50 Essential Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

Published in Design, Photoshop Tutorials

Last month I published a collection of 45 Photoshop Tutorials for Better Navigation, which quickly became one of the most popular posts on this blog. Due to the response, I spent some time finding more great Photoshop tutorials. Here are 50 of the best tutorials for working with text.

You may also be interested in the following collections of Photoshop tutorials:

Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text

Flaming text

Smooth Glass Type

Glass text

Slow Shutter Text Effect

Slow Shutter Text

Placing Multiple Images Inside Text

Multiple Images in Text

Stylish Text

Stylish Text

Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life

Shade and Text

Grunge Rubber Stamp

Rubber Stamp Text

 

Graffiti with Photoshop

Graffiti

Faking Text Wrap in Photoshop

Faking text wrap

Kaboom! Exploding Text

Exploding Text

Recreate the “Bee Movie” Text Effect

Bee Movie Text Effect

Freezing Ice Text Effect

Freezing Ice Text Effect

Color Reflection Special Effects

Reflection

How to Create a Gold Text Effect

Gold Text

Old School Type – Line Gradients

Old School Text

 

Cartoon/Comic-Style Text Effect

Cartoon Text

3D Typographic Effects

3D Text

Matrix Text Effect

Matrix Text Effect

Metallic Spiderman 3 Text

Spiderman Text

Text Explosion Effect

Text Explosion

Colorful Light Burst Text

Colorful Light Burst

3D Text

3D Text

Reflective Liquid Type

Reflective Liquid Text

Swirl Text Logo

Swirl Logo Text

Stylish 3D Text

Stylish 3D Text

Dreamy Text

Dreamy Text

Text on Turf

Text on Turf

Zoom Text

Zoom Text

Snow on Text

Snow on Text

Aqua Text

Aqua Text

Simple 3D Text

Simple 3D Text

Electric Text

Electric Text

Reflective Metallic Text

Reflective Metal Text

Futuristic Text

Futuristic Text

Glowing Text

Glowing Text

Plasma Text

Plasma Text

A Slick Supernatural Text Effect

Supernatural Text

Radioactive Text

Radioactive Text

Glow Letter with Perspective

Letter with Perspective

Text on a Path

Text on a Path

Metal Text Effect

Metal Text Effect

Web 2.0 Style Text

Web 2.0 Style Text

Mosaic Text

Mosaic Text

Taco Bell Text Effect

Taco Bell Text

3D Styled Text

3D Styled Text

3D Bulge Text Effect

3D Bulge Text

Black Glass Reflection

Black Glass Reflection

Striped Text

Striped Text

Cool Breeze Text Effect

Cool Breeze Text

If you are interested in inspiration for typography and text effects, you’ll love our new gallery site TypeInspire.

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171 Responses

Shanna Cote April 21st, 2008

HA. i should have checked my feed 10 mins ago.. i just scoured the web for text wrap in PS. found the same tut. Awesome list! Thanks so much!!

Shanna

Vandelay Design April 21st, 2008

Shanna,
Sorry it was a bit late. I’m glad you like the collection.

joe April 22nd, 2008

wow that is some real cool graphics i wish someone could do me a header like that for my site

RedesignYourBiz.com April 22nd, 2008

Awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome………….

Erika April 22nd, 2008

Excellent collection. I JUST spotted that Ainley tutorial earlier this weekend.

PinkPetrol April 22nd, 2008

Once again some class text design, nice one vandelay

Sammy x

James Mann April 22nd, 2008

Isn’t Photoshop a ton of fun?

I have been using Photoshop for years and even taught a couple of basic and intermediate courses. It can be a scary thing for beginners though.

That’s why tutorials are so great. Thanks for the list.

I really like finding new techniques for things that I spend hours on.

SEO Bedrijven April 22nd, 2008

Good inspirational post! I’m working on a logo for our site and this post really helps.

Scott Fillmer April 22nd, 2008

I have been using photoshop now for probably over 10 years and I am continually amazed at how little I scratch the surface of that program.

My applications are mainly in photography, so I hit the same features each time. Thanks for sharing these, they are great.

Jay Francis Hunter April 22nd, 2008

Freakin’ mind readers.

I recently came across this…but was looking for something…nicer? Prettier? Higher class. Booyah.

Thanks.

agencja modelek April 22nd, 2008

Great list of tutorials. I`d like to post my logo using this technics ;-)

Fubiz April 22nd, 2008

Excellent list …

karen April 22nd, 2008

i need to purchase a copy of Photoshop/any related software…please reply

Wes P April 22nd, 2008

These links look great. Definitely bookmarked! I might point out, though, that the “Shade” tutorial (6th from the top) is the wrong link.

April - Of Scotland April 22nd, 2008

I really need to see about getting photoshop. I have corel photopaint and hate it a LOT.

Vandelay Design April 22nd, 2008

Karen,
I’m not sure what kind of reply you want. You can buy Photoshop just about anywhere.

Wes,
Thanks for pointing out the dead link. Too much copying and pasting. I fixed it.

April,
I’ve never used Corel Photopaint, but I would highly recommend Photoshop.

Jacob Cass April 22nd, 2008

Wow, this is awesome. I am going to use the 3D one in a new project. Nik Ainley is a god. Thanks Steven.

imsraaia April 23rd, 2008

Excellent… thanks….

Sandy Allen April 24th, 2008

Awesome. I needed the graffiti tutorial to get a specific message into an outdoor shoot. Thanks!

Manik April 26th, 2008

Thanks for investing time to put together this post.

I found this really helpful.

Ty Lombardi May 5th, 2008

Hey there,

Awesome post. I haven’t seen half of these and I’ve been using Photoshop for years! I like how you gave images under each tutorial name so that we can get a feel for the tutorial without having to click it first.

On another note, I’d like to compliment you on your blog. It is very well organized and quite unique.

Keep up the good work!

Mobde3 August 13th, 2008

archived this link to my bookmark!

Nisansala September 8th, 2008

Great collection, love it. Thank you so much for composing and posting this. :-)

Bas September 16th, 2008

Love this site! great work keep it up

Jordan September 23rd, 2008

Plasma text, makes no sense, way confusing, for a beginner, ima beginner. no sense at all, will confuse u.

gsdji October 25th, 2008

used some of these on my site! thanx alot!

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Addy December 8th, 2008

niche collection :)

get entertainment February 20th, 2009

I really like these tutorials. Well, i guess most of them. Thanks

natraj February 24th, 2009

good tutorials

Menaka March 8th, 2009

your tutorials are really very good..

Labinash May 26th, 2009

List is Simply Awsome !!!!!

Lanka News Reporter May 30th, 2009

This tutorial is really helpful for me.
Thanks for the tute collection.

SarXes June 12th, 2009

Thx for this huge of photoshop text tutorial collection. Great Job ;)

Abdullah July 1st, 2009

how can we make a broken glass for the background?

Nice photoshop text effects tutorials. It really useful to me because nowadays i am trying to learn photoshop. And i hope your tutorials helps me a lot

Tracy Mazelin August 1st, 2009

Great resources, thank you!

Muhammad August 17th, 2009

thats what i commented in the last blog that adobe photoshop have this all option about text …. like photoshop have All the things … giving some ideas from this it great Really :)

medyum August 22nd, 2009

Awesome. I needed the graffiti tutorial to get a specific message into an outdoor shoot. Thanks!

foly September 1st, 2009

Thanks
For the excellent text effect tutorials.Its really a great help..

Better Sleep September 14th, 2009

Wow.. this excellent design.
It really useful to me since i am trying to learn photoshop.
thank you so much!!

Troy September 16th, 2009

The link to the one titled Dreamy Text doesn’t work anymore.

Lia Yang October 27th, 2009

I Love Most Of These Logo……..
So Pretty……

SEO Naperville November 4th, 2009

Really great stuff guys. This is an awesome collection. However, only some of these have the PSDs.

mahesh November 18th, 2009

Your text designs very very bautifull I realy inspired by the way Im FINE ARTS student
Ilike your designs nice keep it up …….

Stefan Gustafsson November 18th, 2009

Thank you for this awesome list :)

Single November 20th, 2009

Your site doesn’t correctly work in Safari 4 in Mac OS X (4Version) :( Please help me How can I remove the problem?

Vandelay Website Design November 20th, 2009

Single,
Can you tell me what the issue is?

Sundar Rajan January 1st, 2010

Really useful site to discuss a variety of text designs using photoshop with exact tutorials…. really fantastic job…

mxyzplk January 15th, 2010

awesome… I’m gonna need some of this great tutorial for my new website logo… btw “Glow Letter with Perspective” is not available.

Vandelay Website Design January 15th, 2010

mxyzplk,
Yeah, it’s an old post so there are bound to be some links that are not available any more.

Iva Wilcox February 5th, 2010

Just tried to click on your “Text on a Path” link it and it took me to an acting/ auditions page. I’d love to get to the tut, if possible. Thanks for all your inspiraton!

Download Photoshop February 17th, 2010

It has long been searching for such a selection to create a beautiful logo for your site, because before such could be done in the program Xara3D. Thank you for these lessons with text for photoshop!

Riptideiskool February 18th, 2010

I love these cool text effects, but do you think that there is one that is good for making a self made New Moon poster? I am not trying to be pushy.

Chiptuner Kft March 3rd, 2010

My favourite is the futuristic text, great work!Thanks for these tutorials.Photoshop forever.

lafozof March 28th, 2010

I tried Slow Shutter Text Effect but I failed! :(

diyet March 29th, 2010

Great resources, thank you!
nice….

Great tutorial. I never think of it that I can draw water drops in Photoshop. but now I can.
Thanks for sharing.

Ygs May 24th, 2010

Just tried to click on your “Text on a Path” link it and it took me to an acting/ auditions page. I’d love to get to the tut, if possible. Thanks for all your inspiraton!

Awesome! I’ve never tried the 3d effect in photoshop but have been looking into some of the tutorials. This work is amazing. Thanks, Ronnie

mellaly June 16th, 2010

My favourite is the futuristic text, great work!Thanks for these tutorials.Photoshop forever.

FreeSoft June 22nd, 2010

Very impressed with the effects of 3D Typographic Effects – it’s just a necessary thing to create, for example, entertainment blog. There is much to learn – thanks for the stuff!

Cografyadersi June 22nd, 2010

I tried Slow Shutter Text Effect

Ragazze Russe June 29th, 2010

Excellent collection. I like how you gave images under each tutorial name so that we can get a feel for the tutorial without having to click it first.

Gokko July 3rd, 2010

Those are good. Nevertheless it would be great if there are the effect on banner/logo/background

medyum July 9th, 2010

Your text designs very very bautifull I realy inspired by the way Im FINE ARTS student
Ilike your designs nice keep it up!
Medyum Niyazi

JashBianco July 12th, 2010

now this is what I call ComputerArts.

Vandelay makes things seem easy, a bit right..
Not all though, but still I could find a better, or should I say easier, art in the other sections.. photoshop fever! :3

Lucas | Miami Web Design July 21st, 2010

Amazing work of art, I can learn so much from this post. I always said that it is not really about your skills but the imagination to come up with all this ideas! great job!

Orlando Advertising Agency August 31st, 2010

Wow! The Fresh logo is amazing looking. I have the perfect project that I can use that one on. Where are you finding all of these great tutorials? Keep them coming.

QIP Download September 23rd, 2010

Always with pleasure I look and I understand with such lessons since the given effects with the text can be used at logo creation. By means of a lesson «3D Typographic Effects» has made to itself magnificent wall-paper on a desktop!

roofing November 9th, 2010

Among these text tutorials, I find supernatural effects amazing! It really looks so natural. Just like the usual design I’ve seen in horror tv shows or movies.

Web design hull November 12th, 2010

Excellent collection… I’ve worked through a couple of the tutorials and was really pleased with the results, thanks!

tuz November 28th, 2010

I tried Slow Shutter Text Effect

Metin2 December 2nd, 2010

My favorite is Matrix! very goole flasg site.
thanks for coment.

simsim December 12th, 2010

i dont quite understand the matrix text one, can someone teach me?

Vandelay Website Design December 13th, 2010

Simsim,
It’s not our tutorial, you’d have to contact the design who wrote the tutorial.

chris- freelance web designer December 16th, 2010

Epic list, the snow on text should come in handy this time of year!

PATRIK December 30th, 2010

Excellent design.Thanks for sharing.

priya February 11th, 2011

thanks………….. i was in gr8 need of some of text effects … and here i got the tutoials.. :) .. u make me so happyy..

Bilal Irfan March 8th, 2011

Awesome tutorials. Really epic and helpful. I’m a beginner Photoshop learner and these tutorials will help me a lot to learn Text effects which I was searching from long time.

Mayank March 31st, 2011

Thesr are TOTALLY awesome! Really needed them for a logo.

Ronnies April 1st, 2011

Awesome list!!

Great to have this page in my bookmark!

Sanjeev December 31st, 2011

Well the Text effects are astonishing i really liked all the effects and hope to apply them on my website very soon. (www.mediaaids.in) Anyway Thanks once again.

Sanjeeb Sahu February 1st, 2012

Thanks for sharing this text tutorials..i really wanted something like this…

effectshop April 24th, 2012

nice list of effects. the fresh logo is ma favourite. thanks for posting!

Meryem Uzerli August 26th, 2012

Awesome tutorials. Really epic and helpful. I’m a beginner Photoshop learner and these tutorials will help me a lot to learn Text effects which I was searching from long time.

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