Aqua Text Effect with Photoshop

Everyone seems to be very interested in achieving “buttons with plastic effect”. But what about the “plastic text” It seems to me a much more interesting to study, because if we apply that effect to text, then we can apply it to what we need (buttons, pictures, etc) option.

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Aqua Text Effect with Photoshop

This is an approximation to that kind of effect, I hope you serve.

1. Start creating a new document (CTRL + N) of 500×300 pixels. Create a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + N) and write a text inside. Right click on this layer and depending on the version of Photoshop you have (5, 5.5 or 6) must put Interpret Layer or Rasterize Layer (Rasterize Layer)

For the text chose a soft color, in our case: R: 0 G: 150 B: 255.

On the layer selected text Ctrl + Click.

2. Create a new layer, go to Select> Feather and we use 3 pixels. Invert the selection (SHIFT + CTRL + I ) and move selection 4 or 5 pixels to bottom. We fill color Black (D and then Shift + F5).

We CTRL + Click on the text layer invert the selection and delete (Delete).

3. Invest selection again, and we apply a soft blur to Filters> Blur> Gaussian Blur (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur) of 2 pixels. Change the mode of this layer Normal to Color Burn (Color Burn)

We lowered the opacity of the layer to 55%.

Should stay a darker shade at the edges of the text, as in the example.

Still not deselect.

4. We contract 3 pixels the selection Select> Modify> Contract (Selection> Modify> Contract) and then, apply Select> Feather (Selection> Feather) with a value of 3 pixels too.

Create a new layer and fill the selection with Color white.

5. Change the layer mode to Normal to Color Dodge (Color Dodge) and the opacity of it to 70% approximately.

Then, holding down the Ctrl and the arrow keys, move the layer a few pixels to down until “Part illuminated “touch the edge of the letter.

6. Now the most important step tutorial. We Ctrl + Click on the original text layer, contract the selection 3 pixels and record selection as a Channel Select> Save Selection (Selection> Save Selection).

Spent the Channels window and do right click on Alpha 1 and choose Duplicate Channel (Duplicate Channel), and we will be named: Alpha-2. The latter channels move 4 pixels down.

7. Finally, do Ctrl + click on Alpha 1 and then, while you press Ctrl + Alt, we click on Alfa 2 to subtract the selection. With the selection result, we return to the Layers window and create a new one.

We fill the selection with color, white and blur to Filter> Blur> Blur More (Filter> Blur> Blur more.)

And ready. They can also try other colors like green and orange, which are very good.

Extras. By adding a shadow and use a few simple tricks, you can get really good results in view.

Aqua Text Effect with Photoshop