
How to Make Beautiful Gradient Typography with Photoshop
November 30th, 2009 admin

In this Photoshop type treatment tutorial for beginners, you’ll discover a quick and easy process for making captivating gradient text. Be sure to check out the Gradient Typography in Web Design showcase for inspiration. Final Result Below, you can see what we’ll be creating together. You can click on the image to see the full-resolution version . Set up the Photoshop document 1 To start, let’s set up the Photoshop document. In Photoshop, Press Ctrl + N to create a new document (this should open the New Document dialog box). We’ll create a rectangular canvas that’s 600px wide and 300px tall. Design the background of the text 2 We’ll use a dark blue…
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