30 Beautiful Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials
There are thousands of Photoshop tutorials out there, but few that are top-notch in terms of instructions, presentation – and of course – outcome. In this post, you’ll find 30 beautiful, high-quality Adobe Photoshop tutorials from top tutorial sites and designers like PSDTUTS, PSHERO, and Abduzeedo.
1. Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect
Use the Pen Tool and a lot of patience to create this excellent grass effect.
2. Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect
This beginner-level tutorial allows you to create text that glows.
3. Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life
Learn about the concepts behind lighting and shading to make your text stand out.
4. Transparent Glass Lettering
This is PSDTUT’s rendition of the popular glass text effect.
5. How To Create A Gold Text Effect
A classic text effect that rarely turns out classy (instead of gaudy and cheesy).
6. Icey Styles
Uses some basic Layer Styles like Bevel and Emboss to create a cold text effect.
7. Dramatic Text on Fire Effect
Set your text on fire with the Smudge Tool and some layer masking.
8. Wood Inlay Text
Using wood textures and some layer masks, you can create this "wooden inlay" effect.
9. Watercolor Text
Learn about the Brushes Palette to achieve a water-color painting effect.
10. The Sugar Bag Effect
Find out how to create this "Sugar Bag" effect using basic Layer Styles and selections.
11. Text In Stitches
This tutorial shows you how to create an stiched effect using a custom brush set.
12. Text Ticker
Mimic the text that you commonly see in "news tickers".
13. Cartoon/Comic-Style Text Effect
This is PhotoshopStar’s rendition of this popular pop-culture text effect.
14. ‘Bee Movie’ Text Effect
Use a load of Layer Styles to create this text effect seen in the film "Bee Movie".
15. Simple, Sleek and Stylish Text Effect
Create a quick and sleek "Web 2.0" feel with this easy Photoshop tutorial.
16. Smooth Glass Type
Learn how to create a translucent text effect.
17. Moon Shine Text Effect
Quickly create this "dreamy" text effect using some basic Layer Styles.
18. Colorful Glowing Text Effect
Create this layered, glowing effect by separating the text in individual layers and a white to transparent gradient layer to get this cool, colorful glowing text effect.
19. Bubble Text
This is another quick tutorial on how to make this text effect using layer styles.
20. Killer Halftone Effect
This tutorial shows a way to apply the halftone effect to the background of your text.
21. Text on Turf
This tutorial uses the Noise Filter to create the grass-like texture.
22. Spray Paint Text
Create your own digital grafitti by following this excellent tutorial from PSD Learning.
23. Scanline Text
This is PSD Learning’s beautiful take on the relatively "old-school" scan line technique.
24. Retro Text
This tutorial uses both Photoshop and Illustrator to create a retro look.
25. Grunge Text Effect
This tutorial from psdfan shows you how you can apply this popular effect on text.
26. Pimp your text
Can’t afford real bling-bling? Make some digital ones with this quick tutorial.
27. Paint Effect
UBL Designes shows us how to accent text as though you splattered paint on it.
28. Spectacular Style Text Effect
Create a 3D text effect by duplicating layers and offsetting each layer.
29. Shining Neon Text Effect
Create a colorful neon text effect by using a Gradient Overlay and a few Layer Styles.
30. Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography
Uses vector files to accent your text to achieve a similar look as the sample.
Show it off!
If you use one of these tutorials – we’d love to see your work – post it online and link to it in the comments. If you don’t have a server, you can use one of the many image hosting services like Flickr or even ImageShack.
169 Comments
Ross
September 9th, 2008
Hey, thanks for featuring 3 of my tutorials, great list!
Janko
September 9th, 2008
Nice collection, I haven’t seen them all
Rudy Herman Sinen
September 9th, 2008
Amazingly creative.
I like the Grass effect, stitches and the cute Bee Movie.
tony
September 9th, 2008
its amazing
Marco
September 10th, 2008
Thanks for sharing! Too bad none of my tutorials got selected :( .
Check one of them here:
http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/stunning_neon_light_3d_typography.html
Keep up the great work!
Designer
September 10th, 2008
THANKS…..
ALSO CHECK THIS LIST OF 50
http://psdtuts.com/tutorials-effects/50-creative-photoshop-text-effects/
Free Apple Gear
September 10th, 2008
Wow. This stuff is amazing. I’ll have to give these effects a try.
Fouad
September 10th, 2008
Wow… Great
Marilu
September 10th, 2008
Thank you so much guys, these are great tutorials and referrals for others. Now, all I have to do is find the e-mail addresses of all my boring typography professors I had in Art school…lol
Marilu
September 10th, 2008
Even if by a miracle, I do hope the boring professors see this post, lol.
techborneo.com
September 10th, 2008
Wow! this tutorial really cool! i love and being as a tech person who work on many things with Photoshop i just love this one. You guys rock!
i will try this one..
Krazd
September 10th, 2008
beautiful tutorials! dugg!
mahsyar90
September 10th, 2008
wow!its great!
i have to bookmark this! lol
ilyas TEKER
September 10th, 2008
Great..
thanks for sharing
Niyaz
September 10th, 2008
Thanks for the great list….
Synergy Designs
September 10th, 2008
Great collection. I just started using Photoshop and these tutorials will sure point me in the right direction.
starry
September 10th, 2008
Awesome list of text effects! I love messing around with photoshop! My favorite software. Thanks for the nice list.
Mr.Mikey
September 10th, 2008
These look FANTASTIC, and I’m about to design a new logo / header. What can I say? It’s pretty damn perfect!
ResonantFish
September 10th, 2008
#13 – You forget to mention that for all of these, you should SPELL THE WORDS CORRECTLY!
Photoshostar?!?
bangbouh
September 10th, 2008
Great collection. thanks!
Tom Ross
September 10th, 2008
Thanks for featuring one of my tuts. Great list!
PhotoshopFrenzy
September 10th, 2008
A few more for ya:
Cool metallic text: http://photoshopfrenzy.com/?p=71
Chrome: http://photoshopfrenzy.com/?p=72
Shocking text: http://photoshopfrenzy.com/?p=85
erichansa
September 10th, 2008
The “fire” font is impressive
bauty
September 10th, 2008
increibles… mil gracias !!!!! keep up the good (awesome) work!!!!!
josh
September 10th, 2008
Im liken these pixs
Dave Whittle
September 10th, 2008
Dynamite collection – thanks for finding the quality effects and putting them all in one place.
IhateDesign
September 10th, 2008
Pretty amazing, its just what im looking for for teaching photoshop to my sister
sampat
September 10th, 2008
really good. now i am able to do all this.thanks
ida
September 11th, 2008
Hei.It is fantastic pictures.A person who create it must be smart.
Craig
September 12th, 2008
Don’t bother with the smooth glass type…it’s trashed
Paul Sanderson
September 12th, 2008
I need your help…
in feb this year i started this http://www.wscoop.com its a resource for developers and designers.
But I need help
I need links to web design and development, site , articles links…… anything you think of….
Please are you able to help me make this into a great resource for developers and designers.
jose
September 12th, 2008
http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/j_o_s_e_01/?action=view¤t=josetest.jpg
this is what i made
Ernest Asante
September 13th, 2008
I want some of your free tutorials how do I get them. I am a graphic designer.
Jacob Gube
September 13th, 2008
jose: Awesome, I’m assuming you tried the Smooth Glass Type tutorial from Luxa (#16 on the list)?
sandi
September 14th, 2008
Noo too amazing. But it’s so nice…
Mobility Creative
September 15th, 2008
Plenty of good tutorials here. Will have to look at them when I get a chance to and even try some out and see what I come up with. It’s always good to see some good tutorials. Thanks for the links.
Rob
September 23rd, 2008
Thanks for all of this. I now just have to find the time to master the effects. I guess one a week would be a good start.
cheers
Rob
Diane
September 23rd, 2008
Love this resource and will use it often. I’ve already used #18 for a church announcement for our youth retreat. I have it on the announcements slideshow on the front page of our site at http://www.fumcunioncounty.org. Thank you for organizing these tutorials for us.
Anthony
September 25th, 2008
thats awesome i thought i was good at photoshop. your great. check out my work if you want
Tanya
September 30th, 2008
Gorgeous tuts! Thank u!!
Jarkendia
October 4th, 2008
Sweet! Thanks ;)
gosk2001
October 22nd, 2008
really thanks about that
30 efectos de texto en Photoshop (Tutorial)
November 9th, 2008
[...recopilados en 30 espectaculares efectos de texto en Photoshop...]
Leo
November 25th, 2008
Great. Not all, but thera are many nice example.
Jessie
December 4th, 2008
Wonderful tutorial round up, thanks! This is what I ended up with:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc110/4n6dna/Tegan%20And%20Sara/4n6dna_teganandsara.jpg
Pixelwiese
December 9th, 2008
Wow,
most of them are really good.
Thanks!
J
December 16th, 2008
This is really something i was looking a long time ago!!
McAwal
January 15th, 2009
nice list
Jesse
January 25th, 2009
FABULOUS!!!
Waqar
March 9th, 2009
Here Is My Work With The Help Of This Tut….
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4440/bubblestylepreview.jpg
Thankx
Nityananda
March 13th, 2009
I Agree this ia a Fabulous Brash
lemon
April 3rd, 2009
FAIL
dmx87
May 4th, 2009
Thanks for featuring……..the quality effects and putting them all in one place.
Rose
May 21st, 2009
I love the first one “EARTH”. “FIRE” also nice. :-)
Rob Wallace
May 24th, 2009
Thanks — my new logo is Vcool Transparent Glass lettering is working.
james
June 8th, 2009
nice list
here is best text ,3d text,and Typographic text Photoshop Tutorial
http://www.photoshopwebsite.com/photoshop-tutorials/90-awesome-text-effect-tutorials-in-photoshop-part-ii-2/
suog
June 9th, 2009
better if aall the tutorial is in PDF format
Arun
June 26th, 2009
It is very useful. keep the creativity
chonky
July 14th, 2009
nice dude
asha
July 14th, 2009
very nice text effects
Ashely Adams
July 23rd, 2009
These tutorials are an excellent way of learning useful Photoshop text effects. Some of them unleash the real power of Photoshop. I liked the “Transparent Glass Lettering” and the “Moon Shine Text Effect” very much and the accompanying tutorials showed me everything I needed to know. Thanks a lot for the post.
Marc Bohlen
September 3rd, 2009
Nice collection, my favorites are Moon Shine Text Effect and Smooth Glass Type
nadeem ullah
September 5th, 2009
better if aall the tutorial is in PDF format
game4home
September 21st, 2009
nice effect
Said Abdullah
October 3rd, 2009
It is very useful go a head
There is an other resource like that in this site:
http://www.ebooks.allnewthings.com
awang
November 1st, 2009
nice tutorials
Patrick Amrhein
November 2nd, 2009
Wow! What a great collection …
Borat
November 5th, 2009
I LIKE…
kate
November 6th, 2009
this is crazyyyyyyyyyyyyy
ben
December 8th, 2009
woww!!!! great collection! i LOVE them…very nice!!!!
taylor
December 14th, 2009
nice thanks for the asome tuts!!!!!
Isaac
December 23rd, 2009
Thanks a million! Now I can create a header for my site with an elegant text myself.
Th3 L3g3nd
December 30th, 2009
Thanks Kyle Pero i reallly loved your work thanks thanks to all of you hope you make more and diiferent
shani khan
December 31st, 2009
very beutifull style its good and i hope God give u more idias and you creat more new style.thanks
sourabh Raghuwnahi
January 12th, 2010
These tutorials are an excellent way of learning useful Photoshop text effects. Some of them unleash the real power of Photoshop. I liked the “Transparent Glass Lettering” and the “Moon Shine Text Effect” very much and the accompanying tutorials showed me everything I needed to know. Thanks a lot for the post.
joe
February 3rd, 2010
i almost peed myself! Great tut’s
anupama
February 5th, 2010
wow its amezing & very niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
poperechny
March 10th, 2010
Thanks! Great article!
malyarov
March 16th, 2010
Very nice effects!
mironovpoet
March 20th, 2010
Nice post! Thanks a lot!
inutina
March 22nd, 2010
Very well! Good luck!
dvaberega
March 23rd, 2010
Very nice tutorials!
Dipashri
March 24th, 2010
its very cool & it is always helps me. thank u so much.
vronskaya
March 25th, 2010
Fine!
nikolaevcity
March 27th, 2010
AMAZING!!
travias
March 27th, 2010
Very nice!!! Thanks!
drummer
March 28th, 2010
Cooool! Thanks!
golubkova
March 29th, 2010
Best site! Thanks!
bharathi
March 30th, 2010
wawwwwwwwwwwwwww, superb and cool , thanks
Boris
March 30th, 2010
It is helps me. Thanks!
rukami
April 1st, 2010
Great articles!
Nageldesign
April 3rd, 2010
Great stuff guys! I really don’t know how much time it takes for your guys to compile such a list of excellent resources but it takes a lot of time for me to digest it all! Keep up the good work! Thank you!
KUNAL
April 6th, 2010
NICEEEEEEEEEEE
The N
April 9th, 2010
cool tutorials!
PSDDude
April 12th, 2010
Wow ! Very nice text effects ! Really different and beautiful !
joochon
April 13th, 2010
thank you so much
it’s a wonderful, verrrrry useful guide.!!!
Strony Szczecin
April 28th, 2010
Very nice pack text-effects. Thx.
Debaru Paul
May 3rd, 2010
great!!!!!
IWT
May 7th, 2010
I need to thank you for the sharing awesome collection
abhimanyu malhotra
May 13th, 2010
i want the photoshop lighting effects
Preeti
May 14th, 2010
very nice text effect
Arshad Cini
May 14th, 2010
Yesterday i created similar one like ”Text In Stitches”
Thanks for putting them together
fred
May 18th, 2010
Thanks for this list
The grass effect is GREAT !! :D
Caillou
May 19th, 2010
Thank for share ! Great design :D
Badhusha
May 20th, 2010
Nice but Same Effects not workout
chepzs
May 20th, 2010
nice work!..but some not workout..hope can improve..
manron
June 2nd, 2010
wowww…… is amaze i inspired to study photoshop tnx 4 sharing guys….
Barbara
June 25th, 2010
I didn’t try them all but it’s a really goood source of inspiration. Go on guys !
Pat
June 25th, 2010
Wow, what a great collection. Looking forward to hear more like this …
Smooth Booth
July 19th, 2010
Another quality post, choosing the right font can be a pain in my experience as it can make or break your work, think you’ve covered most design styles here. Nice one.
good
August 19th, 2010
good & kodi guddu
janoko
August 24th, 2010
Nice :)
But sorry, i don’t try to make any.
Thanks a lot
janoko
August 24th, 2010
I meant…
i don’t try to make any yet
sorry
Christina
August 25th, 2010
Very Great Job…Wonderful Effects…(L)(L)(L)(K)(K)(K)
soroush
September 6th, 2010
Hi…that is great list ….but verey hard to try it…but verey nice…tnx…
BraCeLet
September 10th, 2010
Retro Text is great ! I LOVE IT :) Thank you for sharing that.
Cesar Slater
September 18th, 2010
Wow nice tutorial It really helps me a lot thank for this tutorial guys I loved it..
foki
September 26th, 2010
nice post…
aries
September 26th, 2010
I think, that is too great masterpice!!
thx
Zacuska
October 10th, 2010
Thank for share
Vic
October 28th, 2010
Thanks for compiling all of these great designs. This should be bookmarked by all who want to learn Photoshop and make great effects in their texts or logos.
zubair
November 23rd, 2010
Waaoo…Excellent work
Shiva
December 4th, 2010
Greatest Tutorial I ever seen ! :) Thanks
m.marysuresh
December 11th, 2010
Very nice pack text-effects.
m.marysuresh
December 11th, 2010
text effects very super
Nutan Erathi
December 20th, 2010
Simply superb !! Great site, thank you for sharing :)
Nutan Erathi
December 20th, 2010
Simply marvellous. Great site !!
Yuyun aimomsya
December 20th, 2010
thanxs for the great collection… ^_^
layana thambi
January 14th, 2011
wow its fentastic
layana thambi
January 14th, 2011
fentastic
M,MARY GOLD
January 31st, 2011
I LOVE FIRST FIRE
SAM
January 31st, 2011
VERY VERY NICE PHOTO SHOP TEXT EFFECTS
Lee Fuller
February 12th, 2011
Great collection, an nice to see a few that haven’t been plastered in every other text effect collection..
ianskie
February 16th, 2011
nice thanks 4 sharing
Wiyono
March 2nd, 2011
Really nice…
Thank you for sharing…
Anna
March 6th, 2011
Nice list but I think you miss out this one:- http://websoulz.com/learn-how-to-create-a-fancy-glow-text-effect-psd-is-available/
haifa
March 21st, 2011
it`s really very nice and cool
Petto
March 25th, 2011
Have any of you guys ever seen trey songs’ last albums logo font? does anyone reading this know how it was created?
ashm ashu
March 29th, 2011
not bad collection but searching for something more catchy
Jon
April 24th, 2011
Thanks for these, they are great. I was pleased to see a few I hadn’t seen before.
Pat
April 30th, 2011
how to create a smurch effect…eg ink written on paper and the ink smurch a little around the paper…
Tairo
May 2nd, 2011
gracias espero que sirva para algo
rahul
May 4th, 2011
thanks for this
xhemi
May 7th, 2011
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228371_2069485014961_1179900192_2585833_2585783_n.jpg
anil
May 16th, 2011
amazing creativete superbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
Puneet
June 15th, 2011
The bee movie effect text is great. Thanks for sharing the list.
Mohammad
June 27th, 2011
amazing, I enjoyed them, the idea is more respectable than designing.
Mohammad
June 27th, 2011
I enjoyed them all. very nice
himanshu
July 1st, 2011
not bad collection but searching for something more catchy
The designs are so wonderful.
July 16th, 2011
The designs are so wonderful.
sachin
July 30th, 2011
Nice text efect I tray this
PhotoshopWarrior
August 17th, 2011
The light and shade effect is awesome, thanks for the post
Anjali
August 17th, 2011
These look FANTASTIC The designs are wonderful
Daniel Egirani
September 2nd, 2011
Woooooooooah am so pleased with those effects. i don’t know how i could even do those kind of effects and i aspire to be as good as those kind of designers….great work guys please help me out i want to be a very good graphic designer…is a great work you guys have.
Harry
September 12th, 2011
the text effects are quite amazing…nice:)
momo
September 15th, 2011
someone till me brushes link plzz
S.Packiya raj
September 16th, 2011
It is very nice and also every beginners to learn easily.
vothaby
September 20th, 2011
great job
VISHAL PAWAR
September 21st, 2011
i liks thes
Adarsha Chatterjee
September 21st, 2011
I am thankful to this site as my system got many problem I had 2 lost all my works, by this site i got many reference.
Will
September 21st, 2011
I was almost offended when I saw that their was no tutorials by ChChCheckitsClan on youtube.
Raj Mehta
September 23rd, 2011
Useful photoshop text effect collection
:)
vinoth.m
September 23rd, 2011
Very Nice and very effective.
sankar
September 30th, 2011
very good tutorial
student
October 1st, 2011
Love the fonts! Especially that ‘bee movie’ font! :-)
m.ralte
October 6th, 2011
AWESOME COLLECTIONS! Love them all.
Ranie
October 25th, 2011
Very good helpful tutorial…
Hazelyn
November 2nd, 2011
Cool. it really really helpful.. :)
meixi
November 4th, 2011
Very good really helpful to me
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