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Clear Plastic Text

This is a quite simple tutorial to create a very nice plastic feel to your texts and shapes..

Start a new document, and use your type tool to create your text. Make it big and bold, and color #B7E1F7.

Note: The settings I use in this tutorial is for my text size 350px with font Georgia. If you are using a different font, at different size, you may need to adjust some settings to get it look right.

Now just apply the following layer style settings to the text.

 

Layer » Layer Style - >Bevel and Emboss

Layer » Layer Style - >Inner Glow
Layer » Layer Style - >Inner Shadow

Layer » Layer Style - >Drop Shadow

 

Applied to a shape

 

Another Shape:

Now CTRL+Click on the text layer to make a selection, then click on the Add adjustment layer from the bottom of the layers pallete, and select levels.

and adjust the sliders so you get a picture like the one to the left. Here is what i used:

This technique can be applied to shapes and objects too, not just text, so experiment and come up with something cool.

Here I applied it to some shapes words using the above technique, only changed the original color from step 1 and set the fill level of the text to about 40%

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User Comments

TheRealColor Jan/11/2010 16:49hmm Inner glow color should be #314e9a the color listed will give you yellow..
UTTAM RANE Nov/27/2009 20:36VERY VERY NICE
BLBO Nov/15/2009 21:15im using photoshop CS4, after when im in the satge on going to Levels etc :s no shape comes out, only the box like it says there but, i dont get it what you have to do :s im confused, if anyone please can help me please email to, zamielcano@live.com thank you
weiner Nov/10/2009 04:02butthole
OmG Oct/29/2009 07:54I got some troubles. Inner Glow FDFD00 is yellow not blue. Can anybody help me ? thanks email: in3pido_3mendo@hotmail.com
Bday Oct/28/2009 17:25Very Nice tot...Thanks
mango Oct/26/2009 01:28finallay i managed to make something nice in ps thanx to you :)
Rajesh Oct/14/2009 14:46it very useful for me, Thanks
Rajesh Oct/14/2009 14:46it very useful for me, Thanks
tuli Oct/10/2009 14:51nice
kaplang Aug/12/2009 21:35wow really nice font, thanks for sharing
kaplang Aug/11/2009 01:20really cool style of design, thanks for the tutorial :)
Jeff Aug/08/2009 16:06I like your design style.
Janis Aug/02/2009 18:05So cool, Thank you.
ammulu Jun/24/09 19:07very nice
rock May/20/09 02:25nice...
tiffany_bear May/8/09 12:24yeah, this rocks!
ramesh Mar/11/09 17:59thank u
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maux Oct/29/08 02:13Thanks, very nice
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