This tutorial was originally posted on loreleiweb.com and moved for technical reasons. Ok, yesterday I posted that old gold pic I made and Dale asked for a tutorial so here we go… in case you forgot what am I talking about, we are going to make this text effect:

So… Make a new canvas, and fill it with black color (#000000). Please note that this tutorial will only good against dark, ideally – black background. We leave a dark border around the text, which is invisible to you now, though if we take a lighter hue for the bg, you will notice that the effect looks different, a lot less interesting.

Next, type a word on your canvas. Make sure you use a very bold font. We used ‘Yikes!’ for this tutorial.

Go to Layer >> Layer Styles >> Blending Options, and apply the following settings:

you can use our texture image, just download the PSD file and pull it from there, or alternatively load it yourself. Click HERE to download the pattern image.

Do not skip this step, else your gold will look too dull without soft shades that this pattern overlay gives. If you do not have the pattern image, you may use ours, from Herringbone Text Effect – yes, I used the same one, how creative.

This is what you got so far:

Now, take the eraser tool, round, 9px, and draw a straight horizontal line in the middle of the text, as shown on the image below:

That’s it. Your result is ready. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, please ask any question below or just download the psd file and analyze yourself.

8 Transparent Layer Styles & 3 Elegant Glass Text effects created by using them in combination. Works great for Icons and Buttons too!

INCLUDES :

.asl file with 8 transparent styles.
.psd (800px * 150px) file with the 8 transparent styles for easy copy and paste.
.psd file with editable text (800px * 1400px) with the 8 transparent styles layered to create the glassy text effects depicted.

FONTS USED :

Georgia, Tahoma, Snell Roundhand But these styles look great on a wide variety of fonts. Down;load these styles for only $2, sold exclusively through graphics river.

German: 8 Transparente Layer Styles & 3 Elegant Glas Text Effekte mit ihnen in Verbindung. Werke für große Icons und Buttons zu!

UMFASST:
. ASL-Datei mit 8 transparent Stile.
. PSD (800px * 150px)-Datei mit der 8 transparent Stile für einfache Kopieren und Einfügen.
. PSD-Datei mit editierbaren Text (800px * 1400px) mit der 8 transparenten Schichten Stile, um die Auswirkungen Glaskohlenstoff Text dargestellt.
Verwendete Schriften:
Georgia, Tahoma, Snell Roundhand Aber diese Stile sehen auf einer Vielzahl von Schriften.

Spanish:  8 Estilos de capa transparente de vidrio y 3 elegantes efectos de texto creado por su uso en combinación. Obras de grandes iconos y botones también!

INCLUYE:
. snm archivo transparente con 8 estilos.
. psd (800px * 150px) archivo con los 8 estilos transparente para fácil copiar y pegar.
. psd archivo de texto editable (1400px * 800px) con las 8 capas transparentes estilos para crear el vidrioso efectos de texto representado.
Fuentes utilizadas:

Georgia, Tahoma, Snell Roundhand Sin embargo, estos estilos ves muy bien en una amplia variedad de fuentes.

French: 8 Transparent Layer Styles & 3 Elegant Glass effets de texte créé à l’aide de leur combinaison. Travaux grand pour les icônes et les boutons aussi!

COMPREND:
. asl fichier transparent avec 8 styles.
. psd (800px * 150px) fichier transparent avec les 8 styles de simple copier-coller.
. psd fichier texte éditable (800px * 1400px), avec les 8 niveaux de transparence styles pour créer le miroir des effets de texte illustré.
Les polices utilisées:
Georgia, Tahoma, Snell Roundhand Mais ces styles fière allure sur une grande variété de polices.

After there were a few complaints about the previous action we released where people could not get the colors to work right, we decided to fix this bug with out new “PSWISH Action 4 pro”, which works on fixed colors defined in the action itself. You are going to love this one, really. Any boring, dull, lifeless shot you have can be turned into a vivid, professionally retouched photo, just like you sometimes see in photography showcase galleries but have no idea how they have done that. So what does this action actually do? First of all, it fixes contrast, so dark photo become vibrantly yet naturally bright, however, we don’t use any mask layers to fix the dark fields. Next, it adds light rainbow overlay of colors that blend in perfectly with the content of your original photo. lastly, it adds very mild grain / sand effect, which as you know is very popular among professional photographers.

If you want to share this action, please link to this page, and not to the direct download. Also, needless to remind not to sell, offer free or redistribute this action under your own credits. All credits for this action creation are reserved to LoreleiWebDesign.com. Photos used below are stock photos are are used for demonstration purposes ONLY.

Click on the following examples, to full view. As always, downloading is 100% free.

Although we post a lot of tutorials that teach you how to turn your ordinary photos into professional shots, many of us still get stuck and end up playing actions. It only takes seconds and the result is often very impressive.

With so many ideas and experience I have, I decided it would be a shame if I won’t release a set of actions to help the readers of PSwish.com and LoreleiWebDesign.com, so here is my first release, PSWISH 3 Action (pro). Please note that this action is for personal use one, and cannot be resold or redistributed on other websites.

Instruction:

• The action will work best with LIGHT photos. Any area that is slightly dark will turn black.
• The final result’s color scheme of the photo is determent by your Background and Foreground colors set before you played the action. Play with different variations to see what works best for you. If the results turn to be too dark or too reddish, set both foreground and background colors to lighter hues. Alternatively, hide the dark clouds layer when the action is finished playing (which makes the shot significantly lighter yet keeps the professional touch the action applied).

I use CS3 so I had no chance to test it on CS2 or lower, if anyone does, please drop a comment below so that other users will know if it’s suitable for other versions or not.

What you can do with this Photoshop Action?

This is idea for retouching photos with dull colors, or those that turned to be too light and as a result — uselessly boring. It will help you to turn any ordinary shot into a professional, “old school” photo with very strong contrast, slightly cold colors and grainy texture that is pulled from photo itself, and applied without using any additional grain effect. Like I said, if the result turns to be nearly black, this means your colors were too dark, because if you hide the clouds layer (should be one before last) — you will get good results but without this beautiful dramatic dark grain.

Subscribe to our feed by mail and get them delivered to your inbox right after the release! (Please remember to verify your subscription by clicking the verification link which will be emailed to you).