In this tutorial, we will learn to create gold text effect. Create a new file. Fill the background with medium gray. Type "Gold" with Times New Roman 100 point font.
Apply Gradient overlay as shown:
Image after applying above layer style.
Press control+j to duplicate the layer. Hide the original layer by clicking on the eye icon in its name in layer palette. Click on the duplicate layer to activate it. Control+click on its layer name in layer palette to select it. Go to select>modify>contract and contract the selection to 2 pixels.
Image after contracting the selection :
Press shift+control+i to invert the selection. Press alt+control+shift and click on the text layer name in layer palette to select it. Your selection will be like this :
Create another layer. Fill the selection with color values shown in figure by gradient tool.
Apply these layer styles in it:
Image after applying above layer styles :
Now, unhide the original type layer. Move it to 4 pixel right side :
Add these layer styles in it.
Image after applying above layer styles :
Create another layer. Set the foreground color to white. Select this brush size.
Draw some stars over the gold text. Our nice looking gold text effect is completed.
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