SuhaibWebb.com — Your Virtual Mosque. Create Super Glossy 3D Type. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create super glossy 3D typography using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get started! Open Illustrator and create a new RGB document, 1000px by 800px, 72 DPI, and write your text in a nice big font. I've used Marketing Script size 234pt. Next, with you text selected, go to Object > Expand, and hit ok on the pop up window. Currently, our letters are separate objects grouped together, we want them to be one single compound path. With the Pen Tool (P) selected, draw a new path starting from the last flick of the last letter s, and swirling its way down underneath our type. Change the Stroke Weight of our new path to a size that matches the width of the text path that it will be joining.
Duplicate this path by dragging the Group's thumbnail (in the layers palette) to the New Layer button. With the Direct Selection Tool (A) select the two bottom-right Anchor Points of our path, hit Delete and name this group "swirl 1". About Pablo Impallari. Impallari.com. Create a Simple Logo with Overlapping Text Effects | Fearless Flyer Web Design. This tutorial will walk you through how I created my new logo. It’s nothing fancy – just a group of fonts appearing to overlap each other – giving it that three dimensional effect. It’s fun and friendly – just how I want my brand to be. The best part about it is: it’s very easy to do. The image above is the final product. If you choose not to follow this tutorial, you are also free to download PSD file from this link. Step 1: Set the groundwork In Photoshop, create a new document, 800 pixels width x 340 pixels height. Add a dark background (I chose #292929), add a text layer and type out your words.
Now, delete all the letters in your text layer and duplicate the layer for each letter. Step 2: Create the Text Effects Now we’re ready to create the text effects. Drop Shadow: Inner Shadow Gradient Overlay Add the following colors for the gradient (to do this click the gradient box from above). Step 3: Copy and Paste the Layer Styles Right click the first letter layer, select “Copy Layer Style”