Photoshop Text Effects: Gold Plated Text

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Step 12: Increase The Structure "Size" To Close Up The Open Space Inside The Letters

Go back up to the Structure options at the top of the Layers styles dialog box and drag the Size slider bar to the right until you've closed up the open spaces inside the letters. Here I've dragged mine to a value of 16 pixels:

Increase the structure size by dragging the slider bar

Drag the "Size" slider to the right until you've closed up the open spaces inside the letters.

The open spaces are now gone:

The open spaces inside the letters have been closed

After dragging the "Size" slider to the right, the open spaces inside the letters have been removed.

Step 13: Increase The Structure "Depth" To Enhance The Lighting Effect

Next, drag the Depth slider to the right to enhance the lighting effect on the letters. I've dragged mine to a value of 171%:

Increase the depth to enhance the lighting effect

Drag the "Depth" slider to the right to enhance the lighting effect on the letters.

Now things are starting to look good:

The effect after increasing the "Depth".

Step 14: Turn On The "Contour" In The Layer Style Menu

Next, click inside the checkbox to the left of the word Contour on the left of the Layer Style dialog box, directly below the "Bevel and Emboss" option. This will enhance our gold effect even further. There's no need to change any options for it, so just click inside the checkbox to enable it:

Click inside the "Contour" checkbox to enable it without viewing its options.

Here's the text with "Contour" enabled:

The effect with the "Contour" option enabled.

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