{"id":500,"date":"2012-10-02T23:35:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T23:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=500"},"modified":"2019-04-13T12:14:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T16:14:14","slug":"text-as-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photoshop-text\/text-effects\/text-as-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Text To Shadow Itself In Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this <strong>Photoshop text effects<\/strong> tutorial, we're going to see how easy it is to add some visual interest to text in Photoshop by using a copy of the exact same text to shadow itself.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-text-shadows.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop text shadow effect. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"105\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let's get started!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads-middle\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 text effects middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8647141094\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<h4>Step 1: Create A New Blank Document<\/h4>\n<p>First, let's create a new blank Photoshop document. Go up to the <strong>File<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen and choose <strong>New<\/strong>, or simply use the keyboard shortcut <strong>Ctrl+N<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+N<\/strong> (Mac). Either method will bring up Photoshop's <strong>New Document<\/strong> dialog box. Enter in whatever size you need for your document. I'm going to enter a <strong>Width<\/strong> of <strong>6 inches<\/strong>, a <strong>Height<\/strong> of <strong>4 inches<\/strong>, and a <strong>Resolution<\/strong> of <strong>300 pixels\/inch<\/strong>, but again, you can enter whatever size you need. I'm also going to set my <strong>Background Contents<\/strong> to <strong>White<\/strong> so that white appears as my background color in the document. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> when you're done to exit out of the dialog box. Your new blank document will appear on your screen.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-new-document.gif\" alt=\"The New Document dialog box in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"597\" height=\"342\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Create a new blank Photoshop document.<\/div>\n<h4>Step 2: Select The  Type Tool<\/h4>\n<p>Next, select the <strong>Type Too<\/strong>l from the Tools palette, or press the letter <strong>T<\/strong> to select with the keyboard shortcut:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-type-tool.gif\" alt=\"The Type Tool in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"71\" height=\"127\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select the Type Tool.<\/div>\n<h4>Step 3: Select A Font, Size And Color For Your Text<\/h4>\n<p>With the  Type Tool selected, go up to the <strong>Options Bar<\/strong> at the top of the screen and choose whichever font you'd like to use. I'll use <strong>Tahoma Bold<\/strong> at a size of <strong>60 pt<\/strong>. You, of course, can use whichever font you prefer, and the size you choose may be different depending on the font you choose, as well as on the size of the document you're working with:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-type-options.gif\" alt=\"The Type Options in the Options Bar in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"505\" height=\"49\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select a font and font size in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<p>Then, to select a color for the text, click on the <strong>color swatch<\/strong> in the Options Bar.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-text-color.gif\" alt=\"Choosing a text color in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"419\" height=\"49\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the color swatch in the Options Bar to change the text color.<\/div>\n<p>This will bring up Photoshop's <strong>Color Picker<\/strong>. Select a nice, bright color for your text. I'll choose a bright red color. Once you've chosen your color, click <strong>OK<\/strong> in the top right corner of the dialog box to exit out of it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-color-picker.jpg\" alt=\"The Color Picker in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"564\" height=\"370\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose a color for the text from the Color Picker, then click OK to exit out of it.<\/div>\n<h4>Step 4: Add Your Text<\/h4>\n<p>With the font and text color chosen, click inside the document  and add your text. I'll type the word \"SHADOW\". When you're done, click on the <strong>checkmark<\/strong> in the Options Bar to accept the text and edit out of text editing mode:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/shadow-text.gif\" alt=\"Typing the word 'SHADOW' into the Photoshop document. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Add your text to the document, then click the checkmark in the Options Bar to accept it.<\/div>\n<p>Once you've added your text, your Layers palette will show the text on its own layer directly above the Background layer.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-layers-palette.gif\" alt=\"The Layers palette in Photoshop showing the text on its own layer. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"278\" height=\"227\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The text appears on its own layer above the Background layer.<\/div>\n<h4>Step 5: Duplicate The Text Layer<\/h4>\n<p>We're going to use the exact same text to shadow itself, and to do that, we'll need a copy of the text, which means we need to duplicate our text layer. Make sure you have the text layer selected in the Layers palette (selected layers are highlighted in blue), then press <strong>Ctrl+J<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+J<\/strong> (Mac) to duplicate the layer. A copy of the text layer will appear above the original:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/copy-text-layer.gif\" alt=\"A copy of the text layer appears in the Layers palette in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"278\" height=\"288\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Layers palette showing a copy of the text layer above the original.<\/div>\n<h4>Step 6: Select The Original Text Layer<\/h4>\n<p>Since our original text layer is below the copy, we'll use the original text layer for our shadow effect. Click on the original text layer in the Layers palette to select it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/select-text-layer.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the original text layer in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"278\" height=\"288\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the original text layer in the Layers palette.<\/div>\n<h4>Step 7: Choose A Darker Version Of The Text Color To Use As The Shadow<\/h4>\n<p>With the original text layer selected in the Layers palette and the  Type Tool still selected, click again on the<strong> color swatch<\/strong> in the Options Bar at the top of screen and select a different color from the <strong>Color Picker<\/strong>. We're going to use this color as a shadow effect for the text, so choose a darker version of your original color. Here, I'm choosing a darker red:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/choose-darker-color.jpg\" alt=\"Choosing a darker color in the Color Picker. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"563\" height=\"369\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose a darker version of the original text color with the Color Picker.<\/div>\n<p>When you're done. click <strong>OK<\/strong> to exit out of the Color Picker. It won't look like much has happened in your document window just yet because the copied text layer is over top of the original text layer and hiding it from view, but we're going to fix that in the next step.<\/p>\n<h4>Step 8: Select The Move Tool<\/h4>\n<p>In order to create our shadow effect, we need to move the original text slightly so we can see it below the copy of the text that's sitting above it. Let's move the original text down and to the right. Not too much, just enough to create a shadow effect. To move the text, we'll need Photoshop's <strong>Move Tool<\/strong>, so select it from the top of the Tools palette or press the letter <strong>V<\/strong> on your keyboard to select it with the shortcut:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-move-tool.gif\" alt=\"The Move Tool in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"70\" height=\"137\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select the Move Tool.<\/div>\n<h4>Step 9: Nudge The Original Text Layer Down And To The Right<\/h4>\n<p>We needed to select the Move Tool, but we don't actually need to use it to move our text. You <em>could<\/em> click inside the document and drag the text down and to the right with your mouse, but in this case, an easier way might simply be to use the <strong>arrow keys<\/strong> on your keyboard to nudge the text. Press the <strong>Down arrow key<\/strong> a few times to nudge the original text downward, then click the <strong>Right arrow key<\/strong> the same number of times to nudge it to the right. I'm going to press my Down arrow key 10 times, then the Right arrow key 10 times, to nudge my text and create my shadow effect:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/text-shadowed.gif\" alt=\"Creating a text shadow effect in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"105\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Use the arrow keys to nudge the original text down and to the right to create the shadow effect.<\/div>\n<p>Remember, you still need to select the Move Tool first even if you're going to use the arrow keys to move an object.<\/p>\n<p>If you want, you can create a second shadow simply by following the same steps. Duplicate the original text layer by pressing <strong>Ctrl+J<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+J<\/strong> (Mac), then click on the original text layer in the Layers palette to reselect it. Switch back to the <strong>Type Tool<\/strong> (since the Move tool is currently selected), click on the <strong>color swatch<\/strong> in the Options Bar and select an even darker shade of the color from the <strong>Color Picker<\/strong>. Select the <strong>Move Tool<\/strong>, then use the <strong>arrow keys<\/strong> on the keyboard to nudge the text down and to the right.<\/p>\n<p>Here's my text after following the steps to add a second shadow effect:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/text-as-shadow\/photoshop-text-shadows.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop text shadow effect. Image &copy; 2009 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"105\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The effect after adding a second, darker shadow.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<h3>Where to go next...<\/h3>\n<p>And there we have it! 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