This Adobe Photoshop Tutorial will teach users with a beginner’s knowledge of Adobe Photoshop how to make their text appear metallic in colour, using just two layers and a few simple effects.


Create a Background

1) Begin by filling your background with a medium grey (my colour #8D8D8D).

2) Create your first layer and select the brush tool. The keyboard shortcut for this is <SHIFT> & <B>. You need to make sure that your brush is set to soft and has a large diameter. Select the colour white (#ffffff).

3) Now Paint a soft white circle in the middle of the canvas. Next grab the edges of this layer and pull them out to give your background the appearance below.

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Create Metallic Text

 1) Drag out a text layer and select the colour white (#ffffff). Then type your text within the box. The keyboard shortcut for this is <SHIFT> & <T>.

2) Go to “Layer > Layer Style > Stroke”. Make the size 1px and the colour black (#000000).

3) Go to “Layer > Layer Style> Drop Shadow” and apply the following settings:

Blend mode Multiply

Colour Black (#000000)

Opacity 100%

Distance 2

Spread 9

Size 4

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4) Now we are going to apply the effect that will make metallic text. Go to “Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay”. Make sure opacity is at 100% then click the gradient box to edit the gradient.

5) Apply the settings as shown below to the bottom gradients. This is how to make metallic text:

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First gradient Colour #b1b1b1 Location 25%

Second gradient Colour #464444 Location 60%

Third gradient Colour #b1b1b1 Location 62%

Fourth Gradient Colour #ffffff Location 98%

This Adobe Photoshop tutorial was written by a web design company in Essex, UK.