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		<title>19 fresh text effect tutorials</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow up our recent popular post on making movie posters, I would like to share a few nice tutorials on how to make text effects using Photoshop and Illustrator including making same text effects as we see in The Chronicles of Narnia, Star Wars, Bee Movie and Matrix. Most of theses tutorials are fairly new [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Follow up our recent popular post on <a href="http://design-notes.info/tutorial/10-photoshop-tutorials-to-create-movie-poster/">making movie posters</a>, I would like to share a few nice tutorials on how to make text effects using <strong>Photoshop and Illustrator</strong> including making same text effects as we see in The <strong>Chronicles of Narnia</strong>,<strong> Star Wars, Bee Movie and Matrix</strong>. Most of theses tutorials are fairly new to us. And let&#8217;s enjoy!</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.tutzor.com/index.php/2008/10/the-chronicles-of-narnia-logo/" target="_blank">The Chronicles of Narnia Logo</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>pattern overlay, gradient overlay, stroke</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-989" title="The Chronicles of Narnia text effect and logo design" src="http://design-notes.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/28-300x105.jpg" alt="The Chronicles of Narnia text effect and logo design" width="300" height="105" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.tutzor.com/index.php/2008/06/star-wars-text-effect/" target="_blank">Star Wars text effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight:</strong> gold layer+noise</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-978" title="Star War text effect" src="http://design-notes.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/final-300x104.jpg" alt="Star War text effect" width="300" height="104" /></p>
<h2><a title="Permanent Link to Recreate the ‘Bee Movie’ Text Effect" href="http://www.photoshopstar.com/text/recreate-the-bee-movie-text-effect/" target="_blank">‘Bee Movie’ Text Effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Drop Shadow</li>
<li>Inner Shadow</li>
<li>Inner Glow</li>
<li>Bevel and Emboss</li>
<li>Bevel and Emboss — Contour</li>
<li>Gradient Overlay</li>
</ol>
<p>Colors used were:</p>
<ol>
<li>Inner Glow: <strong>#7f7f51</strong>.</li>
<li>Gradient Overlay: <strong>#f86503</strong> and <strong>#fbe432</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Bee Movie text effect tutorial" src="http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1414/texteffects5.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="160" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/matrix/text_effect.htm" target="_blank">Matrix text effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Palatino              at 48 pixels+</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">gaussian blur+ motion blur<br />
</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Matrix movie text effect tutorial" src="http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7780/texteffects6.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="240" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://gosdot.com/unity/2008/02/21/candy-coated-photoshop-tutorial/">Candy Coated Photoshop Tutorial</a></h2>
<p><a title="download free fonts at desktoppub" href="http://desktoppub.about.com/library/fonts/hs/uc_creampuff.htm"><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>“Creampuff</a>” font+color overlay+ pattern overlay</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="text effects tutorial" src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8117/texteffects8.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="241" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.dreamdealer.nl/?action=viewTutorial&amp;id=38" target="_blank">Diamond text effect in photoshop</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>Bevel and Emboss+inner glow+pattern overlay<strong><br />
</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Diamond text effect tutorial" src="http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5191/texteffects11.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://psd.tutsplus.com/text-effects-tutorials/how-to-create-a-gold-text-effect-in-photoshop/" target="_blank">How To Create A Gold Text Effect In Photoshop</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>gradient overlay+drop shadow+stroke</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Gold text effect tutorial" src="http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9361/texteffects12.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="200" /></p>
<h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.minervity.com/?p=1228" target="_blank">How To Create a Realistic Golden “Bling” Text Effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>blending option+outer glow</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="text effect tutorial" src="http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3264/texteffects10.jpg" alt="" width="284" height="320" /></p>
<h2><a title="Create Realistic Stencil Graffiti" href="http://www.keetee.com/create-realistic-stencil-graffiti/">Create Realistic Stencil Graffiti</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>Gaussian Blur+blending:overlay</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="text effect" src="http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2236/texteffects1.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="242" /></p>
<h2><a title="Create a Simple, Professional Typographical Design" rel="bookmark" href="http://psdfan.com/tutorials/text-effects/create-an-simple-professional-typographical-design/">Create a Simple, Professional Typographical Design</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>blending:softlight</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="text effect" src="http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2980/texteffects2.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="229" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://psdlounge.com/tutorials/scrabble-text/" target="_blank">Scrabble Text</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>wooden pattern+inner shadow</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-981" title="wood text effect" src="http://design-notes.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/9-300x52.gif" alt="wood text effect" width="300" height="52" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials-effects/how-to-put-smokin-bullet-holes-and-a-wanted-sign-into-a-piece-of-wood/" target="_blank">Bullet Holes on a Wanted Sign text effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Set the Fill of the layer to 90%. (If you&#8217;re not sure what Fill is, it&#8217;s right below Opacity. Opacity controls how transparent everything on the layer is, while Fill controls how transparent only the layer and not the layer styles are)</li>
<li>Set the layer blending mode to Multiply</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="text effect" src="http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2130/texteffects4.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="240" /></p>
<h2><a title="Permanent Link to How to Make Patch on Clothes" href="http://www.photoshopstar.com/graphics/how-to-make-patch-on-clothes/"> Patch on Clothe text effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>Brush Tool (soft round brush, size of 3 px) and draw the stitches</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1008" title="patch_on_clothes_24" src="http://design-notes.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/patch_on_clothes_24-300x187.jpg" alt="patch_on_clothes_24" width="300" height="187" /></p>
<h2 class="article_title"><a href="http://pshero.com/archives/patriotic-text-using-displacement-masks" target="_blank">Patriotic Text Effect Using Displacement Masks</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>Clipping Mask+Bevel And Emboss</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="text effet" src="http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8793/texteffects9.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="178" /></p>
<h2><a href="http://transfuchsian.blogspot.com/2009/04/illustrator-vector-3d-lighting-text.html">Illustrator Tutorial &#8211; 3D lighted text effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong><span class="fullpost">cutting out the lines that we don&#8217;t need+mesh</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="3D lighted text effect" src="http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2739/texteffects14.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="295" /></p>
<h2><a title="Permanent Link to Design a Super Delicious, Shining and Glossy Text Effect in Photoshop" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.psdvault.com/text-effects/design-a-super-delicious-shining-and-glossy-text-effect-in-photoshop/"> Shining and Glossy Text Effect in Photoshop</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>Color Balance+Filter &gt; Render &gt; Fibers+soft brush with colour of your choice and simply paint over the layer.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="text effect" src="http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7563/texteffects15.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="213" /></p>
<h2><a title="Fresh Text Effect with Leaves and Stone Texture in Photoshop" href="http://www.psdvault.com/text-effects/design-a-smooth-and-fresh-text-effect-with-leaves-and-stone-texture-in-photoshop/"> Text Effect with Leaves and Stone Texture</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>Gaussian Blur+texture+render cloud</p>
<p><a title="Permanent Link to Design a Smooth and Fresh Text Effect with Leaves and Stone Texture in Photoshop" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.psdvault.com/text-effects/design-a-smooth-and-fresh-text-effect-with-leaves-and-stone-texture-in-photoshop/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1007" title="trans-text-leaf-texture" src="http://design-notes.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/trans-text-leaf-texture-final-2-500x375-300x225.jpg" alt="trans-text-leaf-texture" width="300" height="225" /><br />
</a></p>
<h2><a href="http://line25.com/articles/web-design-trend-showcase-letterpress-text-effect" target="_blank">Letterpress/Inset/Debossed Text</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>inner shadow+ gradient overlay</p>
<h2><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1004" title="Press letter effect" src="http://design-notes.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tut-7-300x224.jpg" alt="Press letter effect" width="300" height="224" /></h2>
<h2><a href="http://www.designioustimes.com/tutorials/create-bright-floral-text-effect.html" target="_blank">Create a Bright Floral Text Effect</a></h2>
<p><strong>Trick highlight: </strong>gradient overlay+inner shadow</p>
<h2><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1005" title="text effect" src="http://design-notes.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fin2-300x211.gif" alt="text effect" width="300" height="211" /></h2>



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