Final Image

Tutorial Details
Program: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (CS3+ versions will work as well)
Estimated Completion Time: 50 minutes
Difficulty: Intermediate

Tutorial Resources
Garnet font.
Space Dust Texture.
Metal Mesh Patterns Pack 1.
gradient-shapes for Photoshop.
Brushed Steel Metallic Texture. (Note: Before you begin the tutorial, open this image in
Photoshop, then go to Edit -> Define Pattern, and click OK, to add the texture to your
Patterns preset.)
Step 1
Create a new 1024 750 px document, place the
Space Dust Texture image on top of the
Background layer, then resize it until it fits within
the document.
The texture is quite big, so if you are creating a
longer text than the one in the tutorial, you can
use bigger dimensions for your document.

Double click the texture layer to apply a Pattern

Overlay effect, by changing the Blend Mode to
Overlay, and choosing the Hex Metal Mesh
pattern from the Metal Mesh Patterns Pack 1
pattern pack.
This will create the in-space-like background.
Step 2
Create the text in All Caps using the font Garnet,
the font size 250 pt, and the color #1e4d6e. Then,
set the Tracking value to 100 pt.

Duplicate the text layer twice, then change the

second copys Fill value to 0. Next, we are going
to style each of the text layers.
Step 3
Double click the original text layer to apply the
following Layer Style:
Bevel and Emboss: Change the Style to Stroke
Emboss, the Technique to Chisel Hard, the Size
to 10, the Gloss Contour to Cone Inverted,
check the Anti-aliased box, change the Highlight
Mode to Vivid Light, its color to #e8ebf0, and the
Shadow Mode color to #08324b.
 Contour: Choose the Ring contour, and check
the Anti-aliased box.
 Stroke: Change the Size to 7, the Fill Type to
Gradient, the Style to Reflected, the Angle to 90,
and choose the stove pipe 155b gradient from
the CHROMES.grd file found in the gradient-
shapes for Photoshop gradients pack.
This will create the outer stroke of the text.
Step 4
Double click the first copy text layer to apply the
following Layer Style:
Bevel and Emboss: Change the Technique to
Chisel Hard, the Gloss Contour to Rounded
Steps, check the Anti-aliased box, change the
Highlight Mode to Vivid Light, and its color to
#e2ffff.

Contour: Just check the Anti-aliaeds box.

 Satin: Change the Blend Mode to Overlay, the
color to #c1ffe8, the Angle to 0, the Distance to
35, the Size to 70, and the Contour to Ring
Double.
This will create the first layer of the styled text.
Step 5
Double click the second copy text layer to apply
the following Layer Style:
Bevel and Emboss: Change the Technique to
Chisel Hard, the Size to 40, uncheck the Use
Global Light box, change the Angle to 65 and the
Altitude to 75, change the Gloss Contour to
Gaussian, check the Anti-aliased box, change the
Highlight Mode to Vivid Light, and its color to
#efe6d2.

Contour: Choose the Half Round contour, and

check the Anti-aliased box.
 Satin: Change the Blend Mode to Vivid Light,
the color to #2fffc7, the Distance to 28, the Size to
35, and the Contour to Gaussian.
This will create the second layer of the styled text,
adding more depth and some extra details.
Step 6
Ctrl + click any text layers thumbnail to create a
selection.

Create a new layer between the two copy text

layers and call it Texture, set the Foreground
and Background colors to #081f30 and White, and
go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds. Then, go to
Select -> Deselect to get rid of the selection.
Go to Filter -> Pixelate -> Crystallize, and set the
Cell Size to 32.

Go to Filter -> (Filter Gallery) -> Brush Strokes ->

Accented Edges, and use the values shown
below.
This will create a bright cracks texture.

Go to Filter -> Filter Gallery -> Brush Strokes ->

Angled Strokes, and use the values below as well.
This will sharpen the cracks a little bit.

Go to Filter -> Sharpen -> Smart Sharpen, and

use the settings below.
This will intensify the cracks and enhance the
contrast of the texture.

Change the Texture layers Blend Mode to Soft

Light.
Step 7
Ctrl + click a text layers thumbnail again to create
a selection, change the Foreground color to
#1a1a1a, create a new layer on top of all layers
and call it Noise.
Go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds, then go to Select
-> Deselect to get rid of the selection.

Go to Filter -> Texture -> Grain, and use the

values below.
This will create a simple noise texture.

Change the Noise layers Blend Mode to Soft

Light, and its Opacity to 50%.
Step 8
Click the layer at the top, then Shift + click the
original text layer to select all the layers except for
the Background layers, then go to Layer -> Group
Layers.
Duplicate the group, make the original invisible by
clicking the eye icon next to it, then select the
copy and go to Layer -> Merge Group. This will
rasterize the group layers into one layer.
Pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, choose the
Shape option in the Options bar, and set the
Radius to 10. Then click and drag to create a
rounded rectangle that is big enough to place a
letter inside it. Drag the shape layer right below
the rasterized group layer.
Double click the shape layer to apply the following
Layer Style:
Bevel and Emboss: Change the Technique to
Chisel Hard, the Size to 25, check the Anti-aliased
box, change the Highlight Mode to Vivid Light, and
the Shadow Mode Opacity to 65%.

Contour: Choose the Ring contour, and check

the Anti-aliased box.
 Gradient Overlay: Change the Blend Mode to
Soft Light, choose a White to Black gradient,
change the Style to Reflected, and the Scale to
150%.
 Pattern Overlay: Change the Blend Mode to
Overlay, and choose the Brushed Steel Metallic
Texture Pattern. You can click and drag the
texture around inside the tile if you want to change
its position as well.
This is what you should get.
Step 9
Duplicate the rectangle so that you have one for
each letter you created.

Double click the rasterized groups layer to apply a

simple Drop Shadow effect by changing the
Distance to 16 and the Size to 10.
This will add shadow to the text. The reason why it
wasnt added earlier is because it wouldve been
rasterized, which will make it a solid color instead
of a color that interacts with the Background
elements through the Multiply Blend Mode.
Step 10
Pick the Polygonal Lasso Tool, then select the first
letter you have. Click once to add a point, then
release and drag the mouse to move, click to add
another point, and so on, until you arrive back at
the start point to close the selection.
Press the Ctrl/Cmd + J keys to duplicate the
selected letter, with its shadow, in a separate
layer.

Select the rasterized layer once again, and repeat

the steps until you extract all the letters. When
youre done, make the rasterized layer invisible.
Next, you will have to arrange the rectangles and
the letters in the document. And you can go to
Edit -> Free Transform to rotate the letters and/or
the rectangles if you like. Dont forget to hit the
Enter/Return key to accept the changes you make
in the Free Transform Mode.
Step 11
Create a new layer on top of all layers and call it
Glow, then change its Blend Mode to Linear
Light. Set the Foreground color to #6dcff6, pick
the Brush Tool, and choose a soft round 35 px
brush.
Start adding glow dots on the outer stroke of the
letters.

Once youre done, go to Filter -> Distort -> Ripple.

Set the Amount to 100 and the Size to Large.
This will add a nice touch to the glow dots.
Finally, click the Create new fill or adjustment
layer icon down the Layers panel, and choose
Gradient Map.

Choose the gradient shown below from the CSP

True Sky Gradients.grd file in the gradients pack.
Then, change the adjustment layers Blend Mode
to Overlay and its Opacity to 50%. This will
enhance the coloring of the final result.
And Were Done!
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