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Photoshop CS Text Effects
By Craig Campbell
Running Time: 3 hours, 36 minutes
Overview
In this intermediate video series, Photoshop guru Craig Campbell teaches you how to use the text tool, layer styles, filters, and many other features of Photoshop CS to make your text come alive.
Detailed Video Descriptions
1 -
Introduction (Running Time - 0:48)
In this video, Craig introduces the series and tells you what you can expect to learn.
2 -
Getting Started (Running Time - 12:17)
Craig walks you through a quick tutorial of the tools and features of Photoshop CS that will be used throughout the video series.
3- Making 3D Text (Running
Time - 16:13)
Knowing how to make 3-dimensional text is very important in being able to put together more complex compositions. In this video, Craig shows you three different ways to achieve a simple 3D text effect.
4 -
Stone Text Effect (Running Time - 7:16)
In this video, Craig shows you how to create a stone texture and then chisel some text into it, giving your composition the look and feel of a tombstone.
5 -
Marble Text Effect (Running Time - 5:27)
Craig shows you a very effective way to create a realistic marble background and then walks you through some of the same steps used in the Stone Text Effect video to demonstrate how to etch your text into the marble.
6 -
Woodburn Text Effect (Running Time - 8:55)
In this video, Craig shows you how to find a wooden background online and then demonstrates how to add text to the background to give your composition an effective wood-burned look to it.
7
- Fire Text Effects (Running Time - 15:26)
In this video, Craig demonstrates three different ways to set your text on fire in Photoshop CS.
8 - Ice Text Effects (Running Time -
13:59)
In this video, Craig shows you two different ways to give your text a frozen or icy look to it.
9 -
Water Text Effect (Running Time - 15.09)
Layer styles provide an effective way to save and reuse effects that you apply to a given layer. In this video, Craig walks you through how to create your own water effect using mostly layer styles, and then he shows you how to save that layer style for future use.
10 -
Cloud Text Effect (Running Time - 6:40)
Craig walks you through the steps involved to make your own shapes in the clouds in this very exciting text effect.
11 -
Digital Clock Text Effects (Running Time - 11:42)
Having trouble creating a digital readout text effect for your website? In this video, Craig shows you two different digital readout effects.
12 -
Shirt Text Effect (Running Time - 7:30)
Got any old t-shirts with worn out logos or text on them? Want to learn how to achieve a similar look in Photoshop CS? In this video, Craig shows you how.
13 -
Metal Text Effects (Running Time - 11:12)
Sometimes metal can be a difficult effect to achieve, and usually it takes a lot of experimentation to get it just right, especially if you want it to look realistic. In this video, Craig shows you the settings he has found to create a realistic jagged metal effect, and he also quickly shows you how to make a simple yet effective cartoonish type of metal effect.
14 -
Chrome Text Effect (Running Time - 17:06)
In this tutorial, Craig walks you through the creation of a 1950's style chrome text effect. This effect requires a lot of attention to detail, and in this tutorial, Craig shows you how to add some depth to your text manually, instead of simply using the bevel and emboss tool.
15 -
Neon Sign Text Effect (Running Time - 8:37)
Everybody has their own version of how to make text with a neon glow. In this video, Craig gives you his own version of neon text as he constructs an 'OPEN' sign in Photoshop CS.
16 -
Rust Text Effect (Running Time - 7:26)
Photoshop Actions can be a powerful tool when you use it right. In this video, Craig shows you how to use Photoshop Actions to create a rusty texture and then applies that texture to a text layer.
17 -
Old Paper Effect (Running Time - 5:29)
In this video, Craig shows you how to add text to a scan of some old paper in order to make it look like the text has been pressed down into the paper by an old typewriter or printing press.
18 -
Blood Text Effect (Running Time - 9:07)
For those of you with a taste for gore, Craig quickly walks you through how to use Layer Styles in Photoshop CS to create a gothic style blood text effect.
19 -
Adding Text to Photographs (Running Time - 19:42)
Have you ever wondered how to add text to a photograph so that it looks realistic? In this video, Craig shows you three ways to do this. In the first example, he shows you how to remove a license plate from a car and add your own personalized plates. He then follows this up with an example of adding painted text to a street and then ends the video by showing you how to use displacement maps to add text to a t-shirt.
20 -
Animating Text with ImageReady (Running Time - 15:19)
Do you ever get tired of using the same old boring text that just sits there on your screen and does nothing? In this video, Craig shows you how to use Photoshop CS and ImageReady CS to animate your text using two methods: frame-by-frame animation, and tweening.
21 -
Conclusion (Running Time - 1:06)
In this video, Craig wraps up the series and reminds you of the concepts that he hopes you have learned.
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