Photoshop Tutorial: Gold & Silver Metallic text

Here’s two font style for Photoshop Design. Cheers. Full tutorial after jump.

Open a new #ffffff (white) background color canvas, enter some text and toggle the Blending Options with the following settings.

Drop Shadow

Bevel and Emboss

Bevel and Emboss > Contour

Satin

Gradient Overlay

Color stop: Location:0%, Color:#998e00
Color stop: Location:25%, Color:#fff30a
Color stop: Location:50%, Color:#e9d91c
Color stop: Location:75%, Color:#fff30a
Color stop: Location:100%, Color:#998e00

Your gold text will be something like this

To create a metallic font instead of gold, rework on the Gradiant Overlay with these following settings

Color stop: Location:0%, Color:#535b5e
Color stop: Location:25%, Color:#9a9a9a
Color stop: Location:50%, Color:#4a5154
Color stop: Location:75%, Color:#9a9a9a
Color stop: Location:100%, Color:#535b5e

and your output should look something like this

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Comments

Sreejith January 25th, 2007

itz really cool
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Mafia January 25th, 2007

wonderfull,i like it
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Stanley January 26th, 2007

This tutorial is the easiest way to do the gold & silver metallic text. Mine is a little hard but yours is the easiest. vey good tutorial
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i udnno how February 24th, 2007

how do i go to blending? ={ im a photoshop starter
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hongkiat February 24th, 2007

Simplest way is double click on your layer. Blending Options should pop-up.
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Igor Jovic June 17th, 2007

Hi There!

Great tutorail, very easy to understand!
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krishna March 18th, 2008

Great tutorail, very useful one.
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Ingid May 8th, 2008

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing.
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samer August 4th, 2008

It was a little hard in the gradient step then it glowed
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shubelal September 5th, 2008

great thanks

it is very helpful
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