Gel Type Tutorial

Step 1- Choose your font ,size and color.


Step 2- Type your word.


Step 3- In your layers pallete,apple+click your type layer to put the marching ants aroud the text. Create a new layer


Step 4- Go under the select menu , under Modify, and choose contract. When the contract dialog appears, enter 2 pixels, and click ok, then press option+delete to fill your contracted selection.


Step 5- Deselect by pressing apple+D. Duplicate this layer by dragging it to the new layer icon. Go under the Filter menu,under blur and choose gaussian blur when the dialog box appears, enter 3 pixels,and click Ok.


Step 6-Choose Bevel and Emboss from the layer styles pop up menu at the bottom of the layer palatte
->Style=Emboss
->Depth=300
->Size=12
->Highlight Capacity=100%
->Shadow Mode=Color dodge
->Shadow Mode Opacity=40%
->Black Color=watch white click ok


Step 7- In the layers palette click on the eye icon near the background layer to hide it then choose merge visible from the palette drob down from menu. Choose drop shadow from the styles menu and click on. Click on background layer to reveal it.