Gel Text - by Spacific designs.com

GEL TEXT

This Technique will produceText that has the appearance as being Squeezed out of a tube of Tooth Paste.

1.) Create a New file, 800 X 600 pixels at 225 ppi on a white background.

2.) Select the Horizontal Type tool

and in the Options bar, select Harquil Regular 100pt Sharp. (Type in 100 in the input box for pt size.) Now, click on the color well to activate the Color-Picker.

Change color to #6699CC at the input box at the bottom of the picker then click OK.

Now, type your text, then move the curser under type and Click+Drag to reposition if necessary. In the Options bar... click on the Commit button

3.) In the Layers palette... Ctrl+Click on the Type layer to start a Selection around the outside of text. Now, drag this layer to the Delete layer button

as we will not need it any longer. Click on the Create a new layer button

to create a new blank layer.

4.) Go to Select > Modify > Smooth... and when the dialog box appears, enter 10 and click OK. The Selection will round out the edges of text a little further.

Now, go to Edit > Fill. When the Fill panel appears, be sure Foreground is selected and Opacity is 100%, then click OK. Leave the Selection active. Now, click on the Create a new layer button

to create a new blank layer.

5.) In the Tool palette... click on the Foreground color and when the Color-Picker appears, enter #99CCCC then click OK.

6.) Go to Select > Modify > Contract... and when the dialog box appears, enter 10 then click OK. Selection will move inside of text. Go to Edit > Fill. When the Fill panel appears, just click OK. Use Ctrl+D to Deselect Selection.

7.) Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur... and when the Filter appears, enter a Radius of 7.8 then click OK. The edges of the second color will blend nicely into the first.

8.) In the Layers palette... click on layer 1 to select.

Go to Window > Styles to open the Styles palette (if not visible). In the Styles palette, find the style named Gel1

and click on it to apply settings. Go to Step 9.

(Alternately, you may apply settings manually by following Step 8a below.)

8a.) Go to Layer > Layer Style > Drop Shadow... and the Layer Styles palette will open. Enter settings below then click the OK button to apply. Be sure to have Global Light unchecked.

9.) Should now be showing a nice Drop Shadow.

Next, in the Layers palette...click on Layer 2 to select.

In the Styles palette, find the style named Gel2

and click on it to apply settings. Go to Step 10.

(Alternately, you may apply settings manually by following Step 9a below.)

9a.) Go to Layer > Layer Style > Bevel and Emboss... and when the Layer Style palette re-appears, Click the Shadow Mode color well to open the Color-Picker. Enter #FFFFFF at the bottom input box, then click OK to close. Adjust the rest of the settings below, then click the OK button to apply. Once again, be sure to have Global Light unchecked.

10.) Gel is looking pretty good, but we can go one step better! We need to add a small amount of jiggle.

Go to Layer > Flatten Image. Now, go to Filter > Distort > ZigZag... and when the Filter appears, adjust Amount to 4, Ridges to 5 and set Style to Pond Ripples then click OK.

Text is now completed. Click here to compare your work.