20 Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials for Designing Attention-Grabbing Logos and Titles
Using plain texts as visual elements in your design is boring. But with very little effort and with the aid of Adobe Photoshop, you can put effects on those texts to produce some very amazing and wonderful look. In this post, I am going to list down 20 very simple yet very useful Photoshop text effect tutorials. The techniques used to create these Photoshop text effects are not only useful for learning how to make special effects for all kinds of objects but also in giving you basic ideas on many of Photoshop’s filters and commands.
The Photoshop text effect tutorials included in this roundup will teach you how to recreate a logo or a title of a popular movie, putting light effects on texts, 3D effects, texturizing types and a lot more. Feel free to put your own twist on them and try some other ways of recreating them. To view the Photoshop text tutorial you are interested in, please click on the preview image.
You may use these Photoshop text effects to create titles for your posters or flyers. They would also look great as titles for book cover designs or magazines. I am sure you have a hundred other creative ideas on what to make of these Photoshop text effect tutorials.
10 USEFUL PHOTOSHOP TEXT EFFECT TUTORIALS
01. How to Create a 3D Chipped, Painted Wood Effect
This tutorial will show you how to use some textures and a couple of different 3D material and light settings, as well as adjustment layers, to create a realistic chipped, painted wood text effect.
02. ‘Stranger Things’ Inspired Effect in Adobe Photoshop
This very quick tutorial will show you an easy way to create a text effect inspired by the ‘Stranger Things’ series, using only layer styles and some simple adjustments.
03. Layered Floral Typography Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Floral typography is a design trend that combines nice floral elements with bold typography, to create some elegant designs. Learn how to create flower text art in Photoshop. This tutorial will show you how to use a flower stock image, with a simple text, and a couple of layer styles, filters, textures, and adjustments to create your own floral typography design.
04. Futuristic Metal Effect in Adobe Photoshop
In this quick tip, you are going to learn how to create a simple Layer Style text effect with a futuristic feel. To achieve this look, you are going to use a texture, a pattern, and a couple of layer styles to create a bright, futuristic-themed text effect.
05. Create a Wireframe Text
It’s quite easy to make a wireframe text effect with Photoshop. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create this text effect. Easy to follow even for beginners.
06. Luxurious Text in Adobe Photoshop
Here, you’ll learn how to create this gorgeous text effect in Adobe Photoshop. This elegant and luxurious look is achieved by first creating a subtle dark background and adding a text layer and other effects.
07. Cartoon Effect in Adobe Photoshop
This tutorial teaches you how to create an easy cartoon text effect by using a pattern and a layer style.
08. 3D, Glowing, Retro Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to use smart objects and layer styles to create a 3D, retro, glowing text effect in this quick Photoshop text effect tutorial.
09. 3D Antique Metal Photoshop Text Effect
This tutorial shows you how to use Photoshop’s 3D Tools, with a couple of textures and filters, to create your own 3D antique metal text effect, and add it to a nice background image.
10. One-Layer Retro Effect in Adobe Photoshop
The latest Photoshop update comes with a couple of pretty awesome new layer style features, such as multiple layer style instances and stroke overprint. This tutorial will show you how to use those features to create a one-layer-only, retro text effect.
11. Shiny Summer Photoshop Text Effect
Know how to create a shiny summer Photoshop text effect using layer styles in Adobe Photoshop in this short tutorial.
12. Stylized Hay Bale Typography in Photoshop
For your Autumn-themed designs, here is a tutorial for creating text made of hay. You must know how to use Photoshop’s 3D features to create this Photoshop text effect.
13. Neon Street Sign Photoshop Text Effect
Create a surreal neon street sign effect with Photoshop and Illustrator. You need to set the ideal font and the background to get this astonishing effect.
14. Writing in Sand Style with Photoshop
Do you want to come up with a summer beach background with your own writing on the sand? In this tutorial, you will learn how to edit and write on the sand. Choose your own sandy background if you want or the message and other accents too!
15. Soft Carbon Photoshop Text Effect
Here is a modern and futuristic soft carbon text style effect in Photoshop. The Photoshop text effect transforms any text layer by applying a set of layer effects to give a modern and soft letterpress effect with a great pattern overlay.
16. Concrete Rock Effect
Editing this Photoshop file, you will be able to transform through smart layers any design into an engraved stone and concrete effect.
17. Retro Star Wars Inspired Text
This tutorial shows you how to use a couple of layer styles, with a nice space texture and a flare brush tip, to create a Star Wars-inspired text effect.
18. Spectacular Grass Photoshop Typography
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a spectacular grass text effect in Photoshop.
19. Sparkling Diamonds Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Some fonts can make creating certain text effects much easier. This tutorial will show you how to use a dotted font, with a couple of layer styles, to achieve a simple, glittering diamond effect.
20. Lego Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a realistic-looking 3D text effect without utilizing any 3D software. This tutorial makes use of Adobe Photoshop but you should be able to do it in your favorite 3D software of choice.
