Photoshop How-To: Turn Type Into Gold

Theresa Stone

Learn how to turn ordinary type into extraordinary gold. This is no garish fool’s gold, but a lovely soft, volumetric effect that will lend luster to your own creations.

And because it’s done with Photoshop’s layer effects, your treasured text can be edited at any moment if you change your mind about its gilded message.

This particular effect doesn’t require a smart object, keeps the text 100% editable, and is accomplished almost entirely using layer effects. It couldn’t be more flexible. Click the screenshot below to view the step-by-step tutorial video on YouTube:

Members of lynda.com will find additional short Deke’s Techniques videos that show you how to enhance the effects you see here, apply them with greater efficiency, or display them with greater flexibility.