Can't figure out how to get that clean text you see on logos or other graphics? In this tutorial I will show you know a nice and clean text effect that can be used for variety of graphic design.
Load the wall texture in photoshop, duplicate the background layer once and set it as "soft light", you can see the background texture darken a bit: (Personally I would like to make the overall light darker a bit and later on it will be easier to create light source and other lighting effects)
Now click OK and you're done with the blending options. Duplicate the text layer and clear/hide all effects on it so it's just plain white. Then go up to Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. Now you need to align it up right so it's 1 pixel away from each other.
What I'm going to show you now, is how to add really smooth edges to your text without using the traditional select->modify->smooth... method. This method simply looks alot better and is much more flexible. Start by opening a new document, 320px wide and 92px high with a white background is what I used. The first thing we're going to do is to find our channels window. If it's hidden, you can open it by going to "window->channels" Create a new channel by clicking this button:
Start off by using the text tool to write whatever your text. Most photoshop text effects look best when a big and thick font is used, this tutorial is no exception. Additionaly for the purposes of this tutorial set the colour of the text to light grey, I used 20% grey or RGB (205,205,205).
What I'm going to show you now, is how to add really smooth edges to your text without using the traditional select->modify->smooth... method. This method simply looks alot better and is much more flexible. Start by opening a new document, 320px wide and 92px high with a white background is what I used. The first thing we're going to do is to find our channels window. If it's hidden, you can open it by going to "window->channels" Create a new channel by clicking this button:
Start off by using the text tool to write whatever your text. Most photoshop text effects look best when a big and thick font is used, this tutorial is no exception. Additionaly for the purposes of this tutorial set the colour of the text to light grey, I used 20% grey or RGB (205,205,205).