Modern 3D Text Effect

Introduction

In this Photoshop tutorial we’re going to step outside my usual Photoshop Only philosophy and use the 3D rendering power of Adobe Illustrator to create a cool little 3D text effect. Don’t worry noobs, you don’t need to know anything about Illustrator, as usual I’ll coach you through the whole process, but you do need to have it installed on your computer. (*note: If you don’t have Illustrator, you can jump over to Adobe.com and download a 30 day trial version to play around with.)

Modern 3D Text Effect 1

Rope Text Effect

When Adobe started announcing some of the new features of the CS5 version of Photoshop they showed the Puppet Warp tool in which they played with an elephant's trunk. I was really impressed with that tool but never used it that too much, because of that I decided to give it a try, especially after seeing a screen cast with Russell Brown in which he was showing how to manipulate a rope with the Puppet Warp Tool.

Rope Text Effect 1

Twirls Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 12 in set

Category: Abstract

Description:
12 large twirls brushes that can be used to create lots of different designs.

Twirls Brush Set 1
Twirls Brush Set 2

Swirl And Flower Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 15 in set

Category: Ornaments

Description:
This set is compatible with Photoshop 7 and up, the size of Brushes is about 2400 to 2500 px.

Swirl And Flower Brush Set

Soft Water Color Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 8 in set

Category: Texture

Description:
Soft and furry watercolor Photoshop brushes work well for creating interesting backgrounds. As always, good water color effects ask for nice color harmony
and creative use of blending and transparency.

Soft Water Color Brush Set

Random Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 8 in set

Category: Ornaments

Description:
8 random brushes made in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Random Brush Set

Pretty Garden Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 5 in set

Category: Ornaments

Description:
Assortment of floral ornaments – use them at different sizes to create awesome borders and frames.

Pretty Garden Brush Set 1



Pretty Garden Brush Set 2


Lace Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 40 in set

Category: Ornaments

Description:
Pack of 40 great lace brushes.

Lace Brush Set

Flower Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 24 in set

Category: Nature

Description:
A huge pack of 24 Hi-Res Adobe Photoshop Flower Brushes.

Flower Brush Set

Fairy Wings Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 7 in set

Category: Ornaments

Description:
Set of 7 brushes for PS CS and higher.

Fairy Wings Brush Set

Dried Blood Splatters Brush Set

Photoshop Brushes: 117 in set

Category: Splatter

Description:
These splatter brushes were created with watercolor dried on lightweight paper to simulate the look of dried blood. Like our Glossy Blood Splatter Photoshop brushes, these can be used to create blood, paint, or paint in UV light. This set contains 117 blood splatter brushes.

Dried Blood Splatters Brush Set