First of all:
I hear you say "No, not ChromeType version 1369!"
Well, I thought the same but people keep requesting me for such a tutorial, so I looked at
all the 1368 versions on the web and found that the way I create it is a bit different
and I like my result - so I decided to stop Chrome-requests.
Be so kind and don't tell me the version number. *g*
1.
Open a new image with a black background and put your white type on it.
2.
Render your type layer and apply Layers- Effects- Bevel and Emboss with the following settings:
Leave anything exept-
Style:Inner Bevel/ Angle:125/ Depth:around 15-20/ Blur:15
The settings "Depth" and "Blur" depend on your image size so try to
achieve something like shown on the right.
3.
Next we go to Layers- Effects- Create Layers.
Now we need to merge the three layers -text, highlights, shadow -
Like shown on the right, you need to link all three together and go to Layers- Merge Linked.
4.
Looks quite OK but there's no shiny nothing *g*.
Let's open Image- Adjust- Curves and have a look at it:
On the line from down left to up right we need to make 2 points by clicking on it.
Select the first point and move it with the mouse like I did, or you can click on it and enter
53 into the "Input" field and 207 into the "Output" field.
The second Point lies at 170/39.
Now we got an idea of something shiny but:
5.
For a real nice effect I prefer to use a second time Image- Adjust- Curves,
this time I can't tell you any numbers, it depends on your taste;
on the right you can see the curve I used- try to find your style to get it
really shiny.
