Lava Text

The Tutorial - Part 1

1. Open a new document in Adobe, with a transparent background.

2. Size it 3x3

3. Zoom in as far as you can, then using your pencil tool, put a black dot in the middle

4. Then go Edit --- Define Pattern and call it Dot

The Tutorial - Part 2

1. Open a new document in Adobe, with a white background

2. Size it about 200x100

3. Choose your font, colour and type out your word or words

4. Then 'Right Click' on the layer with the text on and goto 'Blending Options'

5. Then tick 'Drow Shadow' and tick 'Inner Shadow'

6. Then click 'Outer Glow' and change the settings: colour to 'black'; opacity 59%

7. Then click 'Inner Shadow' and change the opacity to 51%

8. Then click 'Bevel And Emboss' and change the settings: Size 2 Sofen 1 Technique: Chisel Hard

9. Then click 'Contour' and it to 'Cone' click 'Texture' and change it to Dot

10. Tick 'Satin' then click 'Colour Overlay' and change the colour to red

11. Tick 'Gradient Overlay'

12. Then click 'Stroke' and change the settings: colour to light grey (c7c7c7) and size 1

Final Image