How to: Make plastic text effect on Photoshop?

Plastic Text Effect

In this article I will tell you about a technique that can be applied to any type of object, either a button or an icon, and various tools that come with Photoshop are used.

How to: Make plastic text effect on Photoshop?

Step 1.

Create a new image of about 600×400 pixels. Select any color from the front, in this case the RGB ( 26,175,75 ). In a new layer, use the Text tool (T key) to enter any text. We fill it with the foreground color and we enlarged to fill most of the image size (The larger, better get the effect).

Step 2.

 Keeping the CTRL key pressed we click on the layer that has the text to select it. Then create a new layer and contract the selection some pixels (Select> Modify> Contract), depending on the original text size.

Step 3.

Select white as foreground color ( D and X keys consecutively ) and the selection filled with this color ( ALT + Backspace ). Deselect (CTRL + D) and apply a Gaussian Blur (Filters> Blur> Gaussian Blur) to 8 pixels. Then we again apply but with 4 pixels and a third time with 2 pixels.

Now, change the opacity of the layer to 50% (Layers> Layer Options) and mode “Normal “to” Color Dodge “.

Step 4.

Again we would click on the Text Layer holding down CTRL to select it, but the window Channels, press the button “Save Selection as Channel “, and then we position ourselves in this new channel. Again we apply a series of Gaussian Blurs, first with 8 pixels, then 4 and 2 pixels.Deselect (CTRL + D) and apply a Gaussian Blur over 1 pixel.

Step 5.

Again select the text as we did before, we create a new Layer and positioned above the previous two. We fill the selection with black and we click on the box that says “Preserve Transparecy ”

Then go to Layer> Layer Options and change the mode from “Normal “to” Screen”

With this we will select Layer Filters> Render> Lighting Effects Once applied the effect; apply a Gaussian Blur to Layer 1 pixel.

Step 6.

Now, just add a shadow to the text, as the light passes through the “plastic” and projects with the same color. You can also apply a contrast change over the last Layer, but that is as comfortable for everyone. Image> Adjust> Brightness/Contrast.

How to: Make plastic text effect on Photoshop?