Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life
Light Sources
So before we start the tutorial, here is a
little diagram about how light might hit an object. Here we have a
square object in the middle with light coming from the top left. You can
see that where the light hits the object,.
Glossy Emblem Text Effects – Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial, we’ll demonstrate how to create the following nice looking Glossy Emblem Text Effect with Adobe Photoshop in 4 simple steps.
With just one text layer and a few layer styles you can have yourself
a deliciously glossy emblem text.
How to Create 3D Text Blocks in Photoshop
Step 1
Before we start, you may want to download the font
that we’ll use in this tutorial. A bitmap font goes good with this
effect so you can use any, or download the font that I used named Acknowledge, from dafont.com.
Create
a new document.