3D TEXT IN PHOTOSHOP

A very simple and easy to use 3D effect in Photoshop with no additional plug-in needed.

Open Photoshop using the following dimensions

Type any text on top of the Background layer. I’m gonna use Arial Black at 200pts to illustrate this effect clearly. Right-click on the text layer and select “Rasterize type”. With the rasterized text layer selected, go to “Edit – Transform – Perspective”. Adjust you text to have a perspective similar to mine below.

Once you’ve applied the transformation, hold “Alt” and press the “Down arrow” 20 times. Your image should look like this.

Select the layer before the background layer and press “Ctrl – Shift – }” to send it to the top of all the layers. Double-click on this layer and apply the following blending options.

You should get this

See this tutorial on how to create a brush. Follow it and create a square brush, it will be useful for shading the 3D part of the text.

Once you’ve created the square brush, select a foreground color of #1f1830.

To shade the 3d part of the text, select every layer except the Background layer and the very 1st layer. Press “Ctrl – E” to merge these layers. Hold “Ctrl” and click on the merged layer to select it then you can use your brush to define the edges of the 3D parts. My final image below should give you a clue of what I mean.

I added a drop shadow on the merged layer with these settings.

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