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Vintage 3D Text Effect in Photoshop CS6

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Resources Great Vibes  font. Step 1 Create a new 1000×1000 px document, set the Foreground color to #acacac, and fill the Background with that color using the Paint Bucket Tool. Create the text in white. The font used is Great Vibes, and the Size is 250 pt. If you have more than one line of text, click the “Right align text” icon in the Options bar, then change the Leading value to a value that will decrease the space between the lines without making them overlap. The value used here is 230 pt, but if you are using a different text, then you might need to use a different value. Step 2 With the text layer selected, go to Type -> Extrude to 3D. This will convert the text into a 3D mesh. To access the 3D mesh settings and properties, you’ll need to open two panels: The 3D panel, and the Properties panel (both found under the Window menu). The 3D panel has all the components of the 3D scene, and when you click the name of any of those, you’ll be able to ac

Create a "Sports Center" Style 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

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If you have ever watched a sporting event on television, you have probably noticed some of the 3D graphics that television networks use during the programming. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create your own "Sports Center" inspired graphics using Photoshop CS6's 3D capabilities combined with  Filter Forge . In the process, we will show you how to use several tools including basic shapes, gradients, patterns, and textures. Let's get started! Sponsored Content This content was commissioned by  Filter Forge  and was written and/or edited by the Tuts+ team. Our aim with sponsored content is to publish relevant and objective tutorials, case studies, and inspirational interviews that offer genuine educational value to our readers and enable us to fund the creation of more useful content. Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Sci-Fi Mega Metal 1  by Ronjonie 3 Way Color Correction  by Tinkerpixel