Ok hey guys today we will be doing a text that really stands out and looks cool!

Plug-Ins Needed:
Drop Shadow Effect
Outline Object Effect
Multi Colour Gradient

These Downloads are Safe and from this website.

Okay...

This is what your finished product will look like: (With your own text)



Step One -> Open up a new sheet sized Width:800 Height:300 (pixels)


Step Two -> Fill your background Cyan - Baby blue - This will be changed!



Step Three -> Create a new layer and add some text to it. Make it big and bold! (Leave a bit of room around it! Im using
Font: Franklin Gothic Heavy
Size: 72
Bold
Underlined
Text: GraphicsBoy (You don't have to have this lol)
Colour: (YOUR COLOUR HAS TO BE WHITE!!)

Should Look Similar if not the same as this:


Step Four -> Okay now you have done that go onto Magic Wand Tool and Selection Mode: Add(union)
make sure your on layer 2.



Step Five -> Select the letters one by one so you end up with this:


Step Six ->Now select - Effects -> Render -> Multi Coloured Gradient. Click Okay.

Looks cool Right?


Step Seven -> Untick the Background in the Layers section and Select All (Ctrl&A)
Now select Effects -> Object -> Drop Shadow. Use these Stats.

Click okay. it should look similar to this:


Step Eight -> Now click Effect -> Object -> Outline Object. Use Radius:2 Strength:6 Outline Colour: Black
Click Okay
You should get something like this:


Step Nine -> Now we do lots and lots of outline objects changing the colour.
so start with purple at the top of the wheel thing.
Go to Outline Object use radius:2 strength:6 outline colour: Change it to a kind of purple at the top.
click okay it should look like this.

Repeat but using another colour
Repeat and repeat again
use the colours in this order
1,Purple (Just done)
2,Pink
3,Red
4,Orange
5,Yellow
6,Green
7,Light Blue
8,Dark Blue
9,Purple

When you have done all of them it should look like this:


Okay. now Re-tick your background back. then get out your rubber. Rub out all of your background.
(I Reccomend unticking your text layer. helps a bit)


You may notice you have a few small white bits so if you just do gaussian blur on 1 or 2 that gets rid and gives a nice little effect.

Now just save it and there you go
Please post yours as i would love to see your stuff.

This was my first tutorial so I'm sorry if it sucked. lol

MY FINAL PRODUCT:

The transparancy and the shape is really nice i think. what about you?

Thanks
MrMartin
Staff
Jaswin