Pimp your text with photoshop

17 February 2011

Very trendy, pimp everything with photoshop. That is why we are gonna pimp our text in photoshop. In this tutorial you'll learn how to make a simple layer-style for your pimpin' text in photoshop. If you don't have the patience to do this tutorial, you can just download the PSD wich contains the layerstyle from this tutorial. Nice and easy.

Start a new document and typ a text with a thick font (our example file is 500x500 pixels). Don't use a small font like Arial Narrow. It won't work on a small font.

Add an Inner Glow with these values:

Add a Bevel and Emboss with these values:

Add a Gradient Overlay with these values:

Add a Pattern Overlay with these values:

Use this pattern for the "pattern overlay":

And finally, add a Border with these values:

The copy yhe layer and "rasterize" it (right-click on the layer and choose the rasterize option):

Then reduce the height of the rasterized layer (CTRL+T)

Delete the layerstyles from this rasterized layers, so the black text remains. If the text is not black, you have to mae it black first (CTRL+U -> Saturization 0):

Then move the layer with the back text underneat the layer you created first (drag it in the layers panel) and apply a gaussian blur van 3,2. Move the blurred text behind the layer with the layerstyle. Align it like this:

Choose a white, star-shaped brush (comes with photoshop).

Make a new layer above all others and apply the star-shaped brush on the edges (don't use it to much!). This applies a bling effect and your finished!!

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184 comments

SJ

18February2012
The link (http://img.dreamdealer.nl/dd/gold/bling.psd) doesn't work
Johan van Tongeren

27January2012
Click "OK" after entering all values in the popup. When you click "OK" before you were finished, double-click the active layer to open up this popup again.
Olivia

27January2012
Comment made on previous email but forgot to enter my email address!! Comment made Thursday, January 27th, 2012 at 8:02am
Olivia

27January2012
Do you click "OK" after changing the values for each addition OR do you click "OK" after the five additions are made???? Thanks
Nadine

21January2012
Very simple, and nice tutorial but I can't seem to achieve the affects because I only have Photoshop Elements, thanks for your efforts on this!!
Marina

15January2012
Amazing. Well explained, i'm totally new in PS but following the tutorial I achieve the results perfectly. Thanks.
sri

05January2012
super the effect
Chandrashekhar Mulye

15December2011
I like it very much.
Radhakisan Mote

18November2011
Very best style...........
Weeenis

17November2011
I didn't like it.
Mara

09November2011
Amazing!! it easy to do..
Tendai

30October2011
aWESOME
Lijumon.k

22October2011
i like this trik
gavin watson

11October2011
thats amazing text effect
♥Jöanne♥

10October2011
Thanks So much these r great
text

26September2011
really good
mitch

21September2011
pretty cool
Romi

20September2011
Thanks a lot!! you are a genius!
Dhany

19September2011
Thaks you so much . . .
God Job. . .
N.A.S

15September2011
This is very nice text tutorial thx