The 67 Best Photoshop and Illustrator Text Tutorials of All Time

Posted by John Shaver on May 21, 2012 in
The 67 Best Photoshop and Illustrator Text Tutorials of All Time

Some of the most popular Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials deal with making text look pretty. They range from the simplest layer styles to some extremely complex 3D rendering and compositing.

This massive list covers 67 of some of the most popular Photoshop and Illustrator text tutorials of all time.

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Blending Xara 3D Type in a Wallpaper Project


3D Water Text Effect with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5


Create an Extruded Glossy 3D Text Effect in Photoshop


Create a Light Bulb Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop


How to Create Folded Text with Adobe Illustrator


Scrabble Tiles Text Effect


Turquoise Metallic Text Effect


Create a Festive Ornamental Christmas Text Effect


Logo Design Process and Walkthrough for BioThemes


Super Easy Pewter Style Metal Text Effect in Photoshop


How to Create Remarkable 3D Text in Photoshop


Designed Stylish Embossed Text with Metallic Glow


Extremely glossy and shiny text effect


Grungy Rusted Carbon Fiber Text Effect


Create a Cool Wet Ink Typography Effect in Photoshop


Create a Dynamic Particle Explosion in Photoshop


Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment


Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life


6 Quick'n'Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch


Design a God of War III Inspired Cracked Text Effect in Photoshop


Create a New Retro Text Effect in Photoshop


Add Fantastic Color to 3D Text


Papercraft Text Effect


Create a Steel Text Effect in Photoshop


How to Make a Metallic Transformers-Style Logo


Neon with Layer Styles


How to Create a Richly Ornate Typographic Illustrations


Beer Text


Colorful Retro Text Effect


How to Create an Ice Text Effect with Photoshop


Create Abstract Shining Text Effect with Groovy Font in Photoshop


Grungy 3D Text In Illustrator


How to Create Eroded Metal Text With Photoshop


How to create an awesome burning text effect in photoshop


Design a Chilling and Icy Text Effect in Photoshop


Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop


Design a Dawn of War Style Concrete Text Effect in Photoshop


Create a Unique Burning Text Effect


Transparent Glass Lettering in Photoshop


The Revolution Artwork by Aoiro Studio


Design a Skin-Textured Typography Scene in Photoshop


Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect


Snow Covered Candy Cane Text Effect


Ridiculously Realistic Scorching Fire Effect!


Awesome Milk Typography Effect in Photoshop


Candy Coated Photoshop Tutorial


Plastic Jelly Styles


Create an Exploding Light Text Effect in Photoshop


Create Smokey Typography in 12 Steps


Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop


Create an Ice Cream Type Treatment in Photoshop


Hipster Text Effect in Photoshop CS6


How to create an impressive-looking text effect


Create a retro sci-fi movie poster in Photoshop


Cool Text Effect with the Puppet Warp Tool in Photoshop CS5


Great Gooey Photoshop Text Tutorial


Glossy Snow Globe Text Effect


Create a Cosmic Scene with Photoshop and Cinema 4D


Create a Metallic Copper Text Effect Using Layer Styles in Photoshop


Plasma Cut Text With Shooting Sparks


Create a Royal Gold Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles


Create a Baseball-Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop


Create Liquid Filled Glass Text in Photoshop


Shiny Sparkles Text Effect


Chocolate Bar Text Effect


Party Text Effect


Dazzling Woven Text Effect


Have you tried any of these awesome text effects? Are there any text effects that should be on this list that aren't?

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