Glossy Text Effect Tutorial
September 15, 2007
In this tutorial you will learn how to create glossy style text effect, perfect for MySpace profiles.

1) Click New in th FILE menu and create a new Photoshop document with values as shown in the image below (Ctr+N).

2) Using the Paint bucket tool paint the layer with with Black Color(#000000).
3) Create another Transparent layer over this layer(Ctrl+Shift+N).
4) With the New Transparent layer selected use Elliptical Marquee tool and draw a button as shown below.

5) Now using the Paint Bucket Tool fill color inside the ellipse you just created. Color I used: #F8FB02. Now your image will look somewhat like this:

6) Now coming to the blending options. Left click the ellipse layer in the Layer Window and click Blending Options.
Inner Shadow: In Blend Mode use following color code: #309837

Inner Glow: In Blend Mode use the color code #004741 for Glow.

Bevel & Emboss: For highlight mode use white color (#FFFFFF) and for Shadow Mode use black(#000000)

Contour:

Satin: Set Blend Mode (Overlay) to color #60FF6B
Color Overlay: Color code used was #8AFF00 and Blend Mode (Normal).
Now you are ready with your cool glassy and smooth button. Save it in the format you prefer.
Result:

For any text with same Effects:
After Step 2) Select the Text Tool (Hit “T” for activating or directly select it from tool Box Window). Add what ever text you feel like with the font of your own choice. Use same Blending options as discussed above or directly copy the Layer Style incase you made the button first from the ellipse layer.
Result:

Nice work!
Posted by Asim on September 17th, 2007 at 1:29 am
excellant effect
Posted by Partha Pratim Karmakar on September 17th, 2007 at 8:40 am
Awesome!!!!! This was a great help
Posted by Stephanie on October 19th, 2007 at 7:50 am
this was awesome!
Posted by nightlyslash on December 7th, 2007 at 11:21 am
WHAOS!
U ROCK~
Posted by Angel on December 18th, 2007 at 4:52 am
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…………very useful!!!
Posted by Adidas on February 5th, 2008 at 1:08 am