155+ High Quality Categorized Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

With Photoshop text effects you can make most designs stand out and it is not that hard! Typography is defined as the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyph. With Photoshop and the right skills and techniques at your disposal you can push the limits of Typography to the edge. This article is one of the largest categorized collections of Photoshop text effects tutorials will be able to find. All tutorials have large preview images and all links have been verified recently.

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Photoshop text effects Index

• Metal, Gold, Copper Text Effects with Photoshop
• Fire, Smoke, Water, Frost Text Effects with Photoshop
• 3D Text Effects with Photoshop
• Wood, Fabric, Skin Texture Text Effects with Photoshop
• Light, Glass Text Effects with Photoshop
• Grunge, shattered Text Effects with Photoshop
• Watercolour, Retro, Floral Text Effects with Photoshop
• Useful Photoshop Text Techniques

Metal, Gold, Copper Photoshop Text Effects

Battleship Text Effect

Learn how to design the text effects used in the Battleship movie logo.

Create a Crisp Metallic Text Effect in Photoshop

In this quick tip tutorial, Gianluca Giacoppo will explain how to create a crisp, metallic text effect using just a couple of layer styles in Photoshop.

Create Eroded Metal Text

This photoshop text effect tutorial will show you how to create an eroded metal text effect. Throughout this tutorial we’ll make use of various drawing techniques, channels, and patterns

How to Create a Copper Photoshop Text Effects

This is a strong and eye-catching photoshop text effect, though relatively simple to create. We’ll be using bevel and emboss styles, pattern overlays, and combining different techniques to mock-up the text into a related background.

Chain Text

This photoshop text effects tutorial will teach you to add a chain to text. The technique can also be used for non-text designs.

Quality Styles (Gold, Chrome, Glass and more)

This is a pack of 16 quality styles for Photoshop. Use the gold, chrome, stone, copper, metal styles and all the others for your web or print work! by GraphicRiver (premium Photoshop Add-on – price $5 )

Create a Metallic Type Treatment Using Photoshop and Cinema 4D

In this tutorial we will explain how to use Cinema 4D and Photoshop to create metal textured 3D typography that includes ornate and decorative swirls.

Bling Text Effect

This tutorial will show you how to make those popular diamond/gold bling bling text.

Grungy Rusted Carbon Fiber Text Effects

You will be creating a grungy rusted carbon fiber text effect. Also you be creating the accompanying rusted metal background effect seen in the preview.

How To Create A Gold Text Effects In Photoshop

In this photoshop text effect tutorial we will show you how to create a nice gold text effect using this powerful tool. Once you are done, you’ll be able to save this style and apply it wherever you like.

How to Create High Quality Metal 3D Text in Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and give it a high quality metal look using pure Photoshop.

*Bling Bling* Simple Gold Text Effect

This Photoshop text effect tutorial explains how to make a simple gold text effect by using some layer styles, namely the Gradient Overlay layer style!

Smooth Chrome Text

6 Quick’n’Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make six different effects using just layer styles.

Star Wars text effect

Create a Metal Piece with a Graved Text

Fire, Smoke, Water, Frost, Ice Photoshop Text Effects

Realistic Scorching Fire Effect

This photoshop text effect tutorial show you trick that you can use to give your text a scorching reality.

Stunning Text on Wild Fire Effect

Explosion Effect

3D Text on Fire

Ice Photoshop Text Effects

Aqua Text Effect

Create an Ice Text Effect

Stunning 3D Effect

Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop

Creating a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text

Smoke Text Effect

Create Smoke Text

Awesome Milk Typography Effect in Photoshop

Water Text Effect

Reflective Liquid Type

Tutorials on creating metal type abound online, as do variations on simple liquid effects. Most are fairly short, offering a good foundation for the reader on how certain effects are achieved but fail to take that extra step (or few steps) to make the piece really shine…

Create Destructive Black and White Lettering with a Dramatic Splash Effect (video)

We’ll turn standard text into a stunning, destructive illustration, and give it a final unique look. So, let’s rock this one and learn all about the cool techniques included here! A great tut to look through among the many Photoshop text effects.

Plastic Jelly Styles

Plastic Text in Photoshop

3D Photoshop Text Effects

Scrabble Tiles Text Effect

Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment

This Photoshop text effects tutorial will teach you ancient and magic typography.

Steampunk Type Treatment

Pressed – Letterpress Photoshop Styles

Save time by using pre-built great looking styles in Photoshop! This is a set of 5 letterpress Photoshop styles – they will make your text look as though it’s been pressed into any color background. With each of the 5 primary styles, there are 3 styles based on your text size: Small, Medium or Large. In all there are 15 styles. by GraphicRiver (premium Photoshop Add-on – price $5 )

3D Text Shatter Effect

This photoshop text effect is made in two programs, Cinema 4D and Photoshop.If you haven’t heard of Cinema 4D before it is a relatively easy to use 3d application, it is quite similar to 3dsMax or Maya. I will go pretty in depth with the Cinema 4D part, for all the inexperienced users, so bare with me if I go too slow.

Dimensions – 3D Generator Action

The Photoshop Action ‘Dimensions’, helps you to generate whatever you want (text, image, shape, etc,) in 3D by GraphicRiver (premium Photoshop Add-on – price $5 )

Brick Text

Unique 3D Text – Xara 3D + Photoshop Tutorial

Create A Floral Colorful Solid Text Effect

Fresh Typographic Effect

New Way to Create 3D Text

Using Typography from PS to Create a 3D Text Render in C4D

Valentines Day Photoshop Style

Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life

How to Create Explosive Photoshop Text Effects in Cinema 4D

Kaboom Exploding Text

3D Textured Text Effect

Create a 3D Text Scene Using Photoshop

3D Text Effect 2

Design Soft Stylized 3D Type

Amazing Illustrator 3D Effects And PS Brush Creation

Create a Spectacular Grass Photoshop Text Effects

3D Typography in Photoshop

Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect

Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography

Papercraft Text Effect

Create a 3D Flowery Text Effect

Add Fantastic Color to 3D Text

Starcraft 2 Text Effect

Candy Coated Text Effect

Realistic Chrome and Glossy Plastic Text Effect

How To Create a Striking Typographic Illustration

How to Create a Realistic 3D Stone Text Effect

Create 3D Text with Some Extreme Lighting

3D Text Effect in Photoshop (video)

Transformers Effect

3D Text Effect

How to Create High Quality Metal 3D Text in Photoshop

How to Quickly Create a Stylish Retro Text Effect

Text Effect Quickie: Delicious Chocolate Text

3D Text

How to Quickly Create a Stylish Retro Text Effect

Recreate the ‘Bee Movie’ Text Effect

Simple, Sleek & Stylish Text Effect

Wood, Fabric, Texture Text Effects with Photoshop

Create a Stitched Denim Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, psd tuts will explain how to combine Photoshop filters, brushes, and vector shapes to create a stitched denim text effect using Photoshop CS6.

Wood Inlay Text

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a wood inlay effect using wood textures, layer masks and a few creative selection techniques.

Design a Skin-Textured Typography Scene

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

Vintage Letterpress

22 actions make it simple to create that vintage wood type letterpress look. Simply select the layer and hit play! Complete with 11 different textures and 2 sizes of each. Great for print or web! Works on ALL layer types (text, vector & raster). by GraphicRiver (premium Photoshop Add-on – price $5 )

Wooden Text Effect in Photoshop

How to Put Smokin’ Bullet Holes and a Wanted Sign into a Piece of Wood

Text on Turf

Create a Stitched Text Effect for an iPad Wallpaper

In this tutorial we will show you how to create a custom stitched text effect for an iPad Wallpaper.

Furry Text in Photoshop

Furry Text

Create a Baseball-Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop

Applying texture to a text effect can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will explain how to create a baseball-inspired text effect using layer styles, patterns, and brushes.

Text in Stitches

Patches Text Effect

Elegant Leather Style Text Effect

Light, Glass Text Effects with Photoshop

Liquid 3D Type

Create a Neon Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial Michael Kruiswijk will show you how to make a neon text effect in Photoshop using layer styles and textures.
Let’s get started!

Lighting Shutter Text Effect Tutorial

In this photoshop text effects tutorial artist will teaches you how to create this beautiful slow shutter text effect.

Leopard ‘X’ Effect

Advance Glow Effect

Sparkling Text Wallpaper

Elegant Glass Text Effects

8 Transparent Layer Styles & 3 Elegant Glass Text effects created by using them in combination. Works great for Icons and Buttons too! by GraphicRiver (premium Photoshop Add-on – price $5 )

Glowing and Sparkling Intense Light 3D Logo

Premium glass text styles

6 high detailed text styles – clear glass #1, #2, metal, gold, tin and chrome. Works with thin and bold fonts. Some text effects used two piled up layers. by GraphicRiver (premium Photoshop Add-on – price $5 )

Create an Editable On Screen Text Effect using Smart Objects

In this Awesome Photoshop tutorial, artist is going to show you how to create an editable screen shot text effect. You can easily edit the text, you don’t need to repeat all steps from scratch, just double click the text layer and change it. This tutorial also has some good applications of Smart Objects.

Illustrator Tutorial – 3D lighted Photoshop text effects

Stunning Detailed Typography

How to Make 3D Neon Light Typography

Stunning Neon Light 3D Typography

Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

Electrifying Text

Colorful Glowing Photoshop text effects

Transparent Glass Lettering in Photoshop

Text Effect Quickies: Bubble Text

Suspended Photoshop text effects

Icey Styles in Photoshop

Shining Neon Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop Quick Tips #2 – Neon Effect with Animation (video)

A Slick Supernatural Photoshop text effects

2009 Multi-colored effects

Gauzy Text Effect

Create a Realistic Weedy Text Effect in Photoshop

Design a Shining Crystal Text Effect in Photoshop

Grunge, shattered Text Effects with Photoshop

Grunge Rubber Stamp

Create a Dawn of War Style Effect

Create a Yummy Cookies Text Effect in Photoshop

Create Creepy, Branch Based Typography

Deep Grunge Photoshop text effects

God of War III Inspired Cracked Text Effect

Chalk Photoshop text effects

Graffiti with Photoshop

Create a Scratched Metal Text Effect in Photoshop

Create a Crispy-Crust Text Effect with Flower Texture in Photoshop

Cracky Text Effect

Design a Grunge-Style Abstract Typography with Rusted Metal Texture in Photoshop

Translucent Text Effect with Sky and Cloud

License Plate Photoshop text effects

Design a Fragmented Text Effect with Scrap Texture in Photoshop

Design a Soft and Fluffy Text Effect in Photoshop

Create an Awesome Grass Texture in Photoshop

Design a Snowy Rock Text Effect in Photoshop

Ancient Golden Text Effect In Photoshop

Design a Refreshing Natural Text Effect with Leaves and Wood Texture in Photoshop

Design a Cool Abstract-Style Shattered Text Effect in Photoshop

Create an Realistic Dark Ocean Text Effect in Photoshop

Watercolour, Retro, Floral Photoshop Text Effects

Old School Type

Retro Text Effect in Photoshop

Create a Bright Floral Photoshop text effects

Cool Wet Ink Typography Effect

Create a Frilly 2009 Typo

Retro Pop Style

Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography

Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography (Video)

Watercolor Text

Dynamic Recessed Watercolor Typography in Photoshop

Delicate Photoshop text effects

The Sugar Bag Photoshop text effects

Retro Text

Awesome Floral Type in Fireworks and Photoshop in 5 minutes

Useful Photoshop Text Techniques

Impressive-Looking Photoshop text effects

How To Use Type on Paths and Shapes in Photoshop (video)

Typography Wallpaper in Photoshop

Image Inside Text

Halftone Effect

Cartoon/Comic-Style Photoshop text effects

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