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Text Effect Tutorial
Steel
1. Open new image, 400x150 - White - 16 Million colors.
2. On your color palette, set your foreground color to white and the background color to dark grey. Try RGB-64,64,64.
3. Fill your new image. Rectangulr gradient, Match Mode=RGB, Tolerance=100, Opacity=100.
4. Go to Image>Noise>Add. Use setting: 50% Uniform.
5. Go to Colors>Greyscale. Then go to Colors>Increase Color Depth>16 Million
6. Go to Image>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use setting: Radius 1.50
7. Go to Image>Blur>Motion Blur. Use settings: Direction 135, Intensity 40. Repeat this step.
8. Go to Image>Noise>Add. Use the settings 3% Uniform.
9. Select your Text tool. Position your tool in the middle of your image. Add some text, making sure Antialias is selected and Floating is deselected.
10. Next, go to Image>Effect>Cutout. Use the settings: Shadow Color White, Opacity-70, Blur-1, Offset-1x1.
11. Repeat last step changing settings to: Shadow Color Black, Offset -1x-1.
12. The last step is to go to Image>Effect>Drop Shadow. Use the settings: Color Black, Opacity 100, Blur 10, Offset 1x1.
**HINT** If you leave the text on the background, it looks like a steel plate. Great for logo's!

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