Create a metal plates text effect logo

It's a tutorial that shows you the tricks to get a text made of shine metallic plates. The plates are a little crumpled, like if the plates had hit one another.

You can create such effect by opening this free silver text logo creator and configuring it as below:
- Text: PLATES (choose your text);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 3;
- Background color: FFFFFF;
- Draw shadow: checked;
- Customize shadow: unchecked (so other shadow parameters don't matter);
- Change text colors: unchecked (so next text color items are not used);
- Get as a transparent PNG file: unchecked;
- Font name: NiseSonicShuffle.

This set up generates a nice metallic text effect as you see next (click the logo to see in real size):

Extra tips:
- it's possible to create this text with transparent background (check the "Get as a transparent PNG file" box);
- despite we have used a silver text effect, it nicely looks like shiny steel in this case (because it's a dark silver with high reflection property);
- obviously, the chosen font face is essential to produce the holed text on metallic plates;
- design outstanding texts logo effects in seconds with these free creative text effect generators.

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A stainless steel text logo effect

Today we generate a shiny brushed text effect made of a realistic stainless steel.

To produce this cool metallic logo effect, open this online realistic 3D metallic text effect creator and set its interface as suggested (keep shadow default values):
- 3D text style: 9th option;
- Text: Stainless (type your words);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 4;
- Background color: B0FFFF;
- Get as a transparent PNG file: unchecked;
- Font name: Hetfield.

By making this way, you design a top metallic text logo (see the logo in full size by clicking it):

Extra tips:
- this text logo can be created with an anti-aliased transparent background (check the "Get as a transparent PNG file" box);
- the selected 3D text style is essential to create that beveled 3D look;
- prefer to use geometric font faces, because usually metallic typography is like that in real life;
- make first class logos, banners, word arts or any typography very easily by using the best text logo generator apps.

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A stylized extruded text effect

Now we create a nice extruded text effect with a stylized look and made of a shiny stainless steel.

Generate this effect by surfing to this easy steel text logo designer and setting up the software interface as explained:
- Text: EXTRUDED (type as desired);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 3;
- Background color: FFFFFF;
- Font name: Mexcellent 3D.

So this text logo editor will give us this text effect (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- you can try other fonts, but we depend on the suggested font face to create that different extrusion style;
- this effect is amazingly versatile. It can work well with any background color;
- produce awesome text logos online by using these free cool text logo editors.

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A 3D stainless steel text effect

Let us make a bright 3D stainless text effect. If you think metallic text effects are useful, you will like this one.

Generate it by going to this online steel text maker and setting its elements like explained:
- Text: stainless (type the text you need);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: A0A0A0;
- Font name: Jumbo.

These values create this great metallic text effect (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- in this case, I suggest a reasonably dark back color, so you can see the shadows and, at the same time, the metallic material looks even brighter;
- as usual for metallic text effects, prefer regular/geometric font faces;
- create a lot of outstanding metallic text effects by using these online free text creators.

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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.

TUTORIAL: a nice steel text effect

This tutorial intends to show you how to make an interesting 3D metallic text made of steel.

You can create it by going to a online metallic text effect and setting its interface with these values:
- Text: metallic (choose your text);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: C0E0FF;
- Font name: Bombardier.

If you made as explained, you generated this image (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- as usual for metallic effects, a regular font face is a better choice;
- don't select a thin font face, or you will get a dark final text. Besides that, usually this effect produces a stronger 3D look when you use it with a thick font;
- generate dozens of amazing metallic text effects by using this big amount of free 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.