Blossom Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to create a soft blossoming text effect using Photoshop’s Layer Styles and a simple brush.

The Final Result

Tutorial Details

• Software Used : Photoshop
• Version : CS5 Extended
• Time : 0:20 – 0:35

Resources

• LTZapfino Two font, but you can use a similar free font like Easy Street Alt EPS font.
• Leaves Brush.

Step 1

Create a new 1024 x 768 px document. Set the Foreground color to #e8e8e8 and the Background color to #8e8e8e, then, create a Radial Gradient starting from the center of the document to one of its corners.

Create the text using the color #e085a5. The font used is LTZapfino Two, but you can use the Easy Street Alt EPS font as well, and the Size is 450 px.

Step 2

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

– Drop Shadow

• Color : #e085a5
• Distance : 0
• Size : 20

– Inner Glow

• Blend Mode : Overlay
• Color : #f2d4de
• Size : 10

– Bevel and Emboss

• Depth : 735
• Size : 7
• Gloss Contour : Cove – Deep
• Check the Anti-aliased box
• Shadow Mode – Color : #e085a5

The text should look like this:

Step 3

Load the Leaves Brush into your Brush panel (Window > Brush), and modify its Settings as below:

Brush tip Shape.

Shape Dynamics

Scattering

Color Dynamics

Step 4

Create a new layer under the text layer and call it leaves.

Right click the text layer and choose Create Work Path. Make sure to select the leaves layer once again.

Set the Foreground color to #ffe3f2 and the Background color to #e90052. Then, right click the path and choose Stroke Path.

Choose Brush from the Tool drop down menu, and check the Simulate Pressure box.

Step 5

Change the leaves layer’s Blend Mode to Overlay.

Duplicate the leaves layer.

With the leaves copy layer active, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and change the Radius to 2.5.

The blur will make the leaves look softer, so you can increase or decrease the Radius value as you like.

And that’s it!