Mercury Text

Text like an iron or steel maybe, cause its so shine. And this time the difficulty not like other text effect before, its harder. But still I can make it because this tutorial so detail with the picture on it. Curious? Let me show you the tutorial download the pdf here... or keep reading
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Create a new file with any dimension you like with black color as a background. Type your text on it use white as a color and font anything have big dimension.

On layer palette, right click on layer text and choose Rasterize Type. Now double click on it to show Style Blending option. Click on Drop Shadow and set Blend mode: Multiply, color: Black #000000, opacity: 50%, Angle: 120⁰, Distance: 5px, size: 10px. Don’t click OK yet, more to do.

Now click on Inner Shadow option. Set Blend mode: multiply, color: white #ffffff, opacity: 75%, Distance: 5px, Size: 10px, define Contour: Ring doubled, check box Anti-aliased.

Now on Inner Glow option Blend mode: multiply, Opacity:100%, Color: white #FFFFFF, Technique: softer, Source: Edge, Choke: 10%, Size: 75px.

In Bevel and Emboss option set Style: inner bevel, Technique: smooth, Depth: 75%, direction: up, Size: 15px.

Click Contour option and click the thumbnail to set contour mapping . Set like image below the define Range: 22%.

On Satin option set Blend mode: screen, color: white #FFFFFF, Opacity: 100%, Angle: 135⁰, Distance: 7px, Size: 11px, check box on Anti-aliased and Invert option, and custom the Contour mapping like image below.

On Color Overlay option define Blend mode: Normal, color: Black #000000, Opacity: 100%.

On Stroke option define Size: 1px, Position: outside, Blend mode: normal, Opacity: 80%, Fill type: color and choose the color hex #333333

After all that your should have layer style blending option like image below. Make sure that all set right than you may click OK.

Than your Mercury text is done. You can save the style option if you want, so if you want to use it again you just do a simple click on it and done.

Water Looks Effect

Today I try a new tutorial I get last night. The tutorial show how to make drops of water. And the final result can be save on layer style palette, so if I want to make an effect from that just simply click on it. More...



1. Create new file in any size you want. Than fill the background with wood pattern.

2. Create a new layer, in menu choose Layer > New. In new layer create some dots or image use Brush Tool with foreground color is Black.

3. Double click on layer 1 icon in layer palette for show Blending Option dialog box. Change Fill Opacity to 3%. This will make the image almost disappear. Don’t click OK yet.

4. Click Drop Shadow to show the dialog box. Set Blend mode : multiply, Opacity: 100%, Angle: 90°, Distance: 1, Size: 1.

5. Click on Inner Shadow, than set Blend mode: Color Burn, Opacity: 43%, Distance: 5, Size: 10.

6. Click on Inner Glow and set Blend mode: Overlay, Opacity: 30%, Color: black, Size: 5.

7. Now the last step click Bevel and Emboss and set Style: Inner Bevel, Technique: Chisel Hard, Depth: 250%, Size: 15, Soften: 10, Highlight mode: Screen and opacity: 100%, Shadow mode: Color Dodge and opacity: 37%.

8. Now you may click OK and see the result. You can save this layer style and use it in future.

Green Gel

 It's fun to learn something new. Now I try to learn Photoshop program and I start with this simple technique. I'm new in this program but the tutorial is make me easy to learn it. Using layer styles and color picker. It's so interesting, and make me want to try another technique. If you want to try go here...