Photoshop
Plasma Text
This tutorial will show you how to create cool text effect using Photoshop.
Step 1
Created for Photoshop 6.0 ++
Open a new image (for example 500 x 500 px) - with black background.
Create a new layer and write with orange the text.
Step 2
Create again a new layer and set the foreground colour to black and the background colour to white (or press "d").
Use the filter / render / clouds... .
After that use filter / sketch / chrome ...
with this recruiting:
detail = 4;
smoothmess = 6;
Set the 3. layer (chrome - layer) to colour dodge.
Step 3
Go to the layer 2 (!) and rasterize the layer (klick with right mousebuttom an the layer and then on rasterize the layer) .
After that duplicate the layer 3 time . (you should have now 4 text-layers, which are between the chrome - layer and the first layer )
Go to the layer 3 and use the filter / blur / motion blur ... .
with this recruiting:
angle = 0;
distance = 100;
So, go to the layer 4 and use again motion blur ... . But now with this recruiting:
angle = -45;
distance = 100;
Finally go to layer 5 and uset again motion blur ... . But now with other recruiting:
angle = 45;
distance = 100;
The result schould be like this.
Step 4
Now you have to marge down the text - layers (go to layer 5 and press ctrl + e, do this 3 times). - now you have to have 3 layers (layer 1 = black; layer 2 = text / fusion; layer 3 = chrome; )
Go to layer 2 and use the filter / blur / gaussian blur
(radius = 3).
Press ctrl + u (hue / saturation) put down the colorize - box and play with the recruiting to get a good colour.
So,now create new layer between the chrome - layer and the text / fusion layer. Write with black the same word.
You should have 4 layers.
Step 5
Set the layer's opacity to 60 %. - Now you are ready
you can play with ctrl + m, ctrl + b and ctrl + l to get a better result.
Source: www.fxencore.de
