Thursday, September 27, 2012

TUTORIAL: a chocolate bar text effect

It's about creating a text made of chocolate. In fact, imagine you have several chocolate bars and you take off proper squares, so you get the letters format.

It's easy to make if you open this free online text maker and set it like this:
- Text: chocolate (fill as you need);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 3;
- Background color: 804040;
- Font name: Triad XS.

Making this way, it's possible to get the effect shown below (click to enlarge):


Extra tips:
- you need a suitable font face to get the text made of squares, but you can create other chocolate text effects by using other fonts. In fact, its a 3D text effect, so it can generate many interesting results;
- the brown background is just to create a "chocolate world" mood, but other colors can be nice too;
- generate many creative text effects by trying the online 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, September 20, 2012

TUTORIAL: a text effect that reminds speed

This time we will make a text effect perfect to be used when you want to remind speed or so. Usually it's not a very easy task.

To create this text, you should go to this online text generator and configure it like this:
- Text: Speedy (type as you need);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Font name: Blazed.

If you do as explained, you get an image like this (click to enlarge):


Extra tips:
- in fact, its a light text effect, but, since it has a very strong red light, it can give what we need;
- this font face helps a lot to get a strong moving appearance, but you can try other combinations (italic fonts, for example, can also be good for a movement mood);
- create many awesome light effects by using these free online light 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, September 12, 2012

TUTORIAL: a stainless steel text effect

This tutorial tells you how to easily create a text made of stainless steel. This result in particular shows a nicely worked metal with interesting grooves.

You can make it by going to this online metallic text maker and setting its items that way:
- Text: stainless (set your own text);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: FF9090;
- Font name: Gas.

Making like that, you get the image shown below (click to enlarge):


Extra tips:
- I have used a silver text effect to generate the stainless look. The background using a very different color is just to make the text more eye catching;
- it's important to use the selected font face to create the wrinkles;
- generate many realistic metallic effects by using these online 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.


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

TUTORIAL: creating a bubble text effect

It's about creating a text made of bubbles that are underwater. The nice foam details are a plus.

Start by opening this very nice online water text maker, so configure the interface like this:
- Water style: 5;
- Text: bubbles (choose your own text);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 4;
- Background color: 0050A0;
- Font name: Croissant.
Making that way, the final image is like this (click to enlarge):


Extra tips:
- the trick this time was using a water text effect with suitable font face and back color to create a bubble appearance;
- the chosen back color helped to get a text mixed to the environment. It helped to get bubbles that look to be underwater;
- generate many realistic water effects and related ones by using these online water 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.