Photoshop Text Effects: Gold Plated Text
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Step 17: Set The Stroke Gradient To The Same Colors As The Text
Click directly on the gradient preview area in the Stroke options:
This will once again bring up the Gradient Editor. Set the colors for the gradient to the same colors we used on the text. For the left color, use R:247, G:238, B:173, and for the color on the right, use R:193, G:172, B:81. Click OK to exit out of the Gradient Editor once you've set the colors, and your text should look like this:
Step 18: Apply The "Bevel and Emboss" Style To The Stroke
Click directly on the words Bevel and Emboss in the menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box to once again enable it and bring up its options. This time, rather than adding a bevel and emboss style to the text, we're going to add it to the stroke. Change the options that I've circled below:
First, in order to apply these settings to the stroke, we need to change the top option, Style to Stroke Emboss. Now all of these settings will be applied to our stroke. Change the Technique to Chisel Hard once again. Set the Size to 5 pixels. In the "Shading" section, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the words Gloss Contour and once again select that Ring - Double option, which is the third one from the left on the bottom row. Finally, over on the left in the menu area, once again click inside the Contour checkbox to enable it.
After applying the Bevel and Emboss style to the stroke, your text should now look like this:
Step 19: Apply The "Outer Glow" Style
One last thing to do here in the Layer Styles dialog box. We're going to add a bit of a glow to the text, as if some light was reflecting off the gold. Click directly on the words Outer Glow in the menu on the left to turn on the Outer Glow style and bring up its options, then change the options I've circled below:
First, lower the Opacity value to 50%. Then click on the color swatch directly below the word "Noise", which brings up Photoshop's Color Picker. Enter in R:183, G:145, G:79 for the color (another gold brick photo sample) and click OK to exit out of the Color Picker. Finally, set the Size to around 29 pixels, and then click OK to exit out of the Layer Styles dialog box.
The text now has a faint glow around it:
One thing left to do...
