30 Sensational Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials


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If you’re a graphic or web designer, you’ll know how important it is to have visually stunning text in your projects. Luckily, Photoshop is a powerful tool that can help you create intricate and eye-catching text effects that can be used for various purposes like branding, advertising, apparel design, logo design, or even web design.

To help you enhance your Photoshop skills and create unique typography designs, we’ve curated a collection of tutorials that cover various techniques, including layer styles, blending modes, and filters. These techniques can be used to create stunning typographical effects like 3D, neon, metal, water, smoke, chocolate, and many more.

Each tutorial is easy to follow and includes step-by-step instructions to help you master the techniques. By the end, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to create stunning text effects that will impress your clients and audience. So, explore these tutorials and take your design skills to new heights!

You might also like our collection of text effect Illustrator tutorials.



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How to Create a Skin-Textured Typography Scene

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a 3D-looking textured text effect in Photoshop without the need for any 3D tools or applications.

Skin-Textured Typography Scene text effect adobe photoshop tutorial text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

Outline Photoshop Text Effects (PSD Template)

Outline Photoshop Text Effects

How to Create a Incredible Typographic Illustration

In this two-part tutorial, you’ll learn how to bring a simple proverb into a complex typographic illustration that achieves a level of realism.

Incredible Typographic Illustration text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

How to Create a Lost in Space Typography

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an abstract composition with light effects and apply that as a texture of text.

Lost in Space Typography text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

Smoke Logo Photoshop Text Effect (PSD Template)

Smoke Logo Photoshop Text Effect

How to Create a Atmospheric Under-Water Text Effect

Here you will learn to create an atmospheric underwater text effect with just a few simple steps. You will learn how to extract water properly and manipulate it to fit your typography.

Atmospheric Under-Water Text Effect text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

Acid Glitch Photoshop Text Effect (PSD Template)

Acid Glitch Photoshop Text Effect

How to Create a Distressed Typographic Poster

Follow this step-by-step walkthrough of the design process for the ‘Spectrum’ poster. Starting with custom-made type in Illustrator, you’ll move the vector graphics into Photoshop for some distressing with Photoshop brushes, blending modes, and more!

Distressed Vector Typographic Poster text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

How to Create Cool Water Effect Typography

In this tutorial, you will learn to create a fantastic water typography effect using stock photos, blend modes, and filters.

How to Create Cool Water Effect Typography text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

Sliced Letters Text Effect (PSD Template)

Sliced Letters Text Effect

How to Create Retro Folded Typography

In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a retro-looking text that appears as though it’s constructed using folded strips of paper.

Retro Folded Typography text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

How to Create a Music Equalizer Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a music equalizer and then apply the equalizer effect on text using some fantastic techniques.

Music Equalizer Text Effect text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

Vintage Letterpress Texture Effects (PSD Template)

Vintage Letterpress Texture Effects

How to Create a Funky Retro Wavy Text Effect

You’ll learn how to create a retro-colored psychedelic background, which you will then apply to some text.

Funky Retro Wavy Text Effect text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

How to Create a Rope-Style Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn to create a text effect using a photo of rope and the Puppet Warp tool.

Cool Text Effect with the Puppet Warp Tool text effect adobe photoshop tutorial

How to Create a 3D Typographic Illustration

In this tutorial, João Oliveira creates a 3D typographic illustration using initially Cinema 4D for building the 3D, followed by Photoshop for the post-production.

João Oliveira creates a 3D typographic illustration using initially Cinema 4D for building the 3D

How to Create a Number Candles Text Effect

This tutorial explains the techniques for creating the 3D numbered candles below without using any 3D tools. It will then guide you through the other sections of shaping the candles, adding lights and shadows, and finally, placing the candles on top of a cupcake.

This tutorial explains the techniques for creating the 3D number candles above without using any 3D tools

How to Create a Electrified Metal Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn the steps to recreate the Electrified Metal Text Effect below. It covers several selection techniques, as well as how to use the right textures to create this unique text effect.

In this tutorial you will be shown the steps to recreate this Electrified Metal Text Effect

How to Create a Striped Road-Inspired Text Effect

This tutorial will show you how to use the Pen Tool, along with some Brushes and Blend Modes, to recreate the striped road-inspired text effect below.

Striped Road-Inspired Text Effect, you will also be shown some tips on how to use the Pen Tool

How to Create an Autumn-Themed 3D Text Effect

This tutorial will explain Photoshop’s 3D features to create the below autumn-themed 3D text effect.

this tutorial will explain how to use those new 3D features to create an amazing autumn-themed 3D text effect

How to Create Ornamental Chalk Typography

This tutorial will show you how to create stylish ornamental typography and then apply a chalkboard effect using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and some vector ornaments.

how to create a stylish ornament typography and then apply a chalkboard effect

How to Create a Magical Fire Energy Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn the steps to create the below text effect, tackling painting, layer blending, and image adjustments.

shown the steps to create the Magical Fire Energy text effect

How to Create a Valentine’s Day 3D Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn how to combine Photoshop and Filter Forge to create a wood-textured 3D text effect with a simple red glass heart.

photoshop tutorial to create a wood textured 3D text effect with a simple red glass heart

How to Create The Great Gatsby Art Deco Style

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an Art Deco image and text effect based on the poster of The Great Gatsby movie, using Illustrator and Photoshop.

learn how to create an Art Deco image and text effect based on the poster of The Great Gatsby movie

How to Create Fluid Typography

In this Photoshop tutorial, using custom brushes and the liquify tool, you will learn how to recreate the beautiful fluid typography you can see below.

you will learn how to recreate the beautiful fluid typography

How to Create a Scrabble Tiles Text Effect

This tutorial will show you how to create your own scrabble tiles set from scratch so that you can use them anytime with any background.

This tutorial will show you how to create your own scrabble tiles set from scratch in Photoshop

How to Create a Chocolate Text Effect

This Valentine-themed tutorial will show you how to create a delicious chocolate text effect using Layer Styles.

This Valentines themed tutorial will show you how to create a scrumpicous chocolate text effect

How to Create a Glowing 3D Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn how to combine Photoshop with Filter Forge to create a glowing 3D text effect.

you will be shown how to combine Photoshop with Filter Forge to create a glowing 3D text effect

How to Create a Simple Bokeh Text Effect

This tutorial shows you an easy method for creating a beautiful bokeh text effect, using simple brushes and layer effects.

This tutorial shows you an easy method for create a beautiful bokeh text effect

How to Create Old Signage in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an old signage text effect using stock photos. As a bonus, you will also create a simple animated GIF.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create an old signage text effect using stock photos

How to Create a Steampunk Type Treatment

Steampunk Type Treatmentin Photoshop

How to Create the Dark Knight Rises Stencil Effect

Dark Knight Rises Stencil Effect in Photoshop

How to Create an Abstract Geometric Mosaic

Abstract Geometric Mosaicin Photoshop

How to Create a Light Bulb Inspired Photoshop Text Effect

Light Bulb Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop

How to Create a Smoke Type Effect

Smoke Type Effect in Photoshop



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