Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect

May 25th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Text Effects

In this tutorial we’ll create a cool looking 3D Style text effect.

Begin your work with creating a new file of 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi

Then we shall use the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw the background of the picture to be.

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

Set the next shown parameters for the made new layer by making a mouse click on this layer in the layers’ palette. Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3 

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

Using the Custom Shape Tool (U), try to represent the rays coming out of the central picture’s part.

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

Mark out the inside tops, applying the Convert Point Tool (holding on SHIFT button) and then press CTRL+T, while using Maintain aspect ratio for getting together the rays in a single point on the central part of the picture.

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Opacity 70%, Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3 

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

Create now a new layer (Create new layer) and select a standard brush of black color, Brush Tool (B) (Opacity of 10%) to dark out the picture’s edges.

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3 

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect in Photoshop CS3

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  • jenna

    21/09/2009

    I am stuck at the part where you have to make the rays i’ve done everythin like you said but after i add the gradient the rays don’t look anythin like you showed on here. did I do something wrong?
    i’m useing CS4 not sure if thats the problem.

  • josh

    21/09/2009

    yo i’m lost how did you ctr +Alt click on cursor thing help please!!!

  • jamie

    28/09/2009

    this guy does a bad job at explain hes confusing

  • Ste Jobs

    14/10/2009

    I’m using this guide as a newbie to Photoshop and to be honest I’m a little lost. I’ve learnt a lot from it but feel like I’m in at the deep end here. I think I’ll try something easier first. Thanks for the great tutorial anyway. I’ll come back when I know a little more.

  • Rajpoot

    08/11/2009

    nice tuts, i like it very much

  • Bryan

    28/11/2009

    I’m really lost on this I did almost everything you said I got stuck where it says:

    “Mark out the inside tops, applying the Convert Point Tool (holding on SHIFT button) and then press CTRL+T, while using Maintain aspect ratio for getting together the rays in a single point on the central part of the picture.” I need help please…!!!

  • gerome

    10/12/2009

    thiis dont even work wtf

  • Cristina

    10/12/2009

    I’m not very well at photoshop either, and I also got stuck at the rays explanation, but I sorted a way to do what you show here. Not sure it’s what you meant, but it worked.
    select the Convert Point Tool (Direct Select Tool worked also), drag a box around all inside corners of the starburst. Hit ctrl+t or right click and select “free transform points” mark the “maintain aspect ratio” button at the top (the one that looks like a chain link), and hold Alt while dragging the selection box inwards (scale down) until the rays meet
    I know this post is very old, but maybe new visitors get stuck at this same point… (I did)

  • Kait

    22/12/2009

    What in the world is the Ctrl-Alt thing trying to say? I’ve never even heard of a cursor button for Pete’s Sake.

  • TheVkilla

    25/12/2009

    Kursor button - he means arrows :D Holding Ctrl+Alt hit down arrow several times and that automaticaly create new layers a little moved towards previous layer.

  • Mamun_bangladesh

    31/12/2009

    its really awesome

  • Serene

    26/01/2010

    i dont get the part where you put the rays on before the letters

  • kanchana

    04/02/2010

    Nice effect

  • Prasad

    09/02/2010

    daz vry gook idea for rising effect

  • salma

    18/02/2010

    Nice effect

    thank you

  • HUMAN

    26/03/2010

    really, really bad explained about those ray-bursts. coudnt manage to squeeze

  • IOP KIEN +

    11/04/2010

    MMM ES NECESARIO EL INGLES???

    XD

  • AMB

    14/04/2010

    I agree with 95% of the comments on this tut. Got lost right at Mark out the inside tops, applying the Convert Point Tool (holding on SHIFT button) and then press CTRL+T, while using Maintain aspect ratio for getting together the rays in a single point on the central part of the picture.

    Dont understand what that means at all. What a shame. I was looking for a way to do this effect easily and this is the closest I got.

  • sara

    04/05/2010

    i am lost right here…. “mark out the inside tops, applying the Convert Point Tool (holding on SHIFT button) and then press CTRL+T, while using Maintain aspect ratio for getting together the rays in a single point on the central part of the picture.” it is a new layer? because whe’ve already set the layer’s parameters if we apply the shape on the original/backround layer… why in the pic example the backround is grey??? I AM LOST.. its a cool effect..i want to learn!!

  • ni

    11/05/2010

    nice effect..i really liked it

  • tom

    11/06/2010

    >jenna
    >21/09/2009
    >I am stuck at the part where you have to make the rays i’ve done everythin like you said but after i add the gradient the rays don’t look anythin like you showed on here. did I do something wrong?
    i’m useing CS4 not sure if thats the problem.

    Try adjusting the scale of the gradient. It’s likely that you have created your image at a different size to the tutorial and therefore you might need to tweak a few things differently.

  • tom

    11/06/2010

    to AMB and sara and others

    - this part of the tutorial is saying that you need to adjust the custom shape so that the points meet in the middle.
    To do this you need to use the selection tool (white arrow) to select the points in the centre of the shape, using shift to select multiple points.
    Next you need to hit CTRL+T to enter free transform mode, and then while holding shift (to constrain the proportions) and alt/apple (to keep it centred while you scale), drag to pull the points into the centre.
    Now the rays in your shape should meet in the middle.

    hope this helps

  • Daljeet Singh

    19/06/2010

    Hi Dear
    It is a very usefull site for photoshops & designer. Please visit again & again.

    Daljeet Singh

  • izolasyon

    27/06/2010

    nice tutorials.. thanks you.

  • Abeon

    16/07/2010

    Very nice and modern style.
    Will make a nice logo for a site I’m working on, thanks!

  • surya

    23/07/2010

    where is the text effect man.iam open for that only but you didnt put that one