We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, let us know how you got on in the comments.Photoshop CC has rolled out many updates since it first released. Overall, this is a really cool effect and there is a lot of scope to incorporate this into your digital art projects. If any of the parts don’t look how you’d like, you may need to adjust the sizes and levels of the layer adjustments slightly. Ok, so we’re done! Below is what your finished plastic text will look like – obviously it may differ a little depending on your colour, font, and text size. Gloss contour selected already, with anti-aliased checked Size set to 13% (again, variable dependent on font size)Īngle set to 120 degrees, with use global light checked Replicate the below settings for all of this section:ĭepth set to 126% (this may vary depending on text size and font) Then, amend the gloss contour to shallow slope – valley, and ensure that anti-aliased is checked. Within the structure section, change the style to stroke emboss. Select a colour a little darker than your original font colour and a bit lighter than the one you used for the bevel and emboss – you’ll be best off with a mid shade. On the original text layer, not the copy – tap the fx menu and then select stroke. You should now see a duplicate of your text layer, including all adjustments, but with “ copy” written on the end of the layer name. Right-click on your text layer and select duplicate layer.
In the contour section, select the one named shallow slope – valley. Once the layer style menu opens, click on contour. Tap into the fx menu again, and onto bevel and emboss. You should then see your plastic text start taking even more shape. Select this contour, and check the anti-aliased box. Scroll down the list and select the one named ring – triple. This allows us to see the names of our contours. Once these have loaded, tap on the settings tool again and then select large list. This will load new contours into the program – don’t worry, you won’t lose what you already have stored. Tap the settings wheel on the right-hand side.Īt the bottom of the menu, select contours. Tap the arrow next to the icon, and you’ll see the below box pop up. Next, we need to select our gloss contour. Size set to 4% (variable dependant on font and size)Īngle set to 90 degrees, with use global light checked Go back to the fx menu on your text layer, and select bevel and emboss.ĭepth set to 460% (again, this may vary depending on your font and size) You’ll then see the beginnings of our plastic effect text. Size set to 16% (this may vary depending on your font and text size) These are:Ĭhoose a colour slightly darker than the one you’ve chosen for your text Once you’ve chosen a colour for your text and pressed ok, go back to the fx menu and select inner glow.Ĭopy the below settings onto your inner glow window. Choose a colour which you want your text to be, preferably a light shade. The color overlay menu within the layer style box should now appear. Tap on the layer adjustments icon in the bottom right corner, the icon which says fx. In the layers panel, you should see two layers one named background, and one containing your text. Using white, type out your chosen words onto the canvas. Select your font from the menu at the top of the screen.
Once you’ve chosen your font, head to the text tool on the left-hand menu.
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I’m going to use the Finland Rounded font which you can download from Creative Fabrica here.
You’ll ideally need a sans serif font with rounded edges for this – experiment with the preset fonts or download your own. Select black as the foreground (the front square on the colour icons) and fill the entire canvas. Once you have your canvas, navigate to the paint bucket tool in the left-hand side menu. The canvas size doesn’t really matter as long as your text fits on comfortably you can always crop it later! Our first step is to create a new canvas. We’re simply going to add layer styles and adjustments to achieve our finished look, which you can see an example of below:
This is a really easy technique, suitable for any level Photoshop user.
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In this article, we’re going to learn how to create text which looks like plastic, using Adobe Photoshop.