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Another cool glowing text effect tutorial for you. This text effect will look good on your site header or banner.

This is going to be our final result.

1. First, open a new document. Go to File > New.

2. Next, fill the layer with whatever background color you want. Go to Edit > Fill. Choose your color and click ok. I choose black. Type in the text with the Type Tool.

3. Then, duplicate the text layer twice. Now we have Text, Text Copy and Text Copy 2 as shown in the picture below.

4. Working with the original text layer (Text), change the text color to light turquoise (#6dfaee) or whatever color you want the glow to be. Do the same for the 2nd layer too (Text Copy).

5. Then, right click on the original layer (Text) and select Rasterize Type. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Set the angle to 0 and adjust the distance to your liking. Mine is set to 73. And now we have this:

6. Right click on the 2nd layer (Text Copy) and select Rasterize Type. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Set the angle to 90 and adjust the distance the way you like it. I set it to 30.

7. Decrease the opacity of the top layer (Text Copy 2) so that there’s some color on the white text. And we’re finish! Enjoy your glowing text

I guess it’s time for another text effect. This tutorial is gonna show you a very simple way on how to get a reflective text effect. In other words, there’s your text and then on the surface or the floor, there’s a reflection of that text tilted to the left or right. The image below would better explain what I’m talking about:

1. Open a new document. Select the Text Tool (T). Select your font, the size and color. All these options are usually located below your main menu tab.

2. The font I chose was Alberta. Uppercase letters look better for this effect but there’s no rule saying you can’t use lowercase

3. Now, duplicate the text layer by dragging that layer to the Create New Layer icon at the bottom of the layer palette. Now, let’s call the first text layer, Addiction and the second one Addiction copy. See picture below:

4. With the Addiction copy layer selected on the layer palette, go to Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. You’ll have this:

5. Select the Move Tool (V) and move the Addiction Copy layer below the Addiction layer as shown below:

6. Now, select the Text Tool (T) and change the text color for the Addiction copy layer to gray.

7. Click on the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the layer palette. Then choose the Gradient Tool (G). Make sure your foreground color is set to black and your background color is white.

8. Drag your mouse starting from the bottom part of the Addiction copy layer till the top part of the Addiction layer. See picture below:

9. Right click on the Addiction copy layer in the layer palette and select Rasterize Type.

10. With the Addiction copy layer selected, go to Edit > Transform > Skew. Adjust the skewness until you find the effect you want. Here’s a few effects you can try:

And of course, you can adjust the skewness of the Addiction layer too to get this effect.

Looking for some unique and cool text effects? Not in the mood to read those long and confusing tutorials? Get them in actions instead. Download these Photoshop Actions and get the text effect you want instantly. Never heard of Photoshop action before?…Well, it’s about time you learn more about Photoshop Actions

Notes:
1. These actions are created in Photoshop CS2. Therefore, I’m not sure how compatible they are with other version of Photoshop. If you own other version of Photoshop and willing to try these actions and leave some feedback here, it would be a huge help to everyone in the universe =)
2. You can choose any font you want for these text effects. The fonts I used in the preview pictures are just examples of some suitable fonts for the effects.

How to use these Actions:
1. Load the action (.atn file) into Photoshop. How? See THIS POST and scroll down to Part F.
2. Open a new document or the document where you want the text to be.
3. Play the Action and just follow the instructions included in the actions.

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I’m not gonna write any tutorial today. Instead I have a compilation of the best text effect tutorials on the web for all you text crazes out there. Some of them are a little bit complicated, a little bit advanced but really worth your time once you got the final effect. Follow the link to go to the tutorial page and enjoy trying new effects on your text..

And if this isn’t enough, check out our collection of Text Effect Actions with the possibility to get the effect you want in one click of a button in Photoshop..that will sure makes your life easier..

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