Go back to your original PSD file / window and double click the smart object layer to open its layer styles. Start adding the layer styles to the smart object layerĪll the effects we will be adding will actually be layer styles of this smart object. That’s it! Now you have a smart object layer containing your text that you can easily edit while keeping all the effects and adjustments we will do in a minute completely editable. This will make sure you have the text on transparent background, but it will keep the composition size you defined. Next, open that smart object by double clicking on it (more precisely on the layer icon) and once you are inside the smart object, simply delete the background rectangle you created. Remember that you can always change the text, fonts, size and everything later!įinally select BOTH the rectangle and the text layers, right click and go to ‘Convert to Smart Object’. You can use multiple text frames and add as many text lines as you need. Make sure to make the text big enough to fit on your screen, resize it and reposition it as you want. For the font, I am using ‘Roman SD’ font. Then I will create a text box on top of this rectangle and type something there. This is just to ensure we have a placeholder frame for our text to hold the composition size. I am using a 4000x3200px canvas, so that will be the size of my rectangle. Simply start by creating a rectangle with a size of your canvas. That way, I can make any changes inside that object, add multiple text frames, add lines, frames and other graphics and this effect will automatically apply to all the elements inside that smart object. Now, for the text, what I always prefer to do is create a smart object that will hold this text (or any other graphics) inside of it. I used one of my own old wall photos, gave it a dark overlay and vignette and boosted the contrast a bit. I suggest using a dark background to begin with. Now, let’s see how to create this cool metallic 3D text effect with shadows! Start by using a dark background and adding some placeholder text Several backgrounds are included and gold, silver and copper colors to choose from, as well as few cool recommended free fonts. The Photoshop file comes with 5 different presets, from rusty, grunge metal texture to shiny, glossy, polished metal. So if you don’t want to do it yourself, you can go ahead and grab the full effect preset here. This PSD effect is available in my store on Creative Market. It gives your text a cinematic look, perfect for imitating movie titles (like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, historical or epic / fantasy movies) or video game intro scenes. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create this cool metallic 3D text effect in Photoshop.

Photoshop metal text style