Here I will show you how to make a grunge metal text quickly in photoshop. Grunge, dirty, gritty, slimy, rusty, shattered, dripping, torn, worn, and whatever you think that you may frown upon in real life, is an awesome resource for creativity. I hope you will learn new photoshop tricks and techniques in this tutorial. Feel free to share your suggestions with us.
Create a Grungy Metal Text Effect in Photoshop - Final Preview
Final Preview
Tools and Resources
Lets start to create our grungy metal text effect in photoshop.
Step 1
Create new document (Ctrl+N) 1100x800 of size.
Create New Document
Step 2
Add the Grungy Image in photoshop to start our grungy text effect.
Add Grunge Image
Step 3
Now select Text Tool and type some text with using any of font, here I am using Gunpaly Font.
Type Some Text
Step 4
After type text go to Layer > Layer Style and applying some Blending Options on this text layer.
Drop Shadow
Drop Shadow
Outer Glow
Outer Glow
Bevel and Emboss
Bevel and Emboss
Satin
Satin
Color Overlay
Color Overlay
Gradient Overlay
Gradient Overlay
After applying these blending options we get awesome effect on text layer.
Get Awesome Effect
Step 5
Create new layer name it layer Scratches, select soft brush which is already default save in brush panel.
Select Brush Tool
Hold the Ctrl key and click thumbnail of the text layer, a selection created now apply with brush on scratches layer as like in preview.
Paint With Brush
Step 6
Press (Ctrl+D) to deselect the selection then go to the Blending Options and applying some Layer Styles to the scratches layer.
Drop Shadow
Drop Shadow
Bevel and Emboss
Bevel and Emboss
Color Overlay
Color Overlay
When we applying these layer styles we get nice effect on scratches layer.
Get Nice Result
Step 7
Select Eraser Tool and erase the scratches from dark and light effect sides of the whole text layer.
Erase from Dark and Light Side
After erasing the unneeded area of scratches layer we get beautiful final preview.
Final Preview
