Guide by detail pictures to create rust text effect in Photoshop

Firstly you must have the pattern to apply on your effect, don’t worry because you can go here to download it: http://www.mediafire.com/file/bpw3maljpoevap9/Rusted.pat

Step 1: Open Photoshop and load the pattern by choose Edit -> Preset Manager. It will appear a Preset Manager window. In Preset Type choose Patterns, then you choose the path to the downloaded pattern file and click Load. After it finishes loading, click Done.

loading-the-pattern

Step 2: Create a new file with parameters as you see below:

creat-a-new-photoshop-fileStep 3: Click to Foreground color icon (near the left bottom of the toolbar) and then select the color #505 252.

change-foreground-color

Fill color for the background by press Alt + Delete

fill-background

Step 4: Select Type Tool by pressing T. Customize font and text color (#FFFFFF), font size. Then type your text down.

type-tool

Step 5: After having you text layer, duplicate it more by pressing Ctrl + J three times.

duplicate-3-times

And change their names as the image below:

rename-layer

Step 6: Turn off three layers above by click on the eye next to these layers. Select the Shadow layer then go to Layer -> Layer Style -> Drop Shadow (Or right-click and select Blending Options) and set the parameters as shown.

shadow-blending

Step 7: Select layer “depth” and enable view mode by clicking to see the eye next to the layer. Do the same as we adjust the parameters on step 6

depth-blending

Then go to Inner Shadow tab and adjust like below:

inner-shadow

And check into Bevel and Emboss too to set the values as shown:

bevel-and-emboss

Choose Color Overlay and set:

color-overlay

Finally go to Pattern Overlay:

pattern-overlay

and set:

pattern-overlay-1

Step 8: Hold down Ctrl and select 2 layers named “depth” and “shadow”

depth-and-shadow

Step 9: Enable view mode of layer“color” by clicking on the eye next to the layer.

enable-layer-color

Go to Layer -> Layer Style -> Drop Shadow and set:

drop-shadow

Then go to Inner Shadow to set:

inner-shadow-1

And now Inner Glow:

inner-glow

Bevel and Emboss:

bevel-and-emboss-1

Satin:

satin

Gradient Overlay: Choose the color of gradient overlay effect

gradient-overlay

and set value as shown:

gradient-overlay-1

Step 10: Enable view mode of layer named “texture”

texture

then go to Layer > Layer Style > Pattern Overlay

pattern-overlay-2

and set:

pattern-overlay-3

So we have completed the work. You can also change its rust color by changing Gradient Overlay color in step 9.

Good luck!

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