| Hands-On Exercises from the Photoshop Technical Training Sessions
Drop Shadows:
- Create Type in your Photoshop document. Make its color Black.
- Duplicate this Type Layer in the Layers Palette, and Activate it.
- In the Layer Menu choose Layer >> Type >> Render.
- Name this Rendered Layer Shadow.
- Turn Off the other Layers in the Layer Palette.
- Use the Gaussian Blur filter on the Shadow layer.
- Turn On the Text Layer, and Double-Click to Apply Color to this Text.
- Drag the Shadow Layer Beneath the Text Layer in the Layers Palette.
- Use the Move Tool to set the shadow position.
- Set the Shadow Layer Opacity to less than 100 in the Layers Palette.
- Create a New Layer Underneath the Shadow Layer and create a pattern or place an image.
- As a nice finishing touch Render the Text Layer and apply a Stroke with a width of 1.
Embossed Type:
- Create Type in your Photoshop document. Make its color Black.
- In the Layer Menu choose Layer >> Type >> Render.
- Checkmark the Preserve Transparency box and apply Filter >> Stylize >> Emboss. Settings of Angle 135, Height 3, and Amount 100% are generally satisfactory, but at certain resolutions a larger Height amount might be more effective. Explore.
- Use the Gaussian Blur filter at about 1 or 2 to soften the embossed effect slightly.
- Place an Image onto a Layer Beneath the Type.
- Change the Blending Mode to Hard Light on the Type Layer to finish the effect.
- Or, Fill with a Color or Apply a Gradient to the Type using the Color Mode Blending Mode.
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