{"id":518,"date":"2012-10-02T23:52:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T23:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=518"},"modified":"2019-04-13T12:11:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T16:11:54","slug":"gel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photoshop-text\/text-effects\/gel\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun, Easy Gel Text Effect With Layer Styles In Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this Photoshop text effects tutorial, we're going to learn how to use Layer Styles to easily create a gel text effect. The great thing is that you can have lots of fun playing around with the Layer Style settings to create your own custom gel text effect, or if you prefer, you can use the settings I'm using in the tutorial. When we're done creating the effect, we're going to save it as a preset style which we can then apply to other text instantly, and at the end, we'll see how to change the color of the effect, which may not be quite as straightforward as you think.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">Here's the gel text effect we're going for:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/final-result.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The final effect\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final \"gel text\" result.<\/div>\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<p>Let's get started!<\/p>\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><span>Step 1:<\/span> Open A New Photoshop Document<\/h4>\n<p>Go up to the <strong>File menu<\/strong> at the top of the screen and choose <strong>New...<\/strong> to bring up Photoshop's <strong>New Document<\/strong> dialog box and enter a width and height for your document. I'm going to use a preset size of <strong>640x480 pixels<\/strong>. Click OK to create your new document:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/new-document-db.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Creating a new document in Photoshop\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Create a new document in Photoshop.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 2:<\/span> Choose A Color For Your Text<\/h4>\n<p>Select the <strong>Type tool<\/strong> from the Tools palette:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/select-text-tool.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Selecting the Type tool from Photoshop's Tools palette\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose the Type tool from the Tools palette.<\/div>\n<p>You can also press <strong>T<\/strong> on your keyboard to quickly select it. Then, with the Type tool selected, go up to the <strong>Options Bar<\/strong> at the top of the screen and click on the <strong>text color swatch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/text-color-swatch.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Clicking on the text color swatch in the Options Bar\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">With the Type tool selected, click on the text color swatch in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<p>This will bring up Photoshop's <strong>Color Picker<\/strong>. Choose a color for the text. I'm going to choose a light blue for mine:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/photoshop-color-picker.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Photoshop's Color Picker\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose a color for your text with Photoshop's Color Picker.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK once you've chosen a color to exit out of the Color Picker.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 3:<\/span> Enter Your Text<\/h4>\n<p>Choose a font from the Options Bar. I'm using \"Bauhaus 93\". Then click inside your Document Window and enter your text. I'm going to type the word \"photo\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/type-photo.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Typing the word 'photo' into the Document Window.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Enter your text into the document.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 4:<\/span> Use \"Free Transform\" To Resize The Text If Needed<\/h4>\n<p>I'm going to enlarge my text a little using Photoshop's <strong>Free Transform<\/strong> command. With my text layer selected in the Layers palette, I'm going to use the keyboard shortcut <strong>Ctrl+T<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+T<\/strong> (Mac) to bring up the Free Transform box and handles around my text. Then I'm going to hold down <strong>Shift+Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Shift+Option<\/strong> (Mac) and drag out one of the corner handles to enlarge my text. Holding Shift constrains the text proportions, and holding Alt\/Option forces the text to resize from the center:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/free-transform.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Using Photoshop's Free Transform command to enlarge the text.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Use Free Transform to enlarge the text if needed.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 5:<\/span> Select The &quot;Drop Shadow&quot; Layer Style<\/h4>\n<p>We're going to head into the wacky world of Layer Styles at this point, and the first Layer Style we're going to add to the text is a drop shadow.<\/p>\n<p>Before we continue, I just want to say again that you should feel free to experiment with the different settings we're using for this effect. You don't have to use the specific settings I'll be using. There's lots of wiggle room to play around with in creating this gel text effect.<\/p>\n<p>Now let's add our drop shadow. Click on the <strong>Layer Style<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers palette:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/layer-style-icon.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Clicking the Layer Style icon at the bottom of Photoshop's Layers palette.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">With the text layer selected, click on the \"Layer Styles\" icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.<\/div>\n<p>Select <strong>Drop Shadow<\/strong> from the list:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/select-drop-shadow.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Selecting Drop Shadow from the list of Layer Styles.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select \"Drop Shadow\" from the list of Layer Styles.<\/div>\n<p>This brings up Photoshop's Layer Style dialog box set to the Drop Shadow options in the middle column:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/layer-style-db.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The Drop Shadow options in Photoshop's Layer Style dialog box.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Layer Style dialog box set to the Drop Shadow options in the middle column.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 6:<\/span> Choose A Color For The Drop Shadow And Apply It<\/h4>\n<p>Click on the Drop Shadow <strong>color swatch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/drop-shadow-color-swatch.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choosing a color for the drop shadow\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the Drop Shadow's color swatch to choose a color.<\/div>\n<p>This will bring up the Color Picker. Rather than choosing a color in the Color Picker, hover your mouse over the text, which will turn your mouse cursor into the <strong>Eyedropper<\/strong>, and click on the text to sample its color:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/sample-color-ds.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Sampling the text color with the Eyedropper\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click anywhere on the text to sample the color.<\/div>\n<p>Then go to the <strong>Color Picker<\/strong> and select a darker shade of that color to use for the drop shadow:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/color-picker-ds.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choosing a darker shade of the sampled color to use for the drop shadow\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select a different shade of the sampled color in the Color Picker to use for the drop shadow.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to exit out of the Color Picker, and your drop shadow will appear in the color you selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/text-drop-shadow.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The drop shadow now appears using the color you selected.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The drop shadow applied to the text using the color chosen in the Color Picker.<\/div>\n<p>Don't click OK in the Layer Style dialog box yet. We've only just begun.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 7:<\/span> Apply An &quot;Inner Shadow&quot; Layer Style<\/h4>\n<p>Click directly on the words <strong>Inner Shadow<\/strong> in the Layer Style menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box, directly below \"Drop Shadow\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/select-inner-shadow.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choose 'Inner Shadow' from the list of Layer Styles on the left\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click directly on the words \"Inner Shadow\"  below \"Drop Shadow\" in the menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>The first thing we're going to do here is select a color to use for the Inner Shadow, just as we did for the Drop Shadow. Click on the Inner Shadow <strong>color swatch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/inner-shadow-color-swatch.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Clicking on the color swatch for the Inner Shadow layer style\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the Inner Style color swatch to choose a color.<\/div>\n<p>This will bring up Photoshop's Color Picker. Just as we did with the Drop Shadow, rather than selecting a color directly in the Color Picker, move your mouse over the text and click on it to sample the text color:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/sample-color-is.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Sampling the text color once again\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click anywhere on the text once again to sample the color.<\/div>\n<p>Then select a darker shade of the color in the Color Picker to use for the Inner Shadow:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/color-picker-is.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choosing a darker shade of the sampled color to use for the inner shadow\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select a different shade of the sampled color in the Color Picker to use for the inner shadow.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to exit out of the Color Picker once again. The inner shadow will appear in the color you selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/inner-shadow-color.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The inner shadow now appears using the color you selected.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Inner Shadow is now applied to the text using the color selected.<\/div>\n<p>I'm going to increase the size of my Inner Shadow effect by clicking on the <strong>Size<\/strong> slider and dragging it to the right. I'll increase mine to about <strong>16 pixels<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/inner-shadow-size.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Increasing the size of the Inner Shadow effect.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Increase the size of the Inner Shadow effect by dragging the \"Size\" slider to the right.<\/div>\n<p>Here's the result after increasing the Inner Shadow size:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/text-inner-shadow-size-16.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The effect after increasing the Inner Shadow size.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The effect so far after increasing the Inner Shadow size to 16 pixels.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 8:<\/span> Apply An &quot;Outer Glow&quot; Layer Style<\/h4>\n<p>Click directly on the words <strong>Outer Glow<\/strong> in the Layer Style menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box, directly below \"Inner Shadow\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/click-outer-glow.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choose 'Outer Glow' from the list of Layer Styles on the left\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click directly on the words \"Outer Glow\" in the menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>Once again, the first thing we're going to do is select a color for our Outer Glow, the same way we've done it for the Drop Shadow and Inner Glow. First, click on the Outer Glow <strong>color swatch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/outer-glow-color-swatch.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Clicking on the color swatch for the Outer Glow layer style\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the Outer Glow color swatch to choose a color.<\/div>\n<p>This brings up the Color Picker. Click directly on the text once again to sample the color. Then go back to the Color Picker, but this time, rather than choosing a darker shade of the color, choose a <strong>lighter<\/strong> shade:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/color-picker-og.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choosing a lighter shade of the text color to use for the Outer Glow.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose a lighter shade of the text color this time to use for the Outer Glow effect.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to exit out of the Color Picker.<\/p>\n<p>With my color applied, I'm going to change a few of the other Outer Glow options. Again, feel free to experiment here on your own, but if you want to follow along, here's the settings I'm using. First, lower the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> value at the top to around <strong>60%<\/strong>. Then, in the \"Elements\" section in the middle, increase the <strong>Spread<\/strong> to around <strong>15%<\/strong> and the <strong>Size<\/strong> to about <strong>10 pixels<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/outer-glow-options.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Making changes to the Outer Glow options.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Make the changes circled in red above to the Outer Glow options.<\/div>\n<p>Here's my result after making the changes:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/text-outer-glow-applied.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The effect so far after applying the Outer Glow layer style.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The effect so far after applying the \"Outer Glow\" layer style.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 9:<\/span> Apply An &quot;Inner Glow&quot; Layer Style<\/h4>\n<p>Click directly on the words <strong>Inner Glow<\/strong> in the Layer Style menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box, directly below \"Outer Glow\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/choose-inner-glow.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choose 'Inner Glow' from the list of Layer Styles on the left\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click directly on the words \"Inner Glow\" in the menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>What are we going to do first? Yep, we're going to pick a color to use for the Inner Glow. Go ahead and click on the Inner Glow <strong>color swatch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/inner-glow-color-swatch.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Clicking on the color swatch for the Inner Glow layer style\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the Inner Glow color swatch to choose a color.<\/div>\n<p>This brings up the Color Picker. This time, rather than clicking on the text color itself and then selecting a darker shade in the Color Picker, just click on one of the darker areas in the text. We'll use that color for the Inner Glow:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/sample-color-ig.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Click on a darker area in the text to use that color for the Inner Glow.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on a darker color in the text to sample it and use it for the Inner Glow effect.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK in the Color Picker to exit out of it once you've sampled your color.<\/p>\n<p>We have our darker color selected, but by default, the <strong>blend mode<\/strong> for the Inner Shadow is set to \"Screen\", which means we're not going to see our darker color. Basically, we need to change the effect from an inner \"glow\" to an inner \"shadow\", and for that, all we need to do is change the blend mode from \"Screen\" to <strong>Multiply<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/multiply.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Change the Blend Mode of the Inner Glow to 'Multiply'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the down-pointing arrow and change the blend mode for the Inner Glow effect to \"Multiply\".<\/div>\n<p>I'm going to change a few other options here as well for the Inner Glow. First, I'm going to lower the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> value to around <strong>50%<\/strong>. Then, in the \"Elements\" section in the middle, I'm going to raise the <strong>Choke<\/strong> value to about <strong>10%<\/strong> and the <strong>Size<\/strong> value to <strong>13 pixels<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/inner-glow-options.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Changing the Inner Glow options.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the options circled in red above for the Inner Glow.<\/div>\n<p>Again, feel free to experiment with those values on your own.<\/p>\n<p>Here's my effect so far with the Inner Glow applied:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/text-inner-glow-applied.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The effect after applying the Inner Glow layer style.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The effect after applying the Inner Glow layer style.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 10:<\/span> Apply The &quot;Bevel and Emboss&quot; Layer Style<\/h4>\n<p>We're going to add the Bevel and Emboss style next, so click directly on the words <strong>Inner Glow<\/strong> in the Layer Style menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box, directly below \"Inner Glow\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/choose-bevel.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choose 'Bevel and Emboss' from the list of Layer Styles on the left\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click directly on the words \"Bevel and Emboss\" in the menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>This time there's no colors to choose. Instead, there's a few options that need to be changed. I know I've already said it a few times, but you don't need to use these specific settings for your effect. In fact, you'll probably need to play around with them a little if you're using a different font type or size. However, having said that, here's the settings I've used in the Bevel and Emboss options:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/bevel-options.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The Bevel and Emboss options.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the options circled in red above.<\/div>\n<p>First, I increased the <strong>Size<\/strong> to about <strong>16 pixels<\/strong>. Then, in the \"Shading\" section, I unchecked <strong>Use Global Light<\/strong>, set the <strong>Angle<\/strong> to <strong>90\u00b0<\/strong> and set the <strong>Altitude<\/strong> to <strong>75\u00b0<\/strong>. Then, at the very bottom, I dragged the slider bar for the <strong>Shadow Mode<\/strong> option all the way to the left to set its value to <strong>0%<\/strong>, since we already have more than enough shadows in the effect.<\/p>\n<p>We're going to add the \"Contour\" effect in here as well, so click directly on the word <strong>Contour<\/strong> in the menu on the left. It's below \"Bevel and Emboss\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/select-contour.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Click directly on the words 'Contour' in the menu on the left.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click directly on the word \"Contour\" in the left menu.<\/div>\n<p>In the Contour options, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the Contour preview thumbnail, then click on the <strong>Half Round<\/strong> option to select it (it's the first one on the left, bottom row):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/half-round.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Select the 'Half Round' contour option.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click the down-pointing arrow and select the \"Half Round\" contour, bottom row, far left.<\/div>\n<p>Here's my text after applying the Bevel and Emboss filter:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/text-bevel-applied.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The effect after applying the 'Bevel and Emboss' filter.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The effect after applying the \"Bevel and Emboss\" style.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 11:<\/span> Apply The &quot;Satin&quot; Layer Style<\/h4>\n<p>One more layer style to apply, and it's the \"Satin\" style, so click directly on the word <strong>Satin<\/strong> in the Layer Style menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box, directly below \"Texture\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/choose-satin.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Choose 'Satin' from the list of Layer Styles on the left\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click directly on the word \"Satin\" in the menu on the left of the Layer Style dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>We're back to choosing a color once again, this time for the Satin effect, so click on the Satin <strong>color swatch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/satin-color-swatch.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Clicking the color swatch in the Satin options.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click the color swatch to choose a color for the Satin layer style.<\/div>\n<p>Then click in the text to sample a darker shade of the text color. If the colors in your text turned strange when you clicked on the word \"Satin\" in the menu on the left, don't worry. Just click once anywhere on the text and the colors will revert back to the way they should be. Then click on any darker area to sample that color:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/sample-color-satin.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Click in a darker area of the text to sample that color.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click in a darker area of the text to sample that color to use with the Satin layer style.<\/div>\n<p>As soon as you click your mouse to sample a color, you'll see the Satin effect apply itself using that color. If you want, you can keep clicking around inside the text to choose a different color, and the Satin effect  will be updated each time you click, so you can keep clicking until you find a dark shade you're happy with. It's basically a live preview of the effect.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have your color selected, click OK in the Color Picker to exit out of it, then make the changes I've circled below:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/satin-options.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The Satin layer style options.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the Satin options circled in red above.<\/div>\n<p>In the case of the Satin effect, you're really going to want to experiment with these settings yourself, but for the sake of following along, first I changed the <strong>Angle<\/strong> to <strong>75\u00b0<\/strong>. Then I increased the <strong>Distance<\/strong> to <strong>43 pixels<\/strong> and the <strong>Size<\/strong> to <strong>54 pixels<\/strong>. Finally, I clicked on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the Contour preview thumbnail and chose the <strong>Ring<\/strong> contour, which is the second one from the left, bottom row.<\/p>\n<p>Here's my text after applying the Satin filter:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/text-satin-applied.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The effect after applying the 'Satin' filter.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The effect after applying the \"Satin\" style.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 12:<\/span> Save The Layer Style<\/h4>\n<p>We're done adding layer styles at this point, but before you close out of the Layer Style dialog box, click the <strong>New Style<\/strong> button on the right:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/new-style-button.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Click the 'New Style' button on the right\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click the \"New Style\" button on the right.<\/div>\n<p>We're going to save this gel effect style so that we can re-use it whenever we want. When you click the button, Photoshop pops up the <strong>New Style<\/strong> dialog box. I'm going to name my new style \"Gel effect\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/new-style-db.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Photoshop's 'New Style' dialog box.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop's \"New Style\" dialog box. Name the new style \"Gel effect\".<\/div>\n<p>Then I'll click OK and I now have my style saved in Photoshop. Let's see how we can instantly apply it to something else.<\/p>\n<p>Since I already have the word \"photo\" entered into my document window, I'm going to grab my Type tool once again from the Tools palette and this time, I'll enter the word \"shop\" below it. I'm also going to use the Free Transform command to resize it so it's the same size as the word \"photo\", and I'm going to rotate it as well. Here's what it looks like at the moment:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/shop.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Adding the word 'shop', then resizing it and rotating it with Free Transform.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click in a darker area of the text to sample that color to use with the Satin layer style.<\/div>\n<p>Right now, the word &quot;shop&quot; is using nothing more than the original text color, but I want it to have the same &quot;gel effect&quot; I created with the word &quot;photo&quot;. I <em>could<\/em> go through all the steps again and re-create the layer style, but thankfully, I don't have to because I was smart enough to save the effect as a new style. Where can I find the style? It's in Photoshop's <strong>Styles palette<\/strong>, located at the very bottom:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/styles-palette.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Photoshop's Styles palette.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop's \"Styles\" palette with my saved \"Gel effect\" style at the bottom of the list of available preset styles.<\/div>\n<p>To apply it to my text, all I have to do is make sure I have the \"shop\" text layer selected in the Layers palette, and then click on the \"Gel effect\" style in the Styles palette. The effect is instantly added to the text:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/photo-shop.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The 'Gel effect' style is instantly applied to the new text.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The \"Gel effect\" style is instantly applied to the new text.<\/div>\n<p>What if I wanted the word \"shop\" to be a different color though? It's easy to change the color, but there's a bit of a trick to it, as we'll see next.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 13:<\/span> Changing The Color Of The Gel Text Effect<\/h4>\n<p>We're done creating the \"gel\" effect using layer styles, we've saved it as a new style named \"Gel effect\", and we've instantly applied it to the word \"shop\". But what if I want the word \"shop\" to be a different color? You're probably thinking \"Easy, just use a Hue\/Saturation adjustment layer\". So let's try that and see if it works.<\/p>\n<p>I'll use Hue\/Saturation to change the color of the word &quot;shop&quot; from blue to pink. Here's the result:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/shop-pink.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The word 'shop' is now pink after applying Hue\/Saturation to it.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The word \"shop\" is now pink after applying \"Hue\/Saturation\".<\/div>\n<p>The word itself has turned pink, but do you see the problem? The layer styles are still blue. The Hue\/Saturation adjustment had no effect on them. If we want to change both the text color and the layer styles color, we need to use a bit of a trick.<\/p>\n<p>With the \"shop\" layer still selected in the Layers palette, use the keyboard shortcut <strong>Ctrl+G<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+G<\/strong> (Mac) to place the \"shop\" layer into a <strong>Layer Group<\/strong>, which Photoshop names \"Group 1\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/group.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Placing the 'stop' layer into a Layer Group.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Press \"Ctrl+G\" (Win) \/ \"Command+G\" (Mac) to place the \"shop\" layer into a Layer Group.<\/div>\n<p>We can see in the Layers palette above that the \"shop\" layer is now inside the Layer Group. Next, we need to change the blend mode for the Layer Group from its default of \"Pass Through\" to <strong>Normal<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/normal-group.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Change the blend mode of the Layer Group from 'Pass Through' to 'Normal'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">With the Layer Group selected, change its blend mode from \"Pass Through\" to \"Normal\".<\/div>\n<p>Now click on the &quot;shop&quot; layer to select it and then click on the <strong>New Adjustment Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers palette:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/new-al-icon.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Clicking the 'New Adjustment Layer' icon.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">With the \"shop\" layer selected, click on the \"New Adjustment Layer\" icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.<\/div>\n<p>Select <strong>Hue\/Saturation<\/strong> from the list:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/hue-sat.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Selecting 'Hue\/Saturation' from the list of Adjustment Layers.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select \"Hue\/Saturation\" from the list of Adjustment Layers.<\/div>\n<p>When the Hue\/Saturation dialog box appears, drag the <strong>Hue<\/strong> slider to change the color of the text:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/hue-sat-db.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: Dragging the 'Hue' slider in the 'Hue\/Saturation' dialog box.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the color of the text by dragging the \"Hue\" slider.<\/div>\n<p>Keep an eye on your text in the Document Window as you're dragging the slider. When you're happy with the new color, click OK to exit out of the Hue\/Saturation dialog box, and this time, because the &quot;shop&quot; layer was placed inside a Layer Group, the layer styles are now colored along with the text itself:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/type\/effects\/gel\/final-result.gif\" alt=\"Adobe Photoshop Text Effects: The final result.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final result.<\/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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