Text Effects In Photoshop

[Juice Daddy]

the other day, somebody brought to my attention that new users might have trouble with text effects...

first you have to make some text...

next you right click on that layer and select blending options

then just mess around with those settings
(drop shadow, bevel, glow, etc...)

hope this helps someone...

 

[b0dge]

Cooool! I'm off to mess about with text effects!

PS: Haven't checked my PMs for ages!

EDIT: Dammit, I rasterized all the text layers! Am I gonna have to start again?

 

[b0dge]

Well, I didn't have to start again.

What do ya think of this?

 

[Juice Daddy]

need's a little more contrast..

maybe a stroke around the lighter text

 

[b0dge]

need's a little more contrast..

maybe a stroke around the lighter text

Sorry if I'm being dumb, but what do you mean by a stroke?

 

[Juice Daddy]

in that last picture up there ^^ "Layer Style"

it's the last checkbox in the list

it makes an outline

 

[b0dge]

Yeah, good idea, thanks very much!

 

[greeny leafy]

This seems to be agood forum to pick up ps tips

 

[Ascendancy]

This is a great forum for PS tips. Also, for anybody who hasn't done this yet, I suggest trying to do an outer glow to the text opposite of the shade. For example, if you have your text as a dark color, try to do an outer glow in a light color, or vice versa. It makes it really stand out.