Create metal rust text effect in photoshop – metal text

Final result:

Step one:
First we need to define a dot style. Create a new document of 100×100 pixels and set the resolution to 300 pixels/inch. The background is filled with black. Take the Elliptical Selection Tool and set it to Fixed Dimensions, with both height and width being 24 pixels. Click anywhere on the canvas, then click in the selection box, drag and place it in the upper left corner of the canvas.
Fill the selection with white, drag a horizontal and vertical guide line and place it in the center of the selection. Press and hold the SHIFT key and press 4 arrow keys to move the selection down 40 pixels. The fill is white. Now move the selection 20 pixels up and 20 pixels to the right, filling it with white again. Next move the selection 20 pixels down and 20 pixels to the right and fill it with white.
Now drag out two auxiliary lines as shown below and place them in the center of the selection. Move the selection up 40 px and fill it with white again. Now use the Rectangular Selection Tool to select the area between the intersecting guide lines, as shown in the image below. Then execute Edit > Define Style and name it “Hole”. The file can now be closed.

Step 2:
Create a new document with a width of 1450px and a height of 700px, with a resolution of 300px/inch. Make sure the color mode is RGB. Select the Horizontal Type Tool to enter text. I use the font Arial Black here and the size is 116pt.

Step 3:
Now we will apply two layer styles. First apply the Stroke style, setting it as follows: Size 10 pixels, Position internal, and Blending Mode normal. The opacity is 100% and the color is black. Then apply the Pattern Overlay style with the following settings: Blending Mode to Normal, Opacity to 100%, Style to “Hole”, and Scale to 50%.

Step 4:
Hide the background layer, create a new layer on top and name it “2 Transparent”, go to Image>Apply Image and check Invert. This operation flattens and inverts the selection of the currently visible layer.

Step 5:
Hold down Ctrl and click on the “2 Transparent” layer to load the selection, and press Ctrl+C to copy. Enter the channel panel and create a new channel. Press Ctrl+V to paste. Then Ctrl + D to deselect.

Step 6:
Go into the Layers panel, now we don’t need the “2 Transparent” layer, so delete it. Set the pattern overlay style of the PSD layer to hidden and the text color to white. The layer here is named PSD because our input is PSD. You can name it with your own text.

Step 7:
Create a new layer on top, again named “2 Alpha” as this layer will act as the alpha channel. Make sure the background layer is still hidden. Execute Image〉Apply Image and uncheck Invert

Step 8:
Now Ctrl+click the “2 Alpha” layer to load the selection. Then Ctrl+C to copy, enter the channel panel to create a new channel, and click Ctrl+V to paste. Staying in the Channels panel, Ctrl+click the “Alpha 1” channel to load the selection

Step 9:
Go to the Layers panel and create a new layer named “Text”. Use ALT+Backspace to set the foreground color to 80% gray. Then deselect.

Step 10
Since our final image has a black background. So it’s better to darken the background now. Fill the background layer with 90% grayscale. Now apply 2 styles to the “Text” layer. The first is pattern overlay, set to: soft light, opacity 100%, style “black marble”, range 100%. The second style is drop shadow. Settings: Multiply, 100% Opacity, Angle 120. Distance 16 pixels, Tiling 30%, Size 15 pixels.

Step 11:
Go to Layer>Duplicate layer and name it “Color”. Drag the style of this layer to the trash can of the layer panel (that is, delete the style).

Step 12:
Go to the Layers panel to create a new layer. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Then go to Filter>Render>Layered Clouds. Then press CTRL+F to apply the filter two more times. Now go to Image > Adjustments > Invert. Image>Adjustments>Levels (CTRL+L), enter 200, 1, 255. The white area in this picture will be the rusted part. CTRL+click the channel to load the selection.

Step 13
Select the “Shaded” layer and press DELETE to delete the selected area. Go to Layer>Copy layer and name it “Particles”. Now set the Particles to Hidden Field. Cancel selection.

Step 14:
Go back to the “shaded” layer and apply a drop shadow style. Settings: Multiply, Opacity 100%, Angle 120, Distance and Distribution 0, Size 5 pixels. In-App Glow, set to: Color Burn, Opacity 35%, Size 1 pixel. Apply Linear Overlay, set to: Overlay, Opacity 60%, Gradient to Black and White, Style to Linear, Angle 90. Set the “Color” blending mode to Soft Light

Step 15:
Create a new layer on the “Color” layer and name it “Color”. Select the Gradient Tool, open the Linear Selection Tool, and select: blue, red, and yellow. Set to Linear Gradient and fill the layer as follows. Hold down the ALT key and click on the dividing line between the “Stain” and “Color” layers to define the “Stain” layer as a clipping mask. Change the Color layer’s Blend Mode to Difference.

Step 16
Select the “Grain” layer and make it visible. Go to Filter > Artistic > Membrane Texture. The Grain is set to 10, the Highlights and Intensity are 0, and the layer blending mode is Color Dodge.

Step 17
CTRL+click the “Text” layer to load the selection. Create a new layer above it and name it “Highlights”. Select the Elliptical Selection Tool and use the arrow keys to move the selection 1 pixel to the left and up. Fill the selection with white. Move the selection one pixel to the right and down to its original position. Press DELETE to delete. Apply the Outer Glow Layer style to the “Highlight Layer”, settings: Overlay, Opacity 100%, Size 2 pixels

Step 18
Enter the channel panel, CRTL+click “ALPHA 2” to load the selection. Go back to the Layers panel and create a new layer above it named “Highlight 2”. Move the selection 2 pixels to the right and down. Fill white. Then move the selection 2 pixels to the left and up, and press DELETE to delete it. cancel selection.

Step 19
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply a radius of 1 pixel. Used to smooth highlights.

Step 20
Enter the channel panel, CTRL+click the “ALPHA2” layer to load the selection. Go back to the Layers panel and create a new layer above it named “Shadow”. Move the selection 2 pixels left and up. Fill black. Move the selection 2 pixels to the right and down. Press DELETE to delete.

Step 21
CTRL+D cancels the selection. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply a 1 pixel radius.

Step 22
CTRL+click the “PSD” layer to load the selection. Create a new layer on top and name it “Shadow 2”. Fill black. Move the selection 2 pixels up and to the left and press DELETE to delete it. CTRL+click the “PSD” layer again. Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Apply a 2 pixel radius.

Step 23
CTRL+click the “PSD” layer to load pixels. Create a new layer on top and call it “Highlight 3”. Fill the selection with black. Move the selection 2 pixels down and to the right and press DELETE to delete it. CTRL+click the “PSD” layer to load the selection, as we don’t want this highlight to blur outwards. Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply a 1 pixel radius. CTRL+D cancels the selection.

Step 24
Create a new layer above it and name it “Texture”. The fill is black. Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare. Set the brightness to 160% and the lens type to 50-300mm zoom. Then go to Filter>Render>Layered Clouds. Next go to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate. Go to Filter>Distort>Glass and set the settings to: Distort 20, Smooth 2, and Scale 100%. Finally apply the Gradient Overlay style, set to: Multiply, Opacity 70%.

Step 25
You can achieve a variety of effects by changing the gradient and color of the Color layer, and changing the texture of the Pattern Overlay style of the Text layer.

Summary
alright. It’s finished now. I hope you learned something new and that you enjoyed this tutorial.

Author: Wutong Translation Source: E Translator Forum

Overview of the final effect:

Step one:
First we need to define a dot style. Create a new document of 100×100 pixels and set the resolution to 300 pixels/inch. The background is filled with black. Using elliptical selectortool, set to a fixed size, with a height and width of 24 pixels. Click anywhere on the canvas, then click in the selection box, drag and place it in the upper left corner of the canvas.
Fill the selection with white, drag a horizontal and vertical guide line and place it in the center of the selection. Press and hold the SHIFT key and press 4 arrow keys to move the selection down 40 pixels. The fill is white. Now move the selection 20 pixels up and 20 pixels to the right, filling it with white again. Next move the selection 20 pixels down and 20 pixels to the right and fill it with white.
Now drag out two auxiliary lines as shown below and place them in the center of the selection. Move the selection up 40 px and fill it with white again. Now use the Rectangular Selection Tool to select the area between the intersecting guide lines, as shown in the image below. Then execute Edit > Define Style and name it “Hole”. The file can now be closed.

Step 2:
Create a new document with a width of 1450px and a height of 700px, with a resolution of 300px/inch. Make sure the color mode is RGB. Select the Horizontal Type Tool to enter text. I use the font Arial Black here and the size is 116pt.

Step 3:
Now we will apply two layer styles. First apply the Stroke style, setting it as follows: Size 10 pixels, Position internal, and Blending Mode normal. The opacity is 100% and the color is black. Then apply the Pattern Overlay style with the following settings: Blending Mode to Normal, Opacity to 100%, Style to “Hole”, and Scale to 50%.

Step 4:
Hide the background layer, create a new layer on top and name it “2 Transparent”, go to Image>Apply Image and check Invert. This operation flattens and inverts the selection of the currently visible layer.

Step 5:
Hold down Ctrl and click on the “2 Transparent” layer to load the selection, and press Ctrl+C to copy. Enter the channel panel and create a new channel. Press Ctrl+V to paste. Then Ctrl + D to deselect.

Step 6:
Go into the Layers panel, now we don’t need the “2 Transparent” layer, so delete it. Set the pattern overlay style of the PSD layer to hidden and the text color to white. The layer here is named PSD because our input is PSD. You can name it with your own text.

Step 7:
Create a new layer on top, again named “2 Alpha” as this layer will act as the alpha channel. Make sure the background layer is still hidden. Execute Image〉Apply Image and uncheck Invert

Step 8:
Now Ctrl+click the “2 Alpha” layer to load the selection. Then Ctrl+C to copy, enter the channel panel to create a new channel, and click Ctrl+V to paste. Staying in the Channels panel, Ctrl+click the “Alpha 1” channel to load the selection

Step 9:
Go to the Layers panel and create a new layer named “Text”. Use ALT+Backspace to set the foreground color to 80% gray. Then deselect.

Step 10
Since our final image has a black background. So it’s better to darken the background now. Fill the background layer with 90% grayscale. Now apply 2 styles to the “Text” layer. The first is pattern overlay, set to: soft light, opacity 100%, style “black marble”, range 100%. The second style is drop shadow. Settings: Multiply, 100% Opacity, Angle 120. Distance 16 pixels, Tiling 30%, Size 15 pixels.

Step 11:
Go to Layer>Duplicate layer and name it “Color”. Drag the style of this layer to the trash can of the layer panel (that is, delete the style).

Step 12:
Go to the Layers panel to create a new layer. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Then go to Filter>Render>Layered Clouds. Then press CTRL+F to apply the filter two more times. Now go to Image > Adjustments > Invert. Image>Adjustments>Levels (CTRL+L), enter 200, 1, 255. The white area in this picture will be the rusted part. CTRL+click the channel to load the selection.

Step 13
Select the “Shaded” layer and press DELETE to delete the selected area. Go to Layer>Copy layer and name it “Particles”. Now set the Particles to Hidden Field. Cancel selection.

Step 14:
Go back to the “shaded” layer and apply a drop shadow style. Settings: Multiply, Opacity 100%, Angle 120, Distance and Distribution 0, Size 5 pixels. In-App Glow, set to: Color Burn, Opacity 35%, Size 1 pixel. Apply linear overlay, setFor: Overlay, Opacity 60%, Gradient to Black and White, Style to Linear, Angle 90. Set the “Color” blending mode to Soft Light

Step 15:
Create a new layer on the “Color” layer and name it “Color”. Select the Gradient Tool, open the Linear Selection Tool, and select: blue, red, and yellow. Set to Linear Gradient and fill the layer as follows. Hold down the ALT key and click on the dividing line between the “Stain” and “Color” layers to define the “Stain” layer as a clipping mask. Change the Color layer’s Blend Mode to Difference.

Step 16
Select the “Grain” layer and make it visible. Go to Filter > Artistic > Membrane Texture. The Grain is set to 10, the Highlights and Intensity are 0, and the layer blending mode is Color Dodge.

Step 17
CTRL+click the “Text” layer to load the selection. Create a new layer above it and name it “Highlights”. Select the Elliptical Selection Tool and use the arrow keys to move the selection 1 pixel to the left and up. Fill the selection with white. Move the selection one pixel to the right and down to its original position. Press DELETE to delete. Apply the Outer Glow Layer style to the “Highlight Layer”, settings: Overlay, Opacity 100%, Size 2 pixels

Step 18
Enter the channel panel, CRTL+click “ALPHA 2” to load the selection. Go back to the Layers panel and create a new layer above it named “Highlight 2”. Move the selection 2 pixels to the right and down. Fill white. Then move the selection 2 pixels to the left and up, and press DELETE to delete it. cancel selection.

Step 19
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply a radius of 1 pixel. Used to smooth highlights.

Step 20
Enter the channel panel, CTRL+click the “ALPHA2” layer to load the selection. Go back to the Layers panel and create a new layer above it named “Shadow”. Move the selection 2 pixels left and up. Fill black. Move the selection 2 pixels to the right and down. Press DELETE to delete.

Step 21
CTRL+D cancels the selection. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply a 1 pixel radius.

Step 22
CTRL+click the “PSD” layer to load the selection. Create a new layer on top and name it “Shadow 2”. Fill black. Move the selection 2 pixels up and to the left and press DELETE to delete it. CTRL+click the “PSD” layer again. Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Apply a 2 pixel radius.

Step 23
CTRL+click the “PSD” layer to load pixels. Create a new layer on top and call it “Highlight 3”. Fill the selection with black. Move the selection 2 pixels down and to the right and press DELETE to delete it. CTRL+click the “PSD” layer to load the selection, as we don’t want this highlight to blur outwards. Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply a 1 pixel radius. CTRL+D cancels the selection.

Step 24
Create a new layer above it and name it “Texture”. The fill is black. Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare. Set the brightness to 160% and the lens type to 50-300mm zoom. Then go to Filter>Render>Layered Clouds. Next go to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate. Go to Filter>Distort>Glass and set the settings to: Distort 20, Smooth 2, and Scale 100%. Finally apply the Gradient Overlay style, set to: Multiply, Opacity 70%.

Step 25
You can achieve a variety of effects by changing the gradient and color of the Color layer, and changing the texture of the Pattern Overlay style of the Text layer.

Summary
alright. It’s finished now. I hope you learned something new and that you enjoyed this tutorial.

Author: Wutong Translation Source: E Translator Forum

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