Elegant Green Text Effect

In this tutorial, we will create a really simple but elegant fresh-looking text effect. We will use layer styles to give the text a metallic look, then, we’ll apply some filters to create the nice texture.

The Final Result

Tutorial Details

• Software Used : Photoshop
• Version : CS5 Extended
• Time : 0:35 – 1:00

Resources

• KabaleMedium font.

Step 1

Create a new 1024 x 768 px document. Set the Foreground color to #abd46e and the Background color to #4aa350.

Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.

Go to Filter > Artistic > Paint Daubs. Change the Brush Size to 8, and the Sharpness to 7, and choose Dark Rough from the Brush Type drop down menu.

Go to Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple. Change the Ripple Size to 15, and the Ripple Magnitude to 12.

Once again, go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects and type in the values below. Also, notice that the light above the Preview is modified as well. Try to get a similar result.

You should end up with something similar to this.

Create a new layer and call it Noise. Then go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. The Amount should be something around 30%, change the Distribution to Uniform, and check the Monochromatic box.

Change the layer’s Blend Mode to Multiply, and the Opacity to 40%.

Now, we’re done with the Background.

Step 2

Create the text using the font KabaleMedium, the Size 300px, and the color #abd46e.

Double click the text layer and apply the following Layer Style:

– Drop Shadow

Just use the default values.

– Inner Glow

• Blend Mode : Overlay
• Color : #62993d
• Size : 8
• Range : 100

– Bevel and Emboss

• Depth : 1000
• Size : 10
• Gloss Contour : Log
• Shadow Mode – Color : #3e663b

– Contour

• Contour : Round Slope

This is what you should get.

Step 3

We will choose two slightly different shades of green now. So set the Foreground color to #c8e19d and the Background color to #658f40.

Create a new layer, call it texture, then Ctrl/Cmd and click the text layer’s icon to create a selection.

Fill the selection with the Foreground color.

Go to Filter > Render > Fibers, change the Variance to 64, and the Strength to 4.

Go to Filter > Brush Strokes > Angled Strokes, change the Direction Balance to 100, the Stroke Length to 50, and the Sharpness to 10.

Finally, go to Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple, change the Ripple Size to 15, and the Ripple Magnitude to 12. Hit OK, and press Ctrl/Cmd + D to get rid of the selection.

The last step is to change the texture layer’s Blend Mode to Soft Light.

The texture might be simple, but it gives a really nice effect to the text. Here is the final result.