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Add some text...’GOLDMEMBAR’ using IMPACT font here. We want a large, chunky text for this Photoshop text tutorial.

After you type the text go ahead and right click and choose ‘Warp Text’. Keep this in mind for the future. We are spending some quality time on creating a logo. A logo usually will take lots of ‘extra’ typography time and deliberate planning or experimentation.

Choose these settings in the Fish warp.

Press OK and then duplicate the layer by dragging it to the new layer icon on the bottom of the layers palette. We are purposely retaining a text-editable layer in case we need to come back to it. 

Now that you have the duplicate layer, right click on the layer name in the layers palette and choose Rasterize Layer. Now that you have a rasterized layer go to Filter: Liquify.
 

Use the default Forward Warp Tool (W). Zoom in if you need to (Z). Use the left bracket key ( ‘[‘ ) to get a smaller brush. Go to the middle part of the first “m”. Now slowly drag down to move and stretch the pixels.

Take your time to get it right. Go ahead and release click a few times to slowly get it just right. Make sure it’s balanced and pretty straight. By releasing clicking and clicking on a lower part you can get a smoother and more defined rounded tip.

Now go to Filter: Artistic: Film Grain. Check the settings and press OK. Don’t make it too obvious, we want a sprinkly ‘bling’ kind of effect.

Now go ahead and Ctrl/Cmd click on the layer icon to select it with the marching ants. Bring up your color picker and choose a goldish yellow color.

Now press Alt/Opt backspace to fill the layer with this gold color. Create a duplicate of this layer by dragging it to the new layer icon.

Grab your rectangular marquee tool (“M”) and select the area around the first letter ‘G’. Right click and choose Layer via Cut. This will put this letter onto its own independent layer. By the way, if you want full Photoshop and design secrets on video be sure to check out the Discover Photoshop: Total Package (all of my training) click here.

Now go ahead and Ctrl/Cmd ‘T’ to free transform it. Hold down the Ctrl/Cmd key to free transform on any handle with all the functions (skew, perspective, etc.) until you end up with something like this.

You can now go to the liquify tool (when this layer is selected in the layers palette) and drag the bottom corner of the ‘g’ down a little. Ain’t this just shagadelic baby?!

Since this layer is on it’s own but we want to regroup it back into the entire text, link the “G” layer with the “oldmembar” and choose Layer: Merge Linked or Ctrl E. This will merge the two layers together again.  You can sign up for 60 free Basic Photoshop tutorials @ BasicPhotoshop.com (another website of mine).

....the movie gold typography / text Photoshop tutorial continues....