Golden Text

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.