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This tutorial will teach you how to create and style a 3D text in Adobe Photoshop. Using thistutorial you will learn not only how to create great looking 3D texts in Photoshop but also anykind of 3D object. Works with any Photoshop version.

I have already created an action for GraphicRiver that basically does the same thing, but youcan’t really customize that one unless you have some more knowledge above this tutorial.Anyway, following this tutorial, you will have full control over the results – specially theperspective angle and height of the text. You can also check out the PSD file included to see thehow the 3D text looks and take a look at the Blending Options.

What is to know first?

This tutorial is intended for those not having a version of Photoshop with 3D features. (the lastextended ones). So basically, the result will be a 2D image that will look like a 3D one.

STEP 1 – Creating The Text, Adding The PerspectiveWe’re going to start by making a new document, 1024×768, 72 dpi. Here we’re going to make atext layer. Black to be visible on the white background, but the color doesn’t really matter aswe’re going to change it later. An Arial Bold, 180 pt size would be good. My text has a tracking of100, so there’s a little space between the letters, but that’s not important either.

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Now we will add a perspective look to the text so that it will look like standing on a flat surface.First we must rasterize the text layer. Right-click on the text layer in the layers panel and selectRasterize type.

The text is not going to be editable now, but we are able to add perspective to it. Go to Edit –Transform – Perspective. A container for the text will appear. Click on the left corner (or rightone) and while holding the click button, drag it inside, towards the center, until you see a H:angle value of around 40 in the transform toolbar.

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Then, without hitting Enter or Ok, go again to Edit – Transform and select Scale. Now, click onthe upper middle control point and drag it down until the H: value is around 60%. Hit enter orthe ok button.

STEP 2 – Making the text look 3DWith the text layer selected, make sure the move tool on the toolbar is clicked (the arrow with across). Now holding down the ALT key (the Option key on the Mac), click on the keyboard’s uparrow many times. Each time you do so, a duplicate layer of the text will be made, and placed 1pixel higher above the older one. This way, we’ll construct the 3D look of the text. Do so asmany times as you want. Around 30 times would be a good choice.

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Now we have multiple layers, layer 30 being the last and topmost.Select layer 29, and whileholding down the Shift key, click on the first copy of the text layer. This will select all the layersbetween the two.

Now right click on any of these selected layers and select Merge Layers. This will combine allthese layers into one, that is the body of the 3D text.

So now we have 3 layers, The topmost will be the “face” of the 3D text, the middle one will beits body and the bottom one will be it’s shadow.



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STEP 3 – Styling the 3D TextAs you see, our 3D text doesn’t quite look 3D-ish because it’s all black. So to make it look really3D we’ll have to add him some colors and shadows. Gradients are what we need for colorsbecause they will make this 2D text look like 3D for our eye. Shadows will improve it more, bycreating the effect of text standing on a surface.

Let’s start with the bottom layer to add a shadow effect. This will create the look of the text asstanding on surface. Select the bottom layer (3D TEXT is the name), right click and selectBlending Options. The Blending Options Screen will appear.

We’re gonna add a shadow. Go to Drop Shadow and insert the values as seen in the image.

Now, we’ll move to the middle 3D Text layer. Select it, then go to Blending options.We’re goingto apply a gradient to emphasize the 3D look. Go to Gradient Overlay, use the settingsshown.



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Click on the gradient and customize the color stops so that you start on the left with a lightshade of grey and end in the right with a darker one. Click ok, apply the gradient and theblending options.



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Here is our result by now.

You will notice there is a a black bottom line around the text. That is because the middle layersstarts 1 px above the bottom one. So we’re going to fix this by raising the bottom layer 1 pxabove. Select the bottom layer, click on the move tool from toolbar (if it’s not already clicked)and press the keyboard’s Up Arrow once. It will move this layer up by 1 px.

Now we can focus on the top layer. Select it, go to Blending options – Gradient Overlay.

Click on the gradient. I’ve used the following # color codes for the color stops (double-click thecolor stop): Left one:95a614, Middle one:c6dc1c, Right one:e2f936. If you don’t know how toadd the middle color stop, it’s simple. Click just below the gradient. As you see, each color stophas 2 color midpoints. Position them like you see in the image.



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Now, to emphasize face of the 3D text we’ll add a small border (Blending options). You could dothis with Stroke but I prefere an Inner Glow as you can control the hardness. Put the samevalues here as you see in the image.

Done!Following this tutorial you will be able to create your own 3D text but also customize it the wayyou want. While there are actions available to the jobs, learning this tutorial will allow you tocreate varios types of 3D text from various perspectives. Remember you can experiment with thefirst steps – the perspective and scale to produce different views.

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