Shaded Text Tut

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STEP 1

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Determine your palette. Choose 1 base color, then a darker version and a lighter version. This is my palette (dark, light, base)


STEP 2

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Type out your text, then color it to your base color.

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Right click your text layer and select Alpha to Selection.




STEP 3

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Create a new layer and fill it with the lighter color.

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Now move the layer up and over, just so that about half the layer is inside the moving dots.

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Gaussian Blur the layer. Depending on the size, the blur radius will change but just blur it slightly to look like shading.


STEP 4

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Create a new layer and repeat with the darker color,

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And blur it.

Mess with the opacity to make it look pretty, then merge the two blurred layers together.



STEP 5

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Now go to Selection > Invert and hit Delete.

Again, you can change the opacity then then voila! You're done!

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