Photoshop Tutorials

Learn how to create turn a simple 3D text into a beautiful yet simple floral design. This tutorial will show you how to retouch and apply effects to 3D text and use floral Photoshop brushes as a quick way of enhancing the look.

Preview of Final Results

Floral 3D Text Effect Photoshop Tutorial

IMPORTANT: When ever you create any effects, use action palette to store the functions because again if you need the same effect so it will be easy for you to get the same effect.

Step 1 - Create the 3D text

As we start we need 3d text effect I'm taking help of illustrator to create 3D text. You can download the font from here. Feel free to use any program you like to create the 3D text. If you are using any other application like Maya, 3Ds max, etc, make sure that the file you save has transparency.

Step 2 - Create a new Document

Choose File > New or press Ctrl/Command + N to create a new document. I'm using wallpaper size of 1440px(width) X 900px(height). You can use any wallpaper size as you wish.

Step 3 - Bring the 3D text to Photoshop

You can save the image as .png format to get transparency or you can directly copy (Ctrl/Command + C) the 3D text from illustrator & paste (Ctrl/Command + V) in Photoshop. So you will get the 3D image in Photoshop as you see the image below.

Step 4 - Adding Color to the text

Now we need to add some color to the text. To do this, choose Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation the use these settings:

• Colorized: Checkmarked
• Hue: 198
• Saturation: 22
• Lightness: 0

Step 5 - Adding Contrast to the Image

Now we’ll need to add more contrast to the text. Choose Image > Adjustment > Levels then adjust the settings like shown in the image below.

Step 6 - Making the Color Little Bit Dull

Now we’ll repeat what we did in Step 4. Choose Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Use the settings as shown in the image below.

Step 7 - Adding Filter Effects

For this text, we’ll use the Craquelure effect. Choose Filter > Texture > Craquelure. Use these settings:

• Crack Spacing: 18
• Crack Depth: 6
• Crack Brightness: 1

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