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.

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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.

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: 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.

TUTORIAL: a cosmic light text effect

Let's make something different. It's a light text effect, but the letters are emitting an unusual light, like something from space.

Make this one by going to this online light text effect, so entering these parameters values:
- Text: COSMIC (choose as you need);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Font name: Atomic Sushi.

Doing as I told, you get this nice image (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- one of the features that makes this effect so interesting is: the letters have a nice illumination inside that matches very well the light going outside;
- the kind of font you should use depends on the result you are looking for. If you want a very big light emission, try thin font faces;
- generate hundreds of realistic light effects by using these online 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: a realistic acrylic text effect

Now I teach you how to get an interesting acrylic text effect. It would be a little tricky to figure it out by yourself, but using this tutorial it's easy.

Start by opening this very nice online text creator, so configure the interface like this:
- Text: shyniest (set your own text);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: 00A000;
- Font name: Viper Squadron.

If you make as indicated, that's the response text (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- the smart move here was using a glass effect to create an acrylic material in this case;
- I have used a back color that makes the text look transparent. That's the idea here;
- generate many realistic glass 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 flying 3D golden text effect

Today I tell you how to create a new 3D text. It's a flying text with golden colors and a nice big deepness. The soft shadows of the 3D letters are a plus.

It can be made by using this online 3D text maker, but pay attention now: this is an advanced and very powerful tool, so it has many interface options to use. Here I show just the items you need to change to get the proposed effect.
- Text: Golden Text (set as desired);
- Margin: 15;
- Background color: 402000;
- Face color: E0E000;
- Depth color: 808000;
- Font name: Amerika Sans.

Modifying these parameters, you receive this text effect (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- I set a brown background because it matches the golden colors and highlights them. Anyway, this effect can be nice with many different back colors;
- don't use too complex font faces, because it's not worthy. You get a cleaner, more readable and more beautiful text if you set a simpler font;
- other variant you could like to try: use the bright color as the depth color and the darker color in the font face. Anyway, beware the used configuration makes the text seems be made of a brighter material;
- generate many amazing 3D text effects by using this advanced professional 3D text generator.

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: creating a realistic raw wood text

It's a good time to make a text composed of raw (unworked) wood. It's a very convincing effect that was already useful for me several times.

You can create it with no effort by going to this online wood text maker and setting its data this way:
- Text: WOOD (type as you need);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 3;
- Background color: FFFFFF;
- Font name: Dragon Order.

Doing as told above, it's the delivered image (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- the chosen font helps to get a wild mood, but this effect is very powerful and can generate amazing results with many different fonts;
- usually I prefer the result when selecting a font with average thickness (not too thin, neither too thick);
- depending on the final image you are looking for, it could be a good idea to try a brown background color;
- generate a lot of nice wood text effects by taking advantage of these 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.

TUTORIAL: a text made of water pools

Here you see a nice way to create a realistic water text effect. It's like if the letters were made of water pools on the floor.

The easy way to create it is opening this free online text effect and configuring it like below:
- Text: WATER (set as you wish);
- Font size: Big;
- Margin: 5;
- Background color: FFFFFF;
- Font name: Gravel.

Making like this, you receive this result (click to enlarge):

Extra tips:
- the trick here is to use an effect created to be a glass effect to generate this water text;
- in this case, thick font faces give better results;
- of course, using a very irregular font face here is very important to give the liquid mood;
- generate many beautiful text effects by using this set of free 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.

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- very realistic results;
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As told above, the rendered texts can have transparent background (and semi-transparent shadow), so you can use then to create any kind of image composition you can imagine.

Below I show you an example about what can be made using these new professional 3D text effects (click the image for a full size viewing):

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