Tutorial #2

This Tutorial will cover how to make Gold Text.   This one is a popular one, there are many different variations of the theme, this happens to be one of them.  It works best with large flowing fonts (50pts+) with a lighter colored background.

Just follow the steps in order :)

Make sure that the text is selected throughout the tutorial.

1.)  Make a New Image 600 x 200 pixels with white background at 16 million colors.

2.)  Change the Foreground color to a Light Grey: Red 200, Green 200, Blue 200.  Change the Background color to White.

3.) Select Text Tool.  Select a font: In this case I have selected Nuance at 125pt.   Be sure Anitalias and Floating are checkmarked.

4.)  Now go to Selection then Modify then Feather.  Select 7pts for the Feather option.  

5.)  Make sure the background color is set to white.  Now go to Image then Other then Hot Wax Coating.

6.)  Select the Colors option, then go to Adjust then Brightness/Contrast.  Set Brightness to 15 and Contrast to 50.

7.)  Now comes the part where the gold color is added.  Select Colors then Adjust then Red/Green/Blue.   Set Red:60, Green:20, and Blue:0.

8.) To add a nice shadow, go to Image then Effects then Drop Shadow.  Set the options box to Color: Black, Opacity:85, Blur:8, and Vertical Offset:4  Horizontal Offset:4.

9.) The shadow darkens things a bit so go to Colors then Brightness/Contrast.  Set Brightness:10 and Contrast:0.

Crop Your Image and You Are Done!

That concludes Tutorial #2.  Any Questions?