This is just a little tutorial I thought I would write up to show some ways to show some cool tricks to get neat results. I am using a wallpaper I made already, the full version of which you can see here. But here is the text portion:
Basically I am just going to show you what kinds of settings I used for various layers. But first…a little trick I like.
After you finish your wallpaper and are ready to add text, select the entire thing, or even just a portion of it (it doesn’t matter if the layer are merged or not) and then go to “Edit >> Define Pattern.”
Now, you can write up some text. (I’m not going to go into fonts and sizing and spacing and that stuff. You know how that all works, presumably. This is just an effects tutorial. I also don’t want to go into colors because you will have a different color scheme than I am using–again, presumably–so my colors won’t necessarily work for you. It’s one of those things you have to play around with.) But if you are curious about the particular fonts I used for this, they are: angstygirlymusic, Byron, Collins OE Demo, Olho de Boi and Anglo Text.
For my layer with the word rich I have the blend mode set to Difference. And in the Blending Options, I am using Bevel and Emboss, Color Overlay, Pattern Overlay and Stroke. I’ll show you the setting below. But first I want to tell you why you defined that pattern earlier: obviously, because you are going to use it on your text. It’s a very effective little tip. It brings the text some variance and defintion and shine; it isn’t just flat and one-toned. So when you apply your pattern overlay, just find that pattern your defined and use it. It will be located at the bottom of whatever set of patterns you have loaded at the time.
For the layer with the word “Sweet” I have it set to Vivid Light, 100%. And I am using Bevel and Emboss and Pattern Overlay:
The “&” layer is set to Darken, 100%, with Drop Shadow, Bevel and Emboss, Color Overlay and Pattern Overlay applied:
For the “Eric is intriguied…” layer, I have it set to Normal, 100%. I use Gradient Overlay, Pattern Overlay and Stroke:
Next, the layer with “He anticipates your…” is set to Normal, 100%. It also uses Gradient Overlay, Pattern Overlay and Stroke:
And the last layer with “And your beautiful” is set to Normal, 100% using Pattern Overlay and Stroke:
Now, I realize there wasn’t a whole lot of actual explanation in here, but really, the images have all the information there’s no need for me to repeat it. :p And you, of course, don’t have to use these settings. It’s always good to fiddle around with different opacities, blend modes, contour for bevel, colors, etc. I hope this helped a little bit for folks looking to do a bit more with their text!
