Outline
text in Photoshop
Photoshop Tutorial
Here is a fun little tutorial that will show you how to make chrome outlines around your text. Have fun and experiment!
INGREDIENTS
by Colin Smith
- Text
- Selections
- Stroking
- Layers
- Curves
- Difficulty 5/10
1
Start with a blank layer and some text, this will work for shapes too.
2
Right click/Cmd click on the layer name in the layers pallette.
Select rasterize layer. Ctrl/Cmd click on the layer thumbnail to select
the type.
3
Create a new blank layer.
Edit>stroke. I added a 6 pixel stroke here. Make the location center.
Click ok.
Ctrl/Cmd click on the layer thumbnail to select the new stroke.
4
In the layer palette, turn off the bottom layer, you should see the outline
now.
Using the gradient tool: foreground to background linear - Black to white.
apply a gradient to the selection.
5
Now apply the stroke again, this time 1 Pixel and set to outside.
6
To make
the gradient look like metal, use our favorate curves trick.
Image>adjust>curves, use a similar curve to what is shown here.
7
Now display the bottom layer again and fill with a color or a gradient to get this result.
8
For a little extra depth apply a layer style to the outline, use a dropshadow.
9
Here is the result.
10
Another variation is to hide the fill and just use the outline with a dropshadow.
11
Here is yet another variation. This is just the previous image inverted. Ctrl/Cmd+I Note for this to work, you must flatten the image first.
12
Here is another variation. Play around with this effect and have fun.
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