Note: The dimensions of my PSD is 500px X 300px and the Wave filter with these settings produce the following effect. You may have to experiment a little in order to get the same effect for higher dimensions.

Apply the effect, duplicate the layer and flip the new layer vertically. The result should be something like the image below:

Now, let’s reveal our top layer which is the white rasterized text and set it’s blend mode to Overlay. So, your layers now should be like that:

and your PSD should look like:

e are getting there. Having the top layer selected go Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Hue/Saturation and press ok. Set the Hue value at +34, the Saturation value at +56 and leave the Lighting setting at zero. 
Press ok and you should have something like this:

Duplicate our top layer (white text) and set the Blend Mode to Overlay. By setting higher values to the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer we can get the following result.

And that’s it. My point in this tutorial is the smooth pastel colors that we used in the beginning which gave us more control of the Hue/Saturation values. It’s much easier for this kind of effects to go from soft colors to vivid ones rather the other way around.

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This web design tutorial will show you how to create a stunning looking chrome text effect image in Photoshop. This tutorial is on the easy end of the complexity scale of graphic and web design.

To start off with you will need to download the example image, fonts and gradient resources below:

Download Resources

• Asphalt Damaged Image
• Reflection
• Load the CHROMES.grd file

Step 1

Download the Reflection image and open it in Photoshop

Go to Edit > Define Pattern, and type Reflection Pattern in the Name field.

Create the Background

Step 1

Create a new 950 x 650 px image in Photoshop. Add the Asphalt Damaged  texture on top of the Background layer, and resize it to fit the background.

Step 2

Double-click the layer with the Asphalt open the Layer Style dialog. Select Gradient Overlay in the styles column. Set the following settings in the right hand section of the dialog:

• Blend Mode: Multiply
• Style: Radial
• Scale: 150%
• Click the Gradient box to create the gradient fill using the colors #757575 to the right and #0f0f0f to the left.

The image should end up looking something like this:

 Create the Text Layers

Step 1

Here you can use any font you like. We have chosen Arial Black. Resize to fit to your taste. Set the Kerning to Optical. Set the font color to #808080.

Step 2

Duplicate the text layer, and change the copy’s Fill value to 0.

Style the Original Text Layer

Double-click the original text layer to apply the following layer style:

Step 1

Add a Bevel and Emboss with these settings:

• Style: Inner Bevel
• Size: 1
• Uncheck the Use Global Light box
• Angle: 30
• Altitude: 16
• Check the Anti-aliased box
• Highlight Mode – Opacity: 100%
• Shadow Mode – Opacity: 100%

Step 2

Add a Contour with these settings:

• Contour: Cove – Shallow
• Check the Anti-aliased box
• Range: 100%

Step 3

Add a Stroke with these settings:

• Size: 1
• Position: Inside
• Fill Type: Gradient
• Use on of the stainless steel gradients you loaded from the resource section.

Step 4

Add an Inner Shadow with these settings:

• Opacity: 35%
• Uncheck the Use Global Light box
• Angle: -115
• Distance: 3
• Size: 7

Step 5

Add an Inner Glow with these settings:

• Blend Mode: Vivid Light
• Opacity: 100%
• Color: #f4f2e7
• Choke: 0
• Size: 3

Step 6

Add a Gradient Overlay with these settings:

• Check the Dither box
• Blend Mode: Color
• Opacity: 90%
• Check the Reverse box
• Use the stove pipe 70 gradient fill

Step 7

Add a Pattern Overlay with these settings:

• Pattern: Reflection Pattern
• Scale: 50%

Step 8

Add an Outer Glow with these settings:

• Blend Mode: Multiply
• Opacity: 35%
• Color: #404040
• Size: 21

Step 9

Add a Drop Shadow with these settings:

• Opacity: 100%
• Distance: 5
• Spread: 10
• Size: 10

Step 10

You can go back to the Pattern Overlay effect, and then click-drag the pattern inside the text to move it around until you get a result you like.

We hope you enjoyed this graphic and web design tutorial. Stay tuned for many more Photoshop and web design tutorials.