Thursday, August 25, 2011

TUTORIAL: creating a beautiful female text

Now let me show you a nice text style that can be very useful when creating a text with a female mood.

To create this one, open this free text effect and configure it this way:
- Text: Female (set the text you want);
- Font size: Normal;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: FFE0FF;
- Font name: MachineScript.

If you make as I told, you get a text like this (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- to have a good completion, I used a pastel pink color in background because it matches the effect itself. Anyway, feel free to try any back color that could be useful for you;
- for this type of effect, probably the best idea is to choose an "informal mood" rounded or so a cursive font face;
- I have already created several female style text effects by using these free text generators.

Is there a text effect you would like to see here? You can ask for it commenting here or sending me an e-mail.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

TUTORIAL: a realistic melting ice text

Last post was about hot text, so let's balance things and make a great cold text in this tutorial.

We need to go to this free text maker and use it like that:
- Text: MELTING (type the text you need);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 3;
- Background color: 60A0FF;
- Font name: SF Gushing Meadow SC.

Making as explained, you get a text like this (click for a better viewing):

Extra tips:
- to create the melting appearance you always should choose an irregular font face;
- there are several blue tones that can be used as background color to generate nice results with this effect;
- many amazing ice texts (and a lot of other effect styles) can be created by using this set of free text effects.

Is there a text effect you would like to see here? You can ask for it commenting here or sending me an e-mail.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

TUTORIAL: a hot igneous text effect

This time, let's make a very hot text style. We will use a special glow effect renderer that can generate very impressive results.

Open this free text creator and configure it this way:
- Text: HOTTEST (set your own text);
- Font size: Normal;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: can't be used;
- Font name: Niobium.

Making as explained, you get a text like this (click to view in full size):

Extra tips:
- for this case in particular, usually the final image is more eye catching if you choose a thick font face;
- that kind of text is perfect when you want to create a "super hot mood", because its appearance looks nicely incandescent;
- this list of professional text effects offers many amazing glow styles.

Is there a text effect you would like to see here? You can ask for it commenting here or sending me an e-mail.


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

TUTORIAL: how to make a realistic stone text effect

This time you will see how easy is to create a nice realistic stone text. This kind of effect was already useful for me many times.

This one can be generated by using that stone text creator having its fields set as explained:
- Stone Style: 10;
- Text: stone (type what you need);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 4;
- Background color: D0D0D0;
- Dark stone color: A0A8A0;
- Bright stone color: 80A0C0;
- Draw Shadow: checked;
- Shadow offset: 5;
- Shadow dispersion: 4;
- Shadow fade: 1;
- Font name: Arvada.

That's the result image (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- I used discreet colors because in my opinion usually it makes the result more realistic, but this tool is very powerful and you can create stones or rocks of any tones;
- for this example in particular, I have chosen a thin font, but I have already got very good results with thick font faces too;
- it's possible to create a lot of realistic stone/rock text effects by using this free stone text generator.