1. Create new file with 72 PPI and white background.
2. Click Channel Tab and create New Channel. The file will become black.
3. Select the Text tool and type the text. Deselect it with CRTL+D...

1. This effect is sometimes called Rocky Text. Create new file with 72 PPI and white background. Type the text with thin font.
2. Fill it with the color resembles to stone. Try the last row of color swatches. Select light color for foreground and dark shade for background...

Start with a new document. Preset option is entirely up to you. (I used 400x400) For contrast I added a new Color Fill Layer (#7A7F88), as indicated by the screen capture below.. (Optional). Next, add the Type Layer of your text and font choice...

Here's a handy trick to grunge artist enthusiast. This procedure will show you how to scratch the edge off text, while maintaining it's edit ability. Start off with a basic image size and add the text that I have captured below...

Here's a simple trick to create Outlined/Border Text.
1. First, select the 'Type Tool (T)' on the Tool Bar, and click and type the necessary text onto the canvas.
2. Next in the Layers Palette, right click on the new Text Type Layer, and from the menu list, choose 'Blending Options'...

To begin this tutorial, start a new document. Select the 'Background Layer' in the Layers Palette, then hit 'Ctrl + R' to show the Ruler Bar's (If not already visible). Then drag a Horizontal and Vertical Guide from the Ruler Bar to meet at the center point of the new document...

To begin this tutorial, start a new document. Select the 'Background Layer' in the Layers Palette, then hit 'Ctrl + R' to show the Ruler Bar's (If not already visible). Then drag a Horizontal and Vertical Guide from the Ruler Bar to meet at the center point of the new document...

Here's a handy trick to create eye pleasing, seamless blending of text into a textured background. Start off with a basic image size. (mine is 414x321, background color 'White'.) Next, create a simple texture, following these steps:...

It's easy to put text on a monotone background and have it stand out. However, when the background is multi-coloured, it becomes much harder to find a font style that will be easily readable.

This video tutorial will teach you how to create a funky looking letter D (d as in Domen ... as in ... me). You will be learning layer masking, desaturation, contracting selections, changing the hue, ...