Joining in with all the fun for the 17th annual fonts fest, we thought we’d just get right into the swing of things with some “Dimensional Type” effects… * Elegant 3D Silver Type * Dark, 3D metal type * Create a 3D Flowery Text Effect, then * Another 3D “flowery” text effect in Photoshop . . .
Joining in with all the fun for the 17th annual fonts fest, we thought we’d just get right into the swing of things with some “Dimensional Type” effects… * Elegant 3D Silver Type * Dark, 3D metal type * Create a 3D Flowery Text Effect, then * Another 3D “flowery” text effect in Photoshop . . .
OH NO … time for some Photoshop Madness for text, type and lettering inspiration … and we found some good ones!
PHOTOSHOP MADNESS is where you practically go mad trying to find the most useful stuff for Photoshop!
Elegant 3D Silver Type
Author Wojciech Pijecki writes: Most of you probably know those awesome letters that were generated with 3D programs. But what about when you don’t have any particular program and you need to make 3D typography?
This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and give it a high quality metal look using pure Photoshop. Check it out!
Elegant 3D Silver Type
Dark, 3D metal type
In this tutorial, Eren Geksel shows you how to create a metal text which is illuminated from above, casting shadow. Basic transformations, some filters and actions will be covered through out this tutorial. See Eren’s photostream
Dark, 3D metal type
Create a 3D Flowery Text Effect
Another one from Johnson Koh, an Art Director based in Singapore. Johnson walks you through the 3D function to create this piece In this tutorial, we will need the beautiful Suddenly Spring brushes designed by GValkyrie.
Create a 3D Flowery Text Effect
Another 3D “flowery” text effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, you see how to make 3D spectacular text effect using simple techniques from Xara3D and Photoshop. Use Xara3D to create the text and Photoshop to decorate the text with different brushes. 
Careful … rude video/audio spam on this site! A K-Mart ad for typographers??? Avoid all the noise by simply printing the tutorial to a PDF file.
Another 3D “flowery” text effect in Photoshop
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