Plastic Jelly Styles
In this tutorial, we’ll be using layer styles to make a plastic gel-type style that you can easily apply to text and shapes. You can download the PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial to just copy+paste the styles.
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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wow thank you for this! i now super adore you! :)
I love this tutorial really needed it, thanks a lot!
I can make it to Step 10 with similar results, but after that I’m confused. Could I possibly get a little better explanation?
cool but my colors never match, not sure what is wrong here
I am so glad i can finish it.Although the effect is not good,however i will continue to practice
hit delete?how?
THANKS 4 GIVING NICE IDEAS
Not Bad
thank you very much
well here is my try
http://stor.thetmyster.com//files/1/tmaxx.png
simple,but effect is great!
Great effect thanks
I think I should try this one!
awesome..cool..
WHAT IS THE EFFECT FROM STEP 7-12 CALLED??
Simple and cool effect.
good tutorial man#
Great tutorial. Thanks
woooooooooooooooooooow
gr888888….
Great tutorial.. really well explained. Thanks for sharing
thank you
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.
Hi,my name Mai Tram in viet nam
I like photoshop
exllent ! photoshop lady is very good
hai iam ramu. it is very easy way & nice steps so very good
Where can i find the layer styles im using adobe photoshop elements 7 and i dnt seem to find tha box
Awesome! Didn’t really succeed with a exact replica, but still nice! You guys do the best tutorials!
I finally learned how to make it. Thank you.
Too Good for starters!! Keep it up!! :)
this makes me want to eat lime jelly :)
waw,,,
cool :)
I can make it to Step 10 with similar results, but after that I’m confused
It’s amaizing! Thank you from Russia!
heeee nice one i was looking for such a effect from so many days, than yo so muchhhhhhhhhhhhh
Great tutorial I learned some valuable skills that will certainly help me in the future.
I had some fun with this one
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816684/Photoshop/Text%20Effects/Peanut%20Butter%20Jelly%20Time.png
enjoy :D
woah.. finally i got a same result as you
Great tutorial. Good way to make letters pop out. Just one suggestion, include specific layer styles in text in the tutorials. I know this is this first tutorial posted I’m just saying… Appreciate all the hard work here fellas.
-Eric
pretty easy thanx
i NEVER GET STEP 7 IN THIS TUT OR ANY SIMILAR STEP OF ANY TUTORIAL.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Great work thanks
I can’t get past Step 10, the gradient won’t apply, why is that?
Superb tutorial! Love it! I even started a business with it! I get $2 for every Jelly Name and $10 for every Logo even when they both are almost the same! Thanks you very much!
Nice Effect, I tried the same thing, but didn’t get that stroke effect well. check it out here
http://whizzgraphics.blogspot.com/2011/03/mr-golu-text-effect.html
Great Tutorial! :)
wow… what a shitty tutorial… no details at all on blending options, other than go look at the file. This should be revised
Thank you! lesson helped me.
Nice effect, my result (though slightly different settings here n there):
http://cinitriqs.deviantart.com/art/Jelly-Typography-254545356
i super thank you
OMG! I am unable to figure out what you just rushed
and taught here.
Atleast the settings in Blending Options would
have been shown here…:(