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3D Text in Photoshop

By Preeti PrajapatiPreeti Prajapati

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3D Text in Photoshop

Introduction to 3D Text in Photoshop

Photoshop is an amazing designing software and play with 3D Text in Photoshop also has great fun. 3D Text gives a three-dimensional view and realistic feel to your text. In 3D text tutorial, you’ll learn different formations, shaping, adjustment as well as alignment of 3D text. Here you’ll take a look at ‘How to create 3D text in Photoshop’ with me in a very easy and enjoying way. For this exercise, you will have a minimum CS6 version of Photoshop and will get the best result with the CC version.

Steps for Creating 3D Text in Photoshop

Here you’ll learn 3D texting in a step by step manner. Let’s start with a cool mind and feel fun in our work.

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Step 1: Go to File option and click on New.

3D Text in Photoshop - File option

By following the above step we will have a dialog box open in our workspace. In this dialog box, I will set page Width 1200 pixels and Height 700 pixels and Resolution 200 pixels/niche for the best result. I will take a white color for my document background you can take any color according to your text.

Here you can set color mode also i.e RGB or CMYK for different purposes. Click on Create button in the dialog box for setting these measurements.

3D Text in Photoshop - dailog box 3D

Step 2: Go to Tool Panel and here we’ll take text tool from Tool Bar.

Text Tool Panel

And I will type ‘3D TEXT’ as my text for 3D effect and click OK on the upper-right corner as shown in the above image. Forgiving your text best 3D effect it is better to take the upper case of text as I have taken. You can resize your text according to you from Text Property of text i.e ‘Toggle the character & Paragraph panels’ option at the upper right corner of your workspace.

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After clicking on this option, you will have a dialog box, now I will resize my text and remove the gapping between text for a better look you can set it according to you and take it at the center by holding the right button of the mouse and drag it at the center.

3D Text in Photoshop - Resizing the Text

I will add an underline below my text by rectangle tool for making my text effective and also write another text i.e ‘EFFECT’ and manage its size and text gapping according to my previous text by following the same steps as previous text.

3D Text in Photoshop - Underlining the Text

Step 3: Now we are going to work with layers.

Here we have four-layers in our current workspace i.e 3D TEXT layer, Rectangle 1 layer, EFFECT layer, and Background layer.

four layers in 3D

We will align our all three layer of text to center by using the move tool from tool panel with a background.

Move tools with background

Layer results,

Layer result

Step 4: Convert to Shape and Merge layers.

To convert our text in shape right-click on ‘3D Text layer’ and click on ‘convert to shape’ option. We will do the same with the EFFECT layer.

convert to shape 3D

Now I will merge all the above three-layers by selecting them. For selection click on one layer and hold Ctrl key then click on another two-layer one by one and then Ctrl+E for merging.

Merging 3 Layers

Now we will have a new merged layer.

New Merged Layer

Right-click on this layer and choose ‘New 3D Extrusion from Selected Layer’ option.

New 3D Extrusion

After this step, we will find our text converts into 3D and will have a 3D work shape on our working area.

text converted in 3D

Step 5: Converting Background into Postcard.

Go on the Background layer and right-click on it and choose the postcard option by clicking on it.

select postcard

Select the background layer and 3D text layer by holding the Ctrl key and clicking on them one by one and press Ctrl+E for merging them.

Merging Text Layers

Step 6: Set Parameters of 3D Text.

Here we have three options in our workspace at the lower right corner i.e 3D, Layers, and Channels. We can go on any of the options at any time by simply clicking on them for setting their parameters.

Parameters of 3D layers

Now click on the 3D option from these option for setting the parameters of 3D Text and click on effects option and again click on ‘effect front inflation material’.

effect front inflation material

You can set different parameters of 3D text from here one by one for giving it an effective look. In the 3D option, there are many effects that we can adjust according to our use.

We will have a dialog box in the upper right corner showing ‘Properties’ title. Now I will set some value of 3D text for giving better effect to our 3D text.

Properties titles

Here I will set shine and reflex according to me, you can set as you like. You can also change the color of text by clicking on a diffuse option from here whatever you want in your 3D text.

Color of Text

Now here is your final 3D text Effect.

Final 3d text effect

You can use more effects in your 3D text step by step to give it a realistic look.

Step 7: Give Render to your 3D text.

To render just click on the 3D option and select Render 3D Layer to give render effect to your 3D text.

Render 3D Layer

Here you can see the effect of render in my 3D text looks very cool. You can also make this effect in your own 3D text.

3D text effect final

Conclusion

Now take a look on you after following these 5 simple steps you can easily make 3D text effect in your Photoshop with great fun. You will find creating 3D text in Photoshop is not hard work, in fact, it is like playing with text on your workspace.

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This is a guide to 3D Text in Photoshop. Here we discuss a basic overview and steps to create text in photoshop with illustrations. You can also go through our given articles to learn more –

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