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I wanted to create very natural Ice text separately and later add it to iceberg image. In this tutorial we will learn to use different filter settings, create 3D text effect, different layer styles and much more! I hope it’s not too complex, I tried to keep it as simple as possible.
Scroll down the page to see finished result we will accomplish!
And just be sure to check out this tutorial and join me to these simple steps !!!
This is one of the things we will create here:
Step 1
1.1.Create a new document. I created 800x800px document, I suggest You to do the same if You want to get the same look as mine.
1.2. Hit D button to reset foreground/background color, press ALT+DELETE to fill in black color, so we can more easily work and see workflow.
1.3. Choose some font You want to use and type some text – I typed “COLD” and used Arial, Bold, 200pt wide, color #999999
Step 2
Lets add some blending options to the text.
2.1. Double click on the text layer to popup blending options menu:
2.2. Now press CTRL+SHIFT+N to create new layer, hold SHIFT to select both layers and then right click and choose “Merge layers” to merge them into one.
Step 3
This is where fun part starts! :)
3.1. Go to Filter –> Sketch –> Stamp, add those settings:
3.2. While still in filter panel create new layer and add Sketch–> Chrome with those settings and then press ok:
You must be the same output as me, if You don’t, read again everything carefully.
Step 4
4.1. Lets add some layer style to get more realistic shadows – do the same settings as the picture below, shadow color is #999999:
4.2. Now We will use one of the ways, how to create 3D text look.
Press CTRL+ALT+Arrow Down, many times – I did it 15 times.
Select first layer, hold SHIFT and press on the 14. layer, right click and select MERGE LAYERS. Name that layer – “shadow”.
4.3. Lets add some more effect on that shadow – Filter–>Distort–>Glass and add the same settings:
I have this result for now:
4.4. Let’s add some color now:
CTRL+CLICK on the shadow layer to make selection and click Image–>Adjustments–>Hue/Saturation or CTRL+U.
Use settings like this to get pale blue color:
4.5. If You want to finish, just add gradient to background color, and select radial gradient:
#cccccc
#999999
4.6. Add Filter–>Distort–>Glass to background to get more realistic frozen ice effect:
Two more works from this effect, just play with the same settings:
Natural Ice Text Image Effect
Let’s go a little deeper to get natural image effect:
So let’s download a picture from sxc.hu – here and use text effect we created above.
1. Drag and position a text into a picture You just downloaded:
2. Create new layer above image and text effect, like this:
3. Now select “background image” layer and press S to select clone stamp tool.
4. Change brush size with [ or ] brackets.
5. Move brush somewhere where snow is and click ALT + CLICK to take a sample from it.
6. Select snow effect layer and draw with stamp tool, to add a look that letters are in the snow.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 to add this effect to all of the letters:
8. Add some more color adjustments, to make look more realistic.
I used Hue/Saturation with those settings:
Okay, now we are finished! I hope You will learn something from this tutorial too!
However if You couldn’t complete something, just ask – I am here to help!
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Dainis Graveris is 23 years old blogger and designer, founder of 1stWebDesigner, now more silently managing everything behind the scenes. He usually hangs out in Twitter tweeting design related links and chatting with people. If you have any questions or feedback that's the best place to start! Cheers!
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 07:36
your tutorial is bad. Not bad as in the meld of effects is horrible. Bad as in you can’t put togethr a good tutorial. You obviously did somethign that you didn’t tell us because at step three its blatently obvious since a number of us don’t get the same results as you. Go back through everything you did and try again
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 22:59
Step three is not working correctly. I followed each step carefully and it is not coming out the same. Instead, there is a black design within the white letters. It seems that if I raise the smoothness on the stamp effect it gets closer to looking like yours, but not exact.
Friday, October 14th, 2011 23:43
I just like the valuable info you supply in your articles. I’ll bookmark your weblog and check again here frequently. I am rather sure I’ll be informed many new stuff right right here! Good luck for the next!
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 08:00
Fantastic tutorial, it was very much help to update my photo shop knowledge.. I’m going to use this one..
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 12:24
STEP 3 isnt working…omg halp! When i go into filter -sketch is blanked out.
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 19:11
I really like the effect. And thankfully that there is a tutorial of this effect.
I did every step you explained. But it already goes wrong with the funny part at point 3. I did exactly what you discribed. I think that it goes wrong with step 2. You see on the image of step 2 (layer style > bevel and emboss > gloss contour menu. So we know which one to pick. But because of the gloss contour menu, we can´t see the highlight mode and shadow mode option. My highlight mode is on screen and my shadow mode is on multiply. I think that is wrong. I don´t know what else it could be. I hope you can tell me if my highlight mode and shadowmode is wrong or correct and what it suppose to be. Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it!
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Thomas | Brush King
Sunday, September 21st, 2008 15:32
Thanks for this tutorial
Dainis Graveris
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 21:38
@Richard Which step exactly You can’t do? 3D text look or ice effect?
Richard
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 21:09
I couldn’t get the text to look like it did in 4.3. What am I doing wrong? I set all of the settings to how they were in the pictures, and still it won’t come out right!
Dainis Graveris
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 06:01
Ice effect comes really from 3.1. and 3.2. points. If You did correctly step 2, then in step 3 carefully follow instructions especially that You “add new layer” to add not only one, but both effects. In step 4.3. – that’s already after 3D text adding. You got the result like in the step 3???
Richard
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 06:23
Nope. I created a new layer, merged the text layer with the new, blank layer, and added a new layer while doing the stamp/chrome part of the tutorial. My screen looks like yours when in that menu, but the word looks nothing like what you got.
Johnson Koh
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 02:37
Great work here :D
One of the best ice text effect I’ve seen
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