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Description: This is a quite simple tutorial to create a very nice plastic feel to your texts and shapes.

Start a new document, and use your type tool to create your text. Make it big and bold, and color #B7E1F7.

Note: The settings I use in this tutorial is for my text size 350px with font Georgia. If you are using a different font, at different size, you may need to adjust some settings to get it look right.

Now just apply the following layer style settings to the text.

 

Layer->Layer Style - >Bevel and Emboss

Layer->Layer Style - >Inner Glow
Layer->Layer Style - >Inner Shadow

Layer->Layer Style - >Drop Shadow

 

Applied to a shape

 

Another Shape:

Now CTRL+Click on the text layer to make a selection, then click on the Add adjustment layer from the bottom of the layers pallete, and select levels.

and adjust the sliders so you get a picture like the one to the left. Here is what i used:

This technique can be applied to shapes and objects too, not just text, so experiment and come up with something cool.

Here I applied it to some shapes words using the above technique, only changed the original color from step 1 and set the fill level of the text to about 40%

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User Comments

Vfrdayci | Jul/10/08 07:33
test speed
brad | Jun/10/08 10:44
I really enjoyed the tutorial. It was simple, and very nice results.

May I ask one thing of you though? Please post at least a thumbnail at the start of the article to show the finished product. I wonder how many casual surfers just passed this over as another generic tutorial without even seeing the results first. It's a shame. Showing an image at the top gets more attention from people that say "that's pretty cool, how'd he do that?" Otherwise many just see another tutorial in a sea of many.
somnath chakraborty | May/26/08 14:07
i can say only one ward that it is beautiful.
OsDdpPNyXMXdQ | May/19/08 18:10
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Sadeepa | May/15/08 14:36
Great tutorial . Thanks !!
RLdRkbpWWuqujetI | Apr/29/08 20:03
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user990929ant | Apr/28/08 07:34
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Bernard | Apr/16/08 06:59
Thanks for this brilliant tutorial - the effect is great. To use this on smaller text, I made use of a smart object (convert to smart object). Then you can resize without losing the effect.
gmaingogo | Apr/15/08 07:52
misbah | Mar/30/08 01:39
i am going to try now ad will hvperfect results bcz i knew it
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