Best Text Effects Tutorials 2015
Photoshop and illustrator are simply amazing tool for creating Photo Effects and Text Effects from simple to advanced makeovers and for fixing, editing great shots where the light, color balancing and sharpness need a bit of adjustment or where some elements need to be removed.
Create a 3D Retro Text Effect Using Layer Styles in Adobe Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to use layer styles, smart objects, and some other basic elements in Adobe Photoshop to create a simple, retro looking, 3D text effect.
Create 3D Star Light Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this 3D star light text effect in Photoshop. We will use a number of manipulation techniques such as layer blending, adjustment layers and various tools such as brush, eraser and free transform tools.
How to Create Letterpress Text Effects in Photoshop
This tutorial will teach you how to create a couple useful letterpress text effects in Photoshop that you can adapt and reuse in almost any project.
Create a Hatched Drop Shadow Text Effect in Illustrator
Hatched drop shadow text effects are becoming more common in typefaces these days – Trend was one of the first to offer a layered font with a faux hatched drop shadow which motivated others to offer them.
How to Create Extreme Glossy and Shiny Text Effect in Photoshop Tutorial
In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to see how to create extremely glossy and shiny text effect with glitter texture.
Create Amazing Create Urban Type in Illustrator & Photoshop
In this tutorial, you will learn how to creating a new piece that draws on all that’s great about the city – taking inspiration from last year’s Olympics, underground club scenes, and the vista from up high.
How to Create a Realistic Neon Light Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to modify a brick texture for the background, and then use layer styles with the Pen Tool to add some bright, glowing neon text and a simple cable over it.
Create a Retro Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
3D Letters on a Shelf Text Effect in Photoshop CC
This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop CC’s Shape Attributes and 3D capabilities to create a simple, yet sophisticated 3D letters on a shelf text effect. The focus is on creating the shapes, working with the materials, and modifying the lighting in order to get the soft, kind of vintage looking final result.
Create 3D Snow Text Effect Using Cinema4D and Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will walk you through the steps to create this 3D Snowy Text Effect Using Cinema4D and Photoshop. We will render the 3D text in Cinema4D, then apply the snow effect in Photoshop.
Create Delicious Donut Text That Will Make You Hungry
In this tutorial, I will walk you through the process of making a yummy sweet text in Photoshop. We will use the basic tools and effects along to achieve the final outcome in short time.
How to Create a Smoke Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a smoke text effect in Photoshop in just a few easy steps. We will be using the Smudge Tool to make the text look like smoke.
Create a Simple, Elegant Textured Metal Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to create a simple metal text effect using layer styles. Then, it will show you how to make that text look more interesting by adding a simple texture overlay to it.
Create a glossy candy text effect in Photoshop
This tutorial by TexTuts will show you a super easy way to create a glossy candy cane inspired text effect using a bunch of Layer Styles.
Create Luminous Text Using Photoshop 3D Layers
Learn how to create a super cool illuminated text effect using Photoshop’s 3D Layers. We’ll make your text really stand out by making it glow. Read on to find out how.
How to Create a Colorful Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a bright, colorful text effect in Photoshop. Creating this effect is very easy and even beginners can do it.
Creating a Glowing Neon Effect in Illustrator
This tutorial is designed to help you create cool neon text in Illustrator. Here you will learn some clever techniques to enhance your skills.
Realistic 3D Casino Style Bulb Sign Photoshop Tutorial
The sign will be created as a standalone piece of text, using Photoshop’s powerful 3D tools to simulate a hyper realistic setting within a warehouse. We’ll then add lots of subtle lighting effects to add a series of bright bulbs.
Create a Wood Planks Typo with a Custom Pattern in Illustrator
In this Illustrator Tutorial, learn how to create a Wood Pattern Text Effect with wood planks and a custom pattern, using the Pen Tool and a few effects.
Amazing Hand Lettering Text Effect Guideline Project
In this tutorial, you will utilize everything you’ve learned across the previous tutorials and apply that to a finished piece. This means we will take our lettering from an idea to a sketch, to vector, detailing, and beyond.
How To Create a Vintage Text Effect in Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to create 19th century typography in this vintage text effect tutorial.
Create Abstract Shining Text Effect with Groovy Font in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the methods I use to Create Abstract Shining Text Effect with Groovy Font in Photoshop. This is a beginner level tutorial with lots of tips and tricks about effective text manipulation.
Create an Electrified Text Effect in Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial, I will show you the process I used to this electrified text effect in Photoshop. We will use a circuitry stock image as our background, and add a couple of electric current image for our final effect. We will be using lots of image adjustments and brush painting in the process.
Create a text on a Foggy Rainy Window in Photoshop Tutorial
Photoshop tutorial by BlueLightningTv showing how to create the look of a handwritten message on a foggy, rainy window pane.
Create Leafy Text Effect in Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps used to create this leafy text effect in Photoshop. We will explore the use of tree bark texture to form the basis of the text, then applying leaf texture over the text. We will utilise the chalk brush, various selection tools, image adjustments and basic dodge/burn effect.
Design Abstract Text Effect with Pen Tool and Grunge Brush Decoration in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps to design this abstract text effect with pen tool and grunge brush decoration in Photoshop. Along the way, we will practice using Pen Tool to draw some nice hair-like lines, as well as apply grunge brushsets for some cool abstract effect for our texts.
Create a Retro 3D Halftone Text Effect in Photoshop
In this Tutorial I will show you how to create a 3D Halftone Text Effect in Photoshop that can be used as a cool rock band cover using some cool flash shapes, the Text Tool and a lot of different layer styles.
Create a Realistic Metal Text Effect Using Layer Styles
In this Photoshop Tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic metal text effect using only 2 layers
Creative Offset Path Effect Creating in Illustrator and Photoshop
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple wallpaper mixing vectors and photos. We will play with Offset Path, Live Corners and some other effects in Illustrator and Photoshop.
How to Create Embossed Metal Tag Text Effect in Photoshop
This tutorial is a quick easy one, that will show you how you can use shapes and layered Layer Styles to create a simple embossed metal tag-inspired text effect.
Create a Sleek Metallic 3D Text Effect in Photoshop CS6
This Photoshop CS6 tutorial will show you how you can play around with the different settings to create a simple, yet sophisticated, metallic text effect.
Create Deep Space Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the processes of creating this Deep Space Text Effect in Photoshop. We will use a handwriting font, combine it with nebula and fire textures to form the final effect.
Beautiful Painted on Wood Text Effect in Photoshop
This tutorial will show you a simple way of using a couple of textures to create a painted-on-wood text effect. It is inspired by the amazing work of Jérémy SCHIAVO, the PULSION CRÉATIVE project.
Creating Fluorescent Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn the basic use of brushes and filters, that how to apply on text to make fluorescent text effect.
Create a Distressed Vector Typographic Poster Design
In this tutorial you will learn how to create ‘Spectrum’ poster. Starting with custom made type in Illustrator, we’ll move our vector graphics into Photoshop for some serious distressing with Photoshop brushes, blending modes and more!
How to create Beautiful Iron Man Text Effect in Photoshop
After seen the Iron Man 3 trailer, it looks quite spectacular! So, to celebrate the upcoming release of Iron Man 3, and learn how to create a neat Iron Man inspired text effect in Photoshop.
Create a Glowing Liquid Text with Water Splash Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create a Glowing Liquid Text Effect in Photoshop. We will be practising the use of liquify filter, layer blending options, as well as some image adjustments.
How to Create Numbers with Random Texture Text Effect Photoshop
How to Create 3D Style Retro Text Effect Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create dimensional text inspired by vintage packaging designs and logotypes. Pour a cup of coffee, sit back, and let’s create some text with the help of Illustrator effects, the Blend Tool, and textures fit for the branding of a coffee house.
How to Create Very Shiny Glitter 3D Text Effect in Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial you will learn how to create Glitter Pieces Text Effect.
Design Magical Fire Energy Text Effect in Photoshop Tutorial
In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Design this Magical Fire Energy Text Effect in Photoshop. This is a beginner tutorial and I will show how easy it is to create a great looking text effect in Photoshop in just a few steps. We will come across some paintings, layer blending, and image adjustments.
Create a Polished 3D Gold Bars Text Effect
In this Photoshop Tutorial you will learn how to create a 3D Gold Bars effect in photoshop.
Create Abstract Text Effect with Metal Scraps in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the processes of creating an abstract style, shattered text effect with metal scraps in Photoshop. We will use just one scrap metal stock image and build the text effect based on it. Methods including image adjustments, selection, brush painting will be used in this tutorial.
How Create Glossy Plastic Text Effect in Photoshop Tutorial
In this amazing text effect tutorial, you will learn how to create glossy style text effect in adobe photoshop cs5.
Retro Text Effects with Illustrator’s Appearance Panel
In today’s Illustrator tutorial we’ll take a look at the Appearance Panel and see how it can be used to build up layers of non-destructive effects that can then be saved as Graphic Styles so the effect can be instantly applied to any elements with just one click.
How to Create Steel Text Effect In Photoshop
In this Photoshop text effects tutorial, we’ll learn how to easily create metal text, a popular effect widely used in video games and movie posters! It may seem like there’s a lot of steps involved, but once you’ve done it a few times, creating the effect won’t take you more than a few minutes from start to finish.
How to Create a Retro, 3-Dimensional Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a retro, 3-dimensional text effect using nothing but the Photoshop basics and some clever creativity.
Create an Illuminated Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a text effect that is illuminated with tracks of small lights using several Photoshop tools including vector shapes, brushes, Layer Styles, and Adjustment Layers.
How to Create Cold Winter Night Text Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this interesting cold winter night text effect in Photoshop. We will go through some texturing techniques, as well as an interesting method of creating break-apart effect. We will also use image adjustment layers to fine-tune the final effect.
Turn Drab Text Into an Amazing Design Using This Simple USB Vector Text Effect
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a wire pattern brush and how to use it to create a nice USB vector text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to create a bunch of pixel perfect shapes using basic tools and effects.
