Sunken text

[Maxx]

Mornin guys does anyone know how or can give me a link to a tut on doing this kind of thing??

I want to do something like this..


Thanx

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[Kernie]

It's mainly just using Photoshop's layer styles: Bevel & Emboss and Inner Shadow.

The example above seems to use a few other techniques as well. Unfortunately, I have to run and don't have much time to explain it all, but play around with Bevel/Emboss and Inner Shadow (should be under Layer > Layer Styles, I think) and that should get you started.

[Relocator]

I did this in 2 minutes, no lie. It's a very simple effect that can be extremely effective.

I suggest using a thick bold font, they tend to look better. For this example I used "Futura Extra Bold". Text colour was #5d5d5d (a dark grey). It looks slightly blue because of the blending mode, and the underlying coloured layer.



Here are the settings I used for the Inner Shadow. Obviously, depending on the size of your text you may need to do some tweaking.


And here's what I used for the Beveling. Again, slight tweaks may be needed depending on the size of your text.


My very simple layers screen. For your texture, it's really completely up to you. It all depends what sort of feel you're going for!

[JollyRoger]

In addition the the more than nice run-thru above, I just like to mention the option to make embossed 'invisible' text. Simply type in any colour you want and set Fill to 0%.

[Maxx]

Thanx guys i will give it a try a let you have a look at what i have come up with