Fancy Text - by Spacific Designs.com

FANCY TEXT

This Style demonstrates the neat Effect strong Contours can have in fancy Text.

1.) Create a New file, 800 X 600 pixels at 225 ppi on a white background. Now, press D on the keyboard to set the Foreground color to black.

2.) Select the Horizontal Type tool

and in the Options bar, select Real Virtue Regular 130pt Sharp. (Type in 130 in the input box for pt size.)

Click on the work area and type your text. Select the Move tool

to commit. (The characters are a bit too close at this stage and we will fix this next.)

3.) Go to Window > Character and when the palette appears... change the tracking of the characters to 50, then close the palette. Click+Drag on text to reposition to center if needed.

4.) Go to Window > Styles to open the Styles palette (if not visible.) In the Styles palette... find the style named Fancy

and click on it to apply effects. That's all there is to it, done!

(Alternately, you may apply settings manually by following Steps 4a thru 4f below.)

4a.) In the Layers palette... click on the Add a layer style button

and when the pop-out menu appears, select Color Overlay... and the Layer Style palette will open. Click the color well and when the Color-Picker appears, enter #FF00FF at the bottom input box then click OK to close. Keep this palette open for the next few steps.

4b.) Click the Drop Shadow tab. Adjust settings below.

4c.) Next, click the Bevel and Emboss tab. Click the downward triangle next to the Gloss Contour window to open the Contour-Picker. Find the Contour named Ring - Triple, and Double-Click it to select and close the library. Now, adjust your settings.

4d.) Under the Bevel and Emboss tab- Click the Contour tab.

4e.) Now, click the Texture tab. Click the downward triangle next to the Pattern window to open the Pattern-Picker. Find the pattern named Bubbles, then Double-Click on it to select and close the library. (If the library is different than the image below, open the Pattern-Picker and click the triangle

at the top right and a pop-out menu will appear. Select Reset Patterns . A message box will appear, just click OK and the correct library will load.)

Adjust Scale to 323%.

4f.) To Finish, click the Satin tab. We need to dull (tarnish) the brightness a bit. Click the downward triangle next to the Contour window to open the Contour-Picker. Find the Contour named Log, then Double-Click on it to select and close the library. Now, adjust the rest of the settings, then click OK to close the Layer Style palette. You will notice also that a more refined crystalline effect has taken over.

Text is completed. Click here to compare your work.

TIP: You can now change the color to this Text to anything you like quite easily. Go to the Type layer, under the Effects bar, Double-Click on the Color Overlay tab. The Style palette will open, then just click the color well to change color and click OK to close.