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Free Tutorials » Adobe Photoshop » Smooth Metal

Create some smooth gradient metal which looks effective on many things.

Step 1

Make a new document, big enough to hold your chosen font and size. I chose the font "Ethnocentric". You can download it from the Zymic font section.

Type out your chosen text on a background with the colour "#403434".

Step 1 diagram

Step 2

Bring up the blending options for the text layer.

Drop Shadow

Step 2 diagram

Step 3

Outer Glow

Step 3 diagram

Step 4

Bevel & Emboss

Step 4 diagram

Step 5

Gradient Overlay

Step 5 diagram

Step 6

Stroke

Step 6 diagram

Step 7

This text will look good on a lot of things!

Step 7 diagram

Tutorial comments

02.08.2008 -

Devx says …

Really Coool Tutorial,But Where Did You Get This Cool Red Stylish Background From,Or if You Made It,Please Make Up A Tutorial!!

15.06.2008 -

BigBCC says …

I know that was a long time ago, but great tut...

And 1337 LOL if you were going to say that you need to say r3411y 1337, actually 3x7r3m3 1337 I don't think ianb know's /anythin/g about 1337... the fact that it translates to leet then elite blows most people away lol and they aren't that much of n00bs lol sorry to ramble on.... awesome tut

01.04.2008 -

sujmano says …

nice

02.01.2008 -

wagner says …

its very nice
its a good tutorial

30.12.2007 -

Senator-K722 says …

This tut is the bees nees!

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Date added:
05.01.2005
Author:
Zymic
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