Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you the process of creating fresh fruit 3D text effect in Photoshop. You will learn a few trick to render a nice and unique 3D text effect and apply various fruits around it. We will use a number filter to add some extra effect for our text.

This is an intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try!

Note: The Photoshop tutorial is done in CS6 – therefore some screenshot may have slighting different layout as in the earlier version. Some brushes are exclusive to Photoshop CS6.

Here is a preview of the final effect I have for this tutorial: (click to enlarge)

 

3d fruit text flatten 550x314 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

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OK Let’s get started!

To complete this tutorial, you will need the following stocks:

Font

Fruit Stock

Step 1

Create a new document sized 1400px * 800px with the standard white a light blue background:

1 fill 550x312 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Create a new layer and use a soft white brush to paint a dot in the centre of the canvas:

1 fill white 550x311 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Set this new layer’s blending mode to “Soft Light”:

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And you will have the following effect:

1 paint 550x312 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Step 2

We will add the 3D text onto our canvas in this step. Firstly, use the type tool to type some texts on our canvas with a light pink colour:

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Then, if you have Photoshop CS6, you can go to 3D > New 3D Extrusion from selected layer (make sure the text layer is selected) and apply the following effect:

Note: You can download this 3D text render here if you don’t have CS6, or simply want to skip this step. I have the render in a different text colour but you can simply change it via the Hue tool.

Mesh

2 mesh Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Deform

2 deform Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Cap

2 cap Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Coordinates

2 coor Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Materials

2 material Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Infinite Light

2 infinite light Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Render the 3D text and convert it into a smart object, you will have the following effect:

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Rotate the text to the following angle with the free transform tool:

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Add the following 2 adjustment layers as clipping mask to this text layer:

Levels

2 lvs Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Curves

2 curves Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

and you will have the following effect:

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Step 3

We will add some fruits into the image. Load the fruit stock photos into Photoshop and select it as shown below:

3 sel 550x368 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Copy and paste the selection onto our document, resize it as shown below:

3 paste 550x200 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Repeat the process above and add more variety into the mix:

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Merge all these layers and duplicate it several times, attach each duplicated layer around the text.

On the top-most layer, apply the Wave filter from Filter > Distort > Wave, using the following settings:

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And you will have the following effect:

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Duplicate this wave layer a few times as welll and attache them around the text as shown below:

3 dup 550x315 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Step 4

We’re almost done! We can add some liquify filter effect on the fruits layer to add some flowing effect:

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We can also add some cloud and water splash effect with cloud brush and water brush (you can find plenty of these on the net):

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and here is my final effect: (click to enlarge)

3d fruit text flatten 550x314 Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

That’s it for this tutorial! Hope you enjoy going through it and find it useful. Drop me a comment below if you have any question.

Till next time, have a great day!

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