Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create Stunning, Glitter-filled, Glass Text!

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create fun

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glitter fill text encased in glass and

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how to quickly replace the text without

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having to redo the effects I'll also

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show you how to easily change his color

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this is an update of tutorial I did

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quite a while ago this version is more

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flexible and efficient I provided this

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glitter texture so you can follow along

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it's link is located in my video's

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description or project files below

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before we begin if your foreground and

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background colors aren't black and white

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respectively press D on your keyboard

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doubleclick an empty area of the glitter

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layer and when this window pops up name

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it glitter

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keep in mind you can use a different

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texture if you like just make its

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resolution 150 pixels per inch so your

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results will look similar to mine

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temporarily hide the layer we'll make a

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new layer below it by control clicking

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or command clicking the new layer icon

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will fill the empty layer with a

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gradient color open your gradient tool

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and make sure the linear gradient icon

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is active click the gradient bar to open

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the gradient editor click the

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black/white thumbnail and click the

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lower right stop

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click the color box and in the hex

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decimal field type in 364 to be D then

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press Enter or return twice to close

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both windows place your cursor a bit

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above the center of your document and

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press and hold shift as you drag the

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gradient tool straight down

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approximately this much

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open your horizontal type tool and pick

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a font i'm using frankfurter medium if

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you'd like to use it I provided its link

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as well

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I'll make it sighs approximately 300

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points however feel free to adjust its

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size based on the amount of characters

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in your text and the font you use I'll

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make its aliasing sharp and center

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alignment will make the color white so

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we can see our texts better to do this

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press X on your keyboard to invert your

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foreground and background colors now

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white is your foreground color

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click on your document and type out your

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text to reposition it open your move

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tool

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and move it

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to reveal the glitter texture only

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through the text will make a glitter

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layer into a clipping mask to do this

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make the glitter layer visible and

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active and press ctrl alt G on Windows

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or command option G on a Mac

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make the text active and click the icon

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at the upper right corner of the layers

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panel

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click convert to smart object this

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allows us to adjust the effects that

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we'll be adding to it at any time and

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also allows us to replace our text if we

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want without having to redo any of the

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effects double-click your text layer to

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open its layer style window

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click bevel & emboss the style is outer

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bevel the technique is smooth and the

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depth is a hundred percent the direction

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is up the size is 20 pixels and soften

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it one pixel uncheck global light the

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angle is 16 degrees and the altitude is

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48 degrees open the gloss contour and

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click the gear icon

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if small list isn't checked click it

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click ring

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the highlight mode is normal and the

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color is white the opacity is a hundred

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percent the shadow mode is difference

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and click the shadows color box in the

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hexadecimal field type in 91 three times

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make the shadows opacity forty percent

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click contour and open the contour

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presets click cone inverted

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then click ok

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shift-click the glitter clipping mask to

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make it active as well and make a copy

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of the two active layers by pressing

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ctrl or command J

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double click bevel and emboss to open it

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in the layer style window

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make the style inner bevel

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the angle minus 144 degrees and the

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altitude 51 degrees

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make the shadows opacity thirty percent

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you

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shift-click the glitter copy and make a

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copy of the two active layers

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double click bevel and emboss to open it

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in the layer style window

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make the depth five hundred fifty

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percent

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the size

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97 pixels and soften it 12 pixels

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make the angle 120 degrees

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and the attitude 40 degrees make a glass

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contour linear

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the highlight mode

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vivid light

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and its opacity 75 percent change the

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blend mode to multiply

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and make the colors brightness

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thirty-five percent then click OK

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make its opacity 75%

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click inner glow the color is black the

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blend mode is pin light and the opacity

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is fifty-four percent the choke is

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thirty percent and the size is twenty

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pixels

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then click ok

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we'll convert all the layers that

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comprise our glitter text into one smart

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object by making the top clipping mask

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active

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and shift clicking the bottom text to

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make all these layers active open the

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flyout list and click convert to smart

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object

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make a copy of it

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and go to edit

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transform and flip vertical

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press and hold shift as you drag the

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flipped copy straight down until it's

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close with the top txt if the flip text

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is trying to snap to the top text go to

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view and click snap to uncheck it reduce

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the reflections opacity to thirty

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percent

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next we'll fade out the reflection from

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the bottom

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask next to the reflection layer

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open your gradient tool and click the

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gradient bar

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click the black white thumbnail and

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click ok

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go to the bottom of the reef

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collection and press and hold shift as

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you drag the gradient tool straight up

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to the top of the reflection next I'll

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show you how to quickly replace your

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text without having to redo the effects

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double-click either of the Smart Objects

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to open your text layers then double

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click any of the Smart Objects to open

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the original source text if your

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replacement text is going to be longer

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than your original you'll need to make

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more room on the sides to do this go to

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image and canvas size

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change the units of measurement two

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percent

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and in the width field I'll type in 150

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to ensure there will be enough room

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if you can't see all of your canvas

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press ctrl or command 0 double click the

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T icon on your text layer to highlight

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all of your characters and type at your

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new text

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open your move tool

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and closed the tab of the replacement

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text

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when you see this message click yes to

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replace your original text with your new

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text

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then close this tab

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and click yes

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next I'll show you how to quickly change

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the color click the adjustment layer

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icon and click hue/saturation

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drag the hue slider to the right and

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left this is Marty from Blue Lightning

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TV thanks for watching

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