Photoshop Gold Plated Text Effect Tutorial

Photoshop Text Effects: Gold Plated Text

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Step 8: Change The Gradient "Style" To "Reflected"

Back in the Gradient Overlay options in the Layer Style dialog box, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word "Linear" and change the Style of the gradient to Reflected:

Changing the gradient style from linear to reflected
Change the gradient style from "Linear" to "Reflected".

This will add the darker gold color to both the top and bottom of the text, leaving the lighter color in the middle:

The text after changing the gradient style
The text after changing the gradient style.

Step 9: Select The "Bevel and Emboss" Options

Click directly on the words "Bevel and Emboss" in the layer styles menu along the left of the Layer Style dialog box to switch to the Bevel and Emboss options. Make sure you click directly on the words themselves, not just in the little box beside them, otherwise the options won't appear:

Switch to the Bevel and Emboss options
Click directly on the words "Bevel and Emboss" in the menu on the left.

Step 10: Change The "Technique" To "Chisel Hard"

In the Bevel and Emboss Structure options in the middle of the Layer Style dialog box, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word "Smooth" and change the Technique to Chisel Hard:

Change the technique to Chisel Hard
Change the "Technique" from "Smooth" to "Chisel Hard".

Step 11: Change The "Gloss Contour" To "Ring Double"

In the Shading options below the Structure options, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word "Gloss Contour" and select Ring - Double, which is on the bottom row, third from the left:

Changing the Gloss Contour to Ring Double
Change the "Gloss Contour" to "Ring Double".

Select the Anti-Aliased option as well to prevent our text from getting the "jaggies".

Here's the text at this point:

The gold text effect so far.
The effect so far.

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