Abstract Text Photoshop Tutorial

1. With this photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to create some abstract text. The 1st thing to do is to make some large, thick text, using something like Arial Black / 150pt, and with a pale pink colour (#BEA2A0). Next apply the extrude filter (filter / stylize / extrude) using the settings in the first image.

2. Adjust the levels (Image / Adjustments / Levels) bringing the pointer on the left inwards, making the text a bit darker.

3. Use the emboss filter (filter / stylize / emboss), setting the angle to 45 degrees, height to 36 and the amount to 500%. You should end up with something like in the 1st image below. Next go to Image, Adjustments, Hue / saturation, setting the saturation to -180, hue to 70 and the lightness to 30.

4. Duplicate the layer and then apply Gaussian blur ( Filter / blur / gaussian blur) on it, with a radius of 4. Change the blending mode of the layer to screen.

5. Make a selection of the text, expand it by 2 pixels (select / modify / expand) and fill a new layer below the othes with #535C5C. Make a selection of the text again.

6. Create a new layer at the top and then fill it with #3A4141. Feather (select / feather) the selection by 6, contract (select / modify / contract) it by 7 and then delete the select part of the dark grey layer.

That’s the end of the Photoshop tutorial to create abstract text!