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How to make Vista Looking Text /// Glossy Effect - Plutonium - 08-14-2010 Step 1 To start with, create a new document about 600 pixels by 420 pixels. Fill the background with a radial using the colour #23849e and #03675b. Step 2 On a new layer apply a radial gradient from #023d3f to transparent in the bottom left corner. Step 3 Select the text tool and type whatever you want. The font I’ve chosen for this tutorial is Segoe UI with a colour of #023d3f. Step 4 Now we are going to be applying a few layer styles to our text to make it clear and glossy looking. Step 5 Next up is the shine effect. Create a new layer and select the area of the text (Ctrl + Click icon in the layers window). Step 6 Using the elliptical marquee tool deselect the bottom half (hold down the Alt key to deselect from a selection). Step 7 Select the gradient tool and set it to linear, and fill the selection with a gradient from white to transparent. Set the blend mode to Overlay and the opacity to 75%. Step 8 As a finishing touch, I’ve added a couple of words in the same font but this time italics. The Result: - Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! * Sorry if the images aren't aligning properly. Heh.. ~ P RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - Fragma - 08-14-2010 I really like this effect. Thanks a lot for sharing. RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - Untouch - 08-14-2010 Not really glossy but nice anyway. Good tutorial. RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - Plutonium - 08-14-2010 (08-14-2010, 05:41 AM)Untouch Wrote: Not really glossy but nice anyway. Well, It's SORT of glossy.. right? =) Thanks. RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - UrugEci - 08-14-2010 Thanks a lot for sharing. RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - N'aix - 08-14-2010 Thanks for the info. RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - Plutonium - 08-14-2010 (08-14-2010, 05:53 AM)Gush Wrote: Thanks for the info. No worries! =) Anyone else liked this? RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - itylernallen - 08-14-2010 pretty cool mate ^_^ RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - Statics - 08-14-2010 All of your threads so far at supportforums are about graphics and all of them helped me! RE: How to make Vista Styled Text / Glossy Effect - Eve - 08-14-2010 Welcome to Support Forums, Plutonium. Your threads are a great addition to this section. |