How to Creating Cool Marble Text Effect with Adobe Photoshop

In this small, but useful Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing cool marble text effect.

Get started by finding a nice, suitable photo of the marble texture to work with. After that create a new document about 1000×500 pixels and bring out texture to it. Now, we are starting to create the text effect. First of all we need to type some text, where the effect will be shown. Choose the Horizontal Type Tool and type text with any color. Color is not important in this case. It’s desirable to use bold style of text for this effect. For this tutorial I used Arial Black font.

Time to start with creating the text effect. But in the beginning we need to choose the appropriate pattern we will use further in our text effect. I prefer to use this one Open it and save as pattern by going to Edit > Define Pattern. Go back to our main document and apply following Blending Options to the text layer:

The result should be very good!



The result should be very good!

How to Design Creating Chameleon Effect Fabric Texture with Adobe Photoshop

Here one more interesting tutorial where I’m going to show you how to create amazing fabric texture with chameleon effect using just Photoshop tools.

Let’s start with a new document. For this Photoshop tutorial I’m using a rather puny size of 700×700 pixels, feel free to use a larger size though. Select some appropriate colors, for example colors of #7000a4, #911661 and drag a linear gradient.

After that use the Smudge Tool (Brush: 100px, Mode: Normal, Strength: 50%) to add a couple of paint-brush strokes.

Ok, after that create the texture. Apply Filter > Texture > Texturizer with next presets:

We made our fabric texture like on the picture below.

Let’s add some folds to our fabric. Select the Burn Tool (Brush: 100 px, Mode: Shadows, Exposure: 20%) and add a few dark lines to the canvas.

Now, apply the Dodge Tool (Brush: 100 px, Mode: Highlights, Exposure: 30%) to enhance contrast of the folds.

Reduce the brush size and add thin bright lines on the top of folds.

Looks good, isn’t it? And the last one thing that we have to do is add chameleon effect to our fabric. For this apply Quick Mask Mode with gradient as below:

Then go back to Standard Mode. Now we have some selected area.

Apply Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation (or press Ctrl+U) to selected area with similar settings to these:

Remove selection with Ctrl+D and we get the next chameleon effect:

Ok, we are done for now! Thanks for reading; I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

Multicolored Wallpapers with Three-Dimensional Rainbow Effect Design with Adobe Photoshop

In this little Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing multicolored wallpapers with three-dimensional rainbow effect.

Start by making a new document in Photoshop – around 1900×1200 pixels in size, or, you know, whatever you prefer! Best use the default resolution, though 72. Ok, after that apply the Rectangular Marquee Tool to create selection about 1/7 thick canvas and fill selected area with color of #490d69.

After that create another one the same size selection and fill it with color of #2e3894.
















Add five more different colors lines in the same way. Use following colors for every line: #0b7eb5, #9aa70e, #cfc211, #c3880a and #ae0617. Now we get nice rainbow canvas.
















Deselect chosen area with Ctrl+D. After that get out the Horizontal Type Tool and write out the first word. It will be purple color name with white color. For this tutorial I used Myraid Pro font.



Use Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CCW to rotate our text line vertical. Change layer mode to Overlay for current layer.



Add more text lines to each line in the same way.



Ok, merge all layers in one. Then use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to make selection as on my picture below and press Ctrl+J to duplicate selected part of image to the new layer.



Then apply Edit > Transform > Warp with following presets as on my picture below:



After that use Dodge Tool (Brush: 300 px, Mode: Midtones, Exposure: 30%) to bring three-dimensional view to this layer.



Now, select another one Burn Tool (Brush: 200 px, Mode: Midtones, Exposure: 20%) to bring some shadow in the bottom.



After that create new layer under the current and fill it with black to transparent gradient to get the shadow from the upper layer.


Looks pretty good, don’t you think? Now go back to the background layer and create one more selection with Rectangular Marquee Tool. Press Ctrl+J to duplicate selected part of image to the new layer.



Apply Edit > Transform > Warp one more time, but use another presets for this layer.



Use the Dodge Tool (Brush: 300 px, Mode: Midtones, Exposure: 30%) and the Burn Tool (Brush: 200 px, Mode: Midtones, Exposure: 20%) to add the same effect as for the layer on the top of our wallpapers.




Move to the next step. Go to background layer again and apply Edit > Transform > Warp again. Use the same presets as you can see on my screenshot below:



After that apply the Dodge Tool (Brush: 900 px, Mode: Midtones, Exposure: 30%) one more time



Move to the last step. Then select the Burn Tool (Brush: 500 px, Mode: Midtones, Exposure: 20%) to make a little burn-work again.



Great! Our work is done! Enjoy your own rainbow colored style wallpaper!



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How to Design a Business Style Greeting Card ( Merry Christmas )

This Photoshop tutorial about how to make business style greeting card (Merry Christmas!) in a few steps which you can present to you chief or colleagues.

Ok, let’s start! Create a new document sized 500×700 pixels, white background



After that find a nice, suitable stock photo to work with. I used this stock photo that I downloaded for free. Feel free to use it or find another one you want. Open up the photo and copy it to the main canvas, then move it down and reduce with Edit > Free Transform as on my picture below.



Time to up image sharpness. Use the Sharpen Tool to do this.



Ok, now I would like to add a few lines to the background. Do this by first finding and selecting the Pen Tool, and make a shape like on the screenshot below. Use the color of #8cbce8



Then use Layer > Rasterize > Shape to rasterize current shape. To make the line transparent at the bottom apply Quick Mask Mode with gradient as below:



Then go back to Standard Mode. Now we have some selected area. Press Delete button to clear selection.



Ok, then remove selection with Ctrl+D and set opacity to 35% up.



Add two more lines in the same way.



Ok, then I would like to add some text. Get out the Horizointal Type Tool (just the regular one) and write out something like ‘Merry’ in any color. I used the font Annabelle.



After that apply the next Blending Options to this layer:
• Drop Shadow
• Gradient Overlay




See the result below.



Now, use the Horizontal Type Tool again to write out the ‘Christmas!’ word.



Apply the next Blending Options to this layer:
• Drop Shadow
• Gradient Overlay





We received excellent inscription!



Ok, move to the next step. I would like to add some snowflakes to our greeting card. You can use these brushes. Select the Brush Tool and set foreground color as #95c2ea and add to the canvas different size snowflakes.



Looks good, isn’t it? Ok, now select the Eraser Tool and a soft round brush about 150 pixels to make little clear work on the snowflakes.



That is it! Now we have good professional looking business style greeting card! Merry Christmas!



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