Polished Wood Text Effect

This tutorial will explain a simple way to create a polished wood like text effect, using layer to give the beveled look, and a couple of filters to create the texture.

The Final Result

Tutorial Details

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

Resources

• Mabellafont.
• Background.

Step 1

Open the Background. image, and create the text using the color #ef9c00. The font used is Mabella, and the Size is 450 px.

Step 2

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

– Drop Shadow

• Color : #664d24
• Uncheck the Use Global Light box
• Angle : 7
• Distance : 16
• Size : 10

– Inner Shadow

• Color : #4c3a28
• Size : 18

– Bevel and Emboss

• Technique : Chisel Hard
• Depth : 320
• Direction : Down
• Size : 20
• Check the Anti-aliased box
• Highlight Mode – Color : #c8b18c
• Shadow Mode – Color : #dfb99a

– Contour

• Contour : Gaussian
• Check the Anti-aliased box.

The text should look like this:

Step 3

Create a new layer on top of the text layer and call it texture.

Ctrl/Cmd + click the text layer’s thumbnail to create a selection.

Set the Foreground color to #ef9c00 and the Background color to #52443c. Make sure that the texture layer is selected, and fill the selection with the Foreground color.

Press Ctrl/Cmd + D to get rid of the selection.

Step 4

Go to Filter > Render > Fibers, set the Variance to 16, and the Strength to 4.

Go to Filter > Sketch > Chalk and Charcoal, change the Charcoal Area value to 6, the Chalk Area to 6, and the Stroke Pressure to 1.

Go to Filter > Sketch > Chrome, change the Detail value to 0, and the Smoothness to 10.

Change the texture layer’s Blend Mode to Soft Light.

Go to Image > Adjustment > Levels, and change the Shadows value to 20.

This will make the texture colors more vivid..

Step 5

This step is optional, but it helps set the colors of the final effect with the Background. So go ahead and create a new layer on top of all layers, and with the Foreground and Background colors still as in Step 3, create a Radial Gradient form the center of the document to one of the corners.

Change the layer’s Blend Mode to Multiply, and the Fill value to 10%.

And that’s it!