Plastic Jelly Styles
Sep 14th in Text Effects by Collis
Step 1:
BACKGROUND LAYER
We start as always with a background gradient. I've used a Radial Gradient with two shades of the exact same brown that this site uses. The exact color codes are:
Foreground color - #2f2520
Background color - #1e1916
Step 2:
Now in a nice delectable green, we write a word. I've written 'Jelly' and used the font "Gill Sans Ultra Bold." Bolder fonts are good for this sort of effect because there is more room to actually do stuff with the styles.
Step 3:
So now we right-click on the layer and choose Blending Options to start adding styles. First we add a drop shadow to lift the letters off the background and then an inner shadow. Later on when we add highlights, this shadow will contrast nicely with them.
Step 4:
To create the highlights, we use Bevel and Emboss. The default settings for bevel and emboss suck, so don't use those. I've moved some things around and if you download the sample PSD, you'll see what I mean. The highlights need to be shades of green to make it look like light is bouncing around inside the letters.
Step 5:
Next we add a Gradient Overlay and a Stroke. The gradient gives a bit of light and dark to the letters and the stroke helps seal it off at the edges.
Step 6:
Now the neat thing about this style is you can just change the coloring on each set of blending options and you have a new color for the style. Here I've written a second word and applied the style there too but this time with red settings.
Step 7:
To finish it off, create a new layer above and then hold down Ctrl and click on the layer to select it.
Step 8:
Then go to Select > Modify > Contract and use a value of 4 pixels to shrink the selection.
Step 9:
Now we need a gradient that goes from white to transparency which you can choose by switching to the gradient tool and using the little thumbnail thing up at the top left (shown in the image)
Step 10:
Using that gradient, draw a gradient in the selection from white to transparency.
Step 11:
Then make an elliptical selection using the selection tool and hit delete as shown. This will make the highlight you just drew suddenly stop and consequently look very plasticky.
Step 12:
And that's it! I've repeated the same highlight steps on the word 'Style' as well.
Sample PSD
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Evilpig September 16th
Great site, hope you stick around !
( )Suyash Gupta April 29th
What makes you think they wont??? i love the site!!
( )maxime September 19th
is it possible to do this with PS element 4.0?
( )gigi October 15th
4.0？？？old ps
( )Carrie September 20th
These are awesome tutorials. These are things that I have been looking for all over the web, to have them all in one place is awesome!!!
( )jaycee September 22nd
great tutorial, thanks mate!
( )swagg September 29th
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( )yuhh September 29th
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Pero October 2nd
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Is there anyway that I can have some of your links on my website? There are so many people who struggles to get things and designs done.
I have been referring them to your site already.
( )Furzer October 7th
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Daniel October 7th
Hey Collins, youre tutorials are really nice. Im considering to show them to my teacher, so that he could start teaching the rest of the class
My main question is;
is it possible that you could send me Gill sans Ultra Bold ?
Thank you
( )HARPAL SINGH PATTI October 9th
this site help me alot. thanks, you all those are working for i give you a lots of my beless thanks, boss
( )Peter Tolstrup October 10th
Really nice tutorial. I would be better with screen shots of your layer style settings though.
( )cre8ive pixel October 16th
sweet! great tut once again
( )Egypt Web Design October 18th
GREAT great great tutorial thanks
( )Swany October 25th
Great tutorial again! Thanks!
I’ve been looking for a special not to cheesy font treatment for my new Web Design company and this is going to work out perfect!
Squircle Designs, Web Design .. new site with new logo (thanks to this tutorial) up soon!
Thanks!
Swany
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Yash October 26th
Don’t rasterize the layer .It make PSD unchangeable.
anyways nice tut
( )Jake T October 28th
@ Swany: Squircle Designs website is probably one of the worst eyesores I have ever seen. You might want to bring the graphics up to 2007 instead of 2001.
( )Captain Kirk November 2nd
I have an eval copy of Photoshop CS2…..
Can’t seem to get the layer selection to work right… can’t get to the contoured selection like you have it, and can’t apply the gradient to the copied layer without rasterizing…. What are the details I’m missing ?????
thanks
( )swany November 11th
@ Jake T – Riiiiight… nice to see you have nothing to do these days…
( )Pravin November 21st
Nice tuts….
( )Samantha December 3rd
I’m with Captain Kirk. I can selected the boxed text, but not the contour of the typeface. Any tips there for a CS1 user?
( )Gray December 13th
I’m stuck on step 7.
I don’t understand what you mean, I made a new layer, then I ctrl + clicked it, and it didn’t select it like on yo ur picture
http://psdtuts.com/tutorials/4_Jelly/7.jpg
Do I click on the cancas or the layer? I did both, but it wont select it. Please reply
( )Nicole December 19th
I’m with Gray. I can create a new layer, but when I try to go to Select> Modify the selection is grayed out. I must have done something wrong…
( )dabeatros December 20th
hey collis, fantastic work. I am a brand new user to photoshop and when I saw the cool stuff you created I thought I should give it a go. I am now about to create my own logo for my business and company. Money saved!
and for those of you stuck at step 7, it seems you have to click on the little box next to the layer name and it highlights the active pixels on that layer. Now for me to figure out how to make that bloody eclipse, the select tool just selects the whole image!
anyway collis, you are a legend
( )phastel January 21st
really nice tutorial! i love your site! keep on rockin’ dude!
( )bratwurst January 30th
slick!!
( )nacer February 5th
really amazing, good job
( )Jesse March 1st
Wow, these tuts are amazing. This is the third one I’ve done today.
Thanks,
J
( )goldenone March 6th
wow, great!
( )Brent March 12th
Yo, awesome site. Thanks for making a kick ass tutorial in an easy to use way!
( )DriSs March 20th
süpersin
( )Andrew D March 25th
Great tutorial, I really like this effect, reminds me of the Grinch!
( )Rhia March 30th
haha Love it =D
Reminds me of something that would be used for ‘a bugs life’ or something! Hehe
Keep up the amazing work+tutorials
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( )Nysuatro April 4th
I came with this final effect
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25310703@N02/2385557451/
( )frame April 7th
thanks a lot for the tut….
( )Ginx April 23rd
great tutorial… i get stuck on these text tutorials when you are saying to CTRL + click on the text layer to duplicate it. I am using CS2 and this doesn’t do anything for me? I end up trying the majic wand tool and get a really choppy selection of the text layer… like this. How do i properly select the text?
http://www.apartmentoutpost.com/bliss.jpg
Thanks!
( )Rybaxs April 26th
hehehe… nice work
( )Danny May 24th
I’ve always wondered how the pros do this stuff =P
( )Katsuhisa May 27th
Although a nice tutorial, but hardly to understand for a newbie like me. From step 7 on, I can’t follow your instructions because of the limited information detail. No matter what I do the gradient doesn’t work.
( )SOIREE SUAREZ May 27th
it’s very awsome!
thx!!
SOIREE
( )Like.no.others August 8th
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( )lollipop September 21st
aawww so cute! thanks a lot!!!! ^ ^
( )Kamaraj Mani November 23rd
I have to thank Mr.Collis. what a wonderful tips and technique…
( )Thanks a lot Mr.Collis
VijayD December 9th
Thanks really a great tutorial. Simple, effective & beutiful text effect.
( )Richard Chuah December 23rd
I finally learned how to make it. Thank you. will continue on your tutorials
( )David Vannucci January 7th
How do you move the radial fill in the background to be off center? (First day using PS)
( )David Vannucci January 8th
Press G for gradient tool, then select radial, and the correct color for the gradient, then starting from the center click and drag fill outwards.
( )Orotnas January 19th
Fantastic! I would be great help to learn…
( )vipul January 24th
great tutorial just implemented it and the result was great!
( )mc_wr4b3c January 27th
did it. the first one
( )Adnan January 29th
I love this post.
( )Eilleg February 4th
wow thank you for this! i now super adore you!
( )whit February 9th
I love this tutorial really needed it, thanks a lot!
( )Drew February 14th
I can make it to Step 10 with similar results, but after that I’m confused. Could I possibly get a little better explanation?
( )d February 19th
cool but my colors never match, not sure what is wrong here
( )mili March 5th
I am so glad i can finish it.Although the effect is not good,however i will continue to practice
( )noname March 20th
hit delete?how?
( )N.asifa March 22nd
THANKS 4 GIVING NICE IDEAS
( )Bobby March 25th
Not Bad
( )coolvalley April 5th
thank you very much
( )TmaxX April 7th
well here is my try
http://stor.thetmyster.com//files/1/tmaxx.png
( )grayisle April 20th
simple,but effect is great!
( )CgBaran Tuts April 20th
Great effect thanks
( )Gyrel Dagooc April 22nd
I think I should try this one!
( )Chris May 3rd
awesome..cool..
( )JOSH May 10th
WHAT IS THE EFFECT FROM STEP 7-12 CALLED??
( )flashfs May 26th
Simple and cool effect.
( )marclapatate June 2nd
good tutorial man#
( )Albi June 16th
Great tutorial. Thanks
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( )chirag jain July 17th
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( )Bleach July 31st
Great tutorial.. really well explained. Thanks for sharing
( )ismail August 6th
thank you
( )me August 12th
Step 7 seems to be flawed….I am using PS CS2 and I cannot select the text in the new layer, I keep getting the rasterize error.
( )Mai Tram August 21st
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chintapalli. henoch September 17th
exllent ! photoshop lady is very good
( )chintapalli. ramu September 17th
hai iam ramu. it is very easy way & nice steps so very good
( )Jakeyy December 18th
Where can i find the layer styles im using adobe photoshop elements 7 and i dnt seem to find tha box
( )Jeppson January 30th
Awesome! Didn’t really succeed with a exact replica, but still nice! You guys do the best tutorials!
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