Saturday 20 February 2016

Create Yummy Chocolate Brown Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create very quick and easy chocolate brown text effect in only seventeen steps.
All you need to achieve the final result is any version of Adobe Photoshop (Photoshop Elements will do well too) and a little bit of passion while playing with the Blending Options.
I have used Deftone Stylus Font which you can download for free from http://www.fontsquirrel.com/. In Step 5 I have given you the Font link.

Now let's get down to work. This is what you are going to create:
  

STEP 1
At first create a new Adobe Photoshop .psd file and insert 1200px for Width and 700px for Height. Choose 96 Pixels/Inch for Resolution (if you are to print the Text set it to 300 Pixels/Inch) and select Transparent for Background Contents in order to get transparent and editable Layer 1. I have named my document Chocolate Brown Text.
Rename also Layer 1 to Background.
  

STEP 2
Navigate to the Tools bar and Set the Foreground color to #8e5e4c. Use Paint Bucket Tool or Edit, Fill, Foreground color to colorize the Background layer.

STEP 3
As our Background looks flat now we are going to add some texture. Double click on Background layer (Layer, Layer Style, Blending Options) and firstly check Pattern Overlay. Change its settings like this:

Blend Mode: Overlay
Opacity: 30%
Pattern: Fine Grain (256 by 256 pixels, RGB mode)
Scale: 100%
Link with Layer: checked.
Keep Layer Style dialog box active. We are going to apply Inner Shadow in the next step.
 STEP 4
 Tick Inner Shadow to add Vignette Effect and apply these settings:
 Blend Mode: Multiply
Color of Shadow: #000000 (black by default)
Opacity: 75%
Angle: 120 degrees
Use Global Light: ticked
Distance: 0px
Choke: 0%
Size: 250px
Contour: Linear
Anti-aliased: unchecked
Noise: 0%.
We are ready with the Background. Press OK button to close Layer Style box.

This is how your Textured Background will look after implementing the previous two steps:
STEP 5
Now we'll start with the main part of this tut- creating the yummy text.
Install the font then select Horizontal Type tool from the Tools bar (or press T). From the Font Family drop down menu choose the newly installed Deftone Stylus. Set the Font Size to 180pt. Choose #532515 for Text Color then type Chocolate as you see on the screenshot given for this step.
After you have typed the Text, select it then click on Toggle the Character and Paragraph Panels icon in the Options bar and Set the Tracking for the Selected Characters to 170.
Press Ctrl+G to place the Text layer in a Group. Call the newly created Group Text.
STEP 6
Select the Chocolate Text layer, right click on it, choose Blending Options and firstly tick Drop shadow. Change its settings as follows:
Blend Mode: Multiply
Color of Shadow: #000000
Opacity: 75%
Angle: 120 degrees
Use Global Light: checked
Distance: 4px
Spread: 20%
Size: 10px
Contour: Linear
Anti-aliased: unchecked
Noise: 0%.
Layer Knocks Out Drop Shadow: checked.
Keep Layer Style box opened. We are going to apply three more Blending Options.
STEP 7
Check Inner Glow Layer Style and apply the following settings:
Blend Mode: Screen
Opacity: 77%
Noise: 0%
Color of Glow: #fca445
Technique: Softer
Source: Center
Choke: 0%
Size: 55px
Contour: Rounded Steps
Anti-aliased: unchecked
Range: 50%.
Jitter: 0%.
STEP 8
The third Layer Style to be added to our Chocolate Text layer is Stroke. Insert these settings:
Size: 1px
Position: Outside
Blend Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100%
Fill Type: Color
Color: #4d2f1b.
STEP 9
Now check Bevel and Emboss in order to create a slight 3D effect. Change its settings like this:
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 100%
Direction: Up
Size: 13px
Soften: 0px
Angle: 120 degrees
Use Global Light: checked
Altitude: 30 degrees
Gloss Contour: Linear
Anti-aliased: not checked
Highlight Mode: Screen
Color for Highlight: #8e5d16
Opacity: 100%
Shadow Mode: Multiply
Color of Shadow: #000000
Opacity: 75%.
Now press OK button to close Layer Style box. Our work on Chocolate Text layer is completed.
This is how your Chocolate Text will look so far. Still it looks more like made of caramel. J
STEP 10
While Chocolate layer is selected, press Ctrl+J to duplicate it or right click on it and select Duplicate Layer.
Reduce Fill Opacity of Chocolate copy layer to 0%. Right click on the copied layer and select Clear Layer Style to get rid of the previously applied Blending Options.
Right click on Chocolate copy layer again, select Blending Options and check Gradient Overlay in Layer Styles box. Apply the following settings:
Blend Mode: Soft Light
Dither: unchecked
Opacity: 100%

Change the Gradient Color stops like this:

First Color Stop (Location 0%): #7b492e
Second Color Stop (Location 100%): #bd5d00

Reverse: unchecked
Style: Linear
Align with Layer: checked
Angle: 90 degrees
Scale: 100%.
Keep Layer Style box opened as we have to add another five Blending Options.
STEP 11
The second Layer Style to be added to Chocolate copy Text layer is Satin. Insert the following settings:
Blend Mode: Multiply
Color of Effect: #1e160b
Opacity: 60%
Angle: 19 degrees
Distance: 15px
Size: 13px
Contour: Log
Anti-aliased: unchecked
Invert: checked.
STEP 12
Now check Inner Shadow Layer Style and change its settings like this:
Blend Mode: Multiply
Color of Shadow: #000000
Opacity: 75%
Angle: 120 degrees
Use Global Light: ticked
Distance: 0px
Choke: 0%
Size: 13px
Contour: Ring
Anti-aliased: unchecked
Noise: 0%.
STEP 13
The next Layer Style to be added to Chocolate copy layer is Stroke. Insert these settings:
Size: 5px
Position: Inside
Blend Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100%
Fill Type: Color
Color: #6a4125.
STEP 14
Now check Bevel and Emboss Layer Style and insert the following settings:
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 100%
Direction: Up
Size: 13px
Soften: 0px
Angle: 120 degrees
Use Global Light: checked
Altitude: 30 degrees
Gloss Contour: Cove-Deep
Anti-aliased: not checked
Highlight Mode: Hard Light
Color for Highlight: #8a5a16
Opacity: 100%
Shadow Mode: Multiply
Color of Shadow: #19130e
Opacity: 100%. 

STEP 15
The last Layer Style to be added is Texture. Change its settings as follows:
Pattern: Wood (64 by 64 pixels, RGB mode)
Scale: 480%
Depth: -87%
Invert: not checked
Link with Layer: checked.
Now press OK button to close Layer Style box. We finished our work on the text.
STEP 16
That's all folks. In your Layers panel you should have one separate Background layer and one Text Group which consists of two Text layers: Chocolate and Chocolate copy.
STEP 17
Below you can see the final yummy result saved in .jpg format. Thank you very much for reading this tutorial. Hope you enjoyed it and found it easy to follow. :)