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Free Tutorials » Adobe Photoshop » Soft Bevel

Learn how to make a nice smooth soft bevel for your text with a few easy blending options.

Step 1

Make a New Document [ File > New ] big enough to hold your text in, with a white background.
Now Press D and X on your keyboard to reset the colours.

Now grab the text tool and select a font, I used BN FontBoy downloaded from dafont.com, select a size I went big and used size 160pt. Use a white / grey colour for your text and type out your text.

Step 2

Now we need to bring up the blending options, go to:
[ Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss]

Use these settings:

Step 2 diagram

Step 3

Now we need to give your text a shadow, select drop shadow on the blending options menu.

Use these settings:

Step 3 diagram

Step 4

For the last step in the blending options select stroke.

Use the below settings, once done Press OK!

Step 4 diagram

Step 5

This is my final result:

Step 5 diagram

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09.05.2008 -

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