How To Create A Gold Text Effect In Photoshop

Step 1

Create a new document, apply a Layer Style on the background layer. Add a Gradient Overlay from black to a dark brown (#443501).

Step 2

Create a new Layer and apply Filter>Texture>Texturizer. Make sure that the foreground color is white and the background is black. After that, change the Blend Mode to Multiply.

Step 3

Add some text. I used Times New Roman, and for the "A" I used the "V" letter and flipped it vertically and horizontally.

Step 4

Now we start creating our gold layer style. We'll set up the Gradient Overlay first, as shown below.

Step 5

Now we'll add a Stroke. For the Fill Type use Gradient. The position of the gradient will vary for different typefaces, so experiment and see what looks good.

Step 6

Add Bevel and Emboss, as shown below.

Step 7

Finally, add some Shadow, again following the specs below.

Conclusion

This a very nice example of how powerful Layer Styles are in Photoshop. Sometimes just changing some values can create a totally different effect. For this tutorial I created gold, but if you change the gradient color to variations of grey you will have silver instead of gold.

Number of comments: 2
0   2 Demas   (2009-10-13 11:51 PM) need web disign I'm DJ . Can you do that? Same style as that Q Picture... but different color like blue... And it should be say Deejay Demas and somewher the link of my website My website is: WWW.DJDEMAS.UCOZ.COM and e-mail is: DJDEMAS@LIVE.COM +1   1 Juan   (2009-05-22 0:55 AM) Dude, I admire how you can control Photoshop. Ive seen many of your tutorials, and they are all better than the one before. I have to admit it, from all tutorials, literal and seriously speaking, this is the most advanced one (in terms of the conclutive image) and the one that better explains. You rule Photoshop!!!