Notes:
* the software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
* the size of the final result image is 1024 * 768
* you might want to check the Basix Page to see some useful topics on dealing with Photoshop basics, such as loading palettes and some shortcuts.
Resources:
* Elegant Green Text Effect Color Palette
Step 1:
- Set the Foreground color to #abd46e and the Background color to #4aa350.
Go to Filter - Render - Clouds.
- Go to Filter - Artistic - Paint Daubs. Change the Brush Size to 8, and the Sharpness to 7. Choose Dark Rough from the Brush Type drop down menu.
- Go to Filter - Distort - Ocean Ripple. Change the Ripple Size to 15, and the Ripple Magnitude to 12.
- Once again, Go to Filter - Render - Lighting Effects and type in the values below. Also, notice that the light above the "Preview" is modified as well. Try to get a similar result.
You should end up with something similar to this.
- Create a new layer and call it "Noise". Then go to Filter - Noise - Add Noise. The Amount should be something around 30, Choose Uniform for Distribution, and check the Monochromatic box.
Hit OK, and change the layer's Blend Mode to Multiply, and the Opacity to 40.
Now, we're done with the Background.
Step 2:
- Type your text using the Foreground color #abd46e. The font used is KabaleMedium, and the size is 300 px.
- Double Click on the text layer and apply the following styles:
- Drop Shadow: Just use the default values.
- Inner Glow: Change the Blend Mode to Overlay, the color to #62993d, the Size to 8, and the Range to 100.
- Bevel and Emboss: Increase the Depth value to 1000, change the Size to 10, the Gloss Contour to Log, and the Shadow Mode color to #3e663b.
- Finally, check the Contour box, and choose Round Slope.
This is what you should get.
Step 3:
- We will choose two slightly different shades of green now. So set the Foreground color to #c8e19d and the Background color to #658f40.
Create a new layer, call it "texture", then press Ctrl and click on the text layer icon to create a selection.
Make sure that the "texture" layer is active (selected), and fill the selection with the Foreground color (#c8e19d).
- Go to Filter - Render - Fibers, change the values to 64 for the Variance, and 4 for the Strength.
- Go to Filter - Brush Strokes - Angled Strokes, change the Direction Balance to 100, the Stroke Length to 50, and the Sharpness to 10.
- Finally, go to Filter - Distort - Ocean Ripple, make sure the Ripple Size is 15, and the Ripple Magnitude is 12. Hit OK, and press Ctrl + D to get rid of the selection.
- The last step is to change the "texture" layer's Blend Mode to Soft Light.
The texture might be simple, but it gives a really nice effect to the text. Here is the final result.
