3D Text Reflections [PSP]

[Smangii]

WElcome to the tutorial on how to make an easy 3-D text reflection! The final result looks like this:



STEP ONE: Open a new transparent image, and fill your background color. I'm using #202020

Go to layers --> new raster layer --> Ok

STEP TWO: Select your text/font. I'm using a font called 28 Days, size 72, with #3f8ce5 as my background color. Have anti-alias marked as SMOOTH. Also, create it as FLOATING.

STEP THREE: Type in your text. I'm going to use Smangii for this demo. Position it the way you want so u have room for the reflection.



DO NOT DESELECT!!

STEP FOUR: Now we're going to add that 3-D look. Go to Effects --> 3D Effects --> Inner Bevel

Have your settings looks like these:



Click OK.

STEP FIVE: DO NOT DESELECT!! Go to Selections --> Modify --> Expand. Set the pixels to 2 and click ok. Now, set your foreground color to Black, or #000000

STEP SIX: Zoom in on your text, and using the FLOODFILL tool (or press the F key on your keyboard) Fill in the outer layer of your ttext.

ZOOMED IN:

ZOOMED OUT:


STEP SEVEN: Once all the letters are complete, go to Selections --> Modify --> Expand. Set your pixels to 2 again. Fill your background color with a light gray, or #808080. Once again using the flood fill tool, fill in the outerlayer of your text.



STEP EIGHT: With your text still selected, Press CTRL + C on your keyboard, or go to Edit --> Copy

Go to layers --> new Raster layer --> OK

STEP NINE: Press CTRL + E on your keyboard, or go to Edit --> Paste as selection.

You should have gotten a duplicate image. Position it under your original text, almost exactly aligned.



STEP TEN: Go to selections --> Select none.

STEP ELEVEN: In the Layers Palette, double click on Raster 3. Change the opacity to 35 under General Properties:



CLick OK.

STEP TWELVE: Press CTRL + I on your keyboard. This should flip your image and invert it. Use the MOVE tool (press M on your keyboard) to move the reflection under your image.



STEP THIRTEEN: In your layers palette, right click on Raster 3 and click 'Duplicate'. A new layer called "copy of raster 3" should appear.

STEP FOURTEEN: With that "Copy of Raster 3" selected, go to Adjust --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur and set your radius to 8.

STEP FIFTEEN: Back in the layers palette, click on Raster 3 and drag it upward above the "Copy of Raster 3"

TA DA!! You're done! This should be something like your final result ^^



I HOPE YOU ENJOYED! ;D

[Michael]

OH! AH! I mucho lovos it! ^^ Wonderful tut, Smangii! PLAIN OUT WONDERFUL! *nods*

[Smangii]

Thanks Michael! ^^ Glad u liked it! Lol, its really simpler than it looks

[Michael]

lol... Which is good! hehe, When I finally get the money to actually buy PSPX... I'll have to try it. *nods* For the time being though I have to stick with Paint. I can't download anymore trials of anything! lol...

[Smangii]

LOL yeah that's the bad thing of trials...once you download 'em thats it. Then again, then what's the point of buying if...oh nevermind. lol Though through trials is also how people find hacks, and wind up making the free trial believe it's a full trial...because all you need is a registration code. v.v tsk tsk tsk...

[Michael]

Hehe. . . er, yeah. . .

;D lol... I didn't do exactly that but what I did do however was that I went to different downloading sites and downloaded them once one was up. Once I was through the PSP9s, I went to PS Elements. Then I went to PSPX and finally to PhotoShop CS2. I had at least five downloads per version. ^^ So through all of that, I was able to survive making gfx... except for maybe a month or two in between on MS Paint. lol.

[Smangii]

Lol yeah, that's A-Ok as long as you don't go hacking a site I haven't even seen the screen of PhotoshopCS... I've had photoshop 6 before... but it went bye bye Now i'm strictly a PSP User...and I love it ^^

[Michael]

Hehe, yeah, I know. PS may be a tad advanced in some ways but PSP is easier to use and once you're good at it... PSP can be just as advanced as PS. *nods*