(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok, so i made this for a GFX blog i started but i cant be arsed anymore so ill just post my tutorials in here instead

In this tutorial you will learn the basic's of creating a professional "glossy" look on your text in literally no time at all. Well, what are you waiting for? Begin below. :whistle:

Ok, Start by creating a new Photoshop document (any size, but i'm using 500, 250 pixels)

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Than add you text, if you want to know the font i used was "impact" and the size was "100pt" and the color code was "49abe4"

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Now we have our text we can proceed. Add a new layer (CTRL + SHIFT + N), right click the new layer and choose "create clipping mask"

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Head on over to your eclipse tool and drag it onto the area you want to be "glossy", be careful not to highlight too much; a good guide would be around 40% of the text / object should be highlighted.

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Next step is to apply a white overlay, you can do this via either the brush tool or what i did was simply use the fill tool. Once you have that out of the way you can remove the selected area by pressing (CTRL + D). Now you will be left with this:

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Doesn't really look "glossy" no does it? Well we havent finished yet!, to bring out the "glossy" look you will need to drop the oppacity down; The ammount varies depending on color, size, Ect.. but for this example i set it to 27%.

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Done!

Now if you want you can add any extra effects you please. Here is the finished product:

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LOL. I mean't reflection.

Thanks for the tutorial :y:

I'm a Photoshop n00b so I'm trying to improve. Here is my first try using your tutorial:
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Its added afterwards, to do it google is your friend, and ill make a tut another day.



Looks awesome bro. :y:

Cool but could you teach us how to do the reflection thing

Thank you very much! Very nice stuff!

Sowwy guyz

Ive neglected this thread a bit due to work so ill have the reflection tutorial up soon!

You have no idea how much you helped me. Keep em' coming bro!

Here's the finished version: