Breathe new life into text. These tutorials will teach you how to create various text effects.  Home Photoshop Text Effects Toxic Text

Let's make some nice Toxic Text.

Step 1:

Create a new image, we suggest 400 x 250 pixels, or you can use any size really, just remember, while you are working in photoshop bigger is better.

Pick black Background and white Foreground.

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Type the text that you want to make toxic at the center of the image, we are using the "foo" font you can download it for free here!

Step 2:

Now right click on the text layer and choose Blending Options, use these settings:

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It will look like this:

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Click the text layer (icon) holding Ctrl, to select the text, it will look like this:

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Step 3:

Select the background layer and fill with the Paint Bucket then select text with white color. Take off text layer visibility.

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Image-Rotate Canvas and select 90° CW, now filter-Stylize-Wind, make the wind part twice, this will make the effect look wider.

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Image-Rotate Canvas- 90° CCW, now your text will look like this, cool isn't it?

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Step 4:

Now, Filter-Gaussian Blur, we are going to use 1.5 radius but you can really go between 1.0 and 2.0.

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Filter-Stylize-Solarize and press Ctrl + Shift + L (Adjust Auto Levels), you text is going to look like this.

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Step 5:

Go to Filter-Liquify, put the settings like this:

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Note: Don't change the settings, because maybe you would deform the text

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Now use your imagination and talent to create the text effect, good luck.

Step 6:

Yeah the last step, go to Image-Adjustments-Color Balance and personalize the color to your taste. GREAT, now your design is done! Cheers.

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Finally you can also personalize your design with the same effects, just use the same steps and enjoy the results.

Toxic Text Tutorial: Final Result

You can use this Toxic Effect to make some cool text with regular fonts and designs in general giving them a chemical-aggressive style.



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