3D Styled Text

Step 1

First of all add some normal text into your document (works best on a white background), I have used a font called Delicious Heavy. Choose a font that is bold and clear.

Step 2

Now because we want to adjust the text using the transform option we need to rasterize the text layer so go to the layers window and right click on the text layer and select Rasterize Type. Now we can go Edit > Transform > Perspective. Drag one of the bottom corner boxes outwards while holding the shift key (this does the other side too to keep the sides even).

Hit enter to set the transformation.

Step 3

Duplicate the text layer and move it up by one pixel. The short cut for duplicating a layer is Ctrl + J and the short cut for moving it up a pixel is Ctrl + Up arrow key (while keeping the text tool selected). Repeat this process 15-20 times until you have something like…

Step 4

Now we are going to be doing the top of the text – the colour. Select the top layer (the most recent duplication of the text layer) and add a gradient overlay (Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay).

Step 5

On the bottom text layer (the original one) add an outer glow (Layer > Layer Style > Outer Glow).

Step 6

Now merge all of the text layers left (the ones without layer styles) and add a gradient overlay to the merged layer (Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay).

Step 7

To finish with we are going to give it a shine, so using Elliptical Marquee Tool make a selection above the text on a new layer and fill it with white. Select the area of the top text layer (the coloured one) and invert the selection and hit delete. Lower the opacity of the shine layer to 33% and you are finished!