TUTORIAL: an outstanding tech text effect

Recently I needed a very beautiful text that could remind technology, so I created this one. I hope you like it.

You can make it by going to this free text effect and setting its interface like this:
- Text: technology (set your text);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 4;
- Background color: FFFFFF;
- Font name: Vectroid.

Making this way, get this final effect (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- as you can imagine, this effect usually is more suitable to be used with regular, geometric font faces;
- create a lot of amazing text effects by using this list of professional 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.

NEWS: a new amazing tool to create 3D text effects

It was published online a new tool to create 3D text effects. It's called "3D Text - Global Illumination" because its renderer is based on advanced global illumination algorithms and heuristics.

This new software is, for sure, the most professional and advanced 3D text generator ever published online. Some of its main features are:

- good color control (including background);
- native professional anti-aliasing;
- realistic soft shadows;
- cross shading (the letters shade each others);
- easy and detailed configuration of 3D transformations;
- many available text depths;
- more than 400 fonts to choose from.

Below you see a text created by using this new renderer (click to enlarge):

Create your own three-dimensional graphic texts right now by using this new 3D text software.

TUTORIAL: how to do a green glass text

Now you will learn how to generate a nice green text made of glass. It's one more for your list of glass texts.

Surf to this free glass text maker and set its data as informed here:
- Text: Green Glass (type as you like);
- Font size: Normal;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: 004040;
- Font name: Helldorado.

After doing that, we can easily get this final text effect (click for a full size viewing):

Extra tips:
- in fact, this effect was created to generate a super reflective metallic material. Anyway, I think we can use it to make nice glass texts if we choose an appropriate font;
- usually I prefer the results of this text renderer when I select font faces with complex outlines. The images look more reflective;
- make many eye catching glass texts by trying these professional 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.

TUTORIAL: a mercury text effect

It's a good time to create something different. This tutorial tell you how to get a text made of a stylistic mercury. I hope you have fun.

To generate it by yourself, you need to go to this special text renderer and configure it this way:
- Text: Mercury (set your text);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Font name: BluePlateSpecialSW.

Making as I taught, you get this result image (click for full size viewing):

Extra tips:
- the trick here was to use a special light text effect applied over a font that helps to get a kind of glowing metallic effect;
- if you want to try other fonts, usually you get more beautiful and stylistic mercury looks if you choose thick font faces;
- create your own special text effects by using this big set of light 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.

TUTORIAL: other water text effect

Today I tell you how to create a great water text effect by using a graphic software developed specially for this purpose.

You need to open this water text generator and set its parameters like this:
- Water style: 17;
- Text: water (type your own text);
- Font size: Normal;
- Margin: 4;
- Background color: 60A0FF;
- Font name: SomewhereInSpace.

Then you get this text effect (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- the chosen font face is kind of "waved", what is very good in this case;
- a blue background helps to create a liquid mood, but you can try other possibilities;
- it's possible to create many amazing water text effects by using this powerful water text maker.

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