We’re almost done! For final touch-ups, we can flatten the layers, then apply the following “Unsharp Mask” filter to the flattened layer:Īdd the following “Curves” adjustment layer on top:Īnd here is the final effect: (click to enlarge) Select another piece from the Starfield stock image as shown below:Ĭover the text with the star texture, then set the layer blending mode of the new star texture layer to “Screen”: I specifically added some “flaming” nebula texture for the letter S: Make sure you use the free transform tool to adjust the size of the texture, and use the layer blending mode “Overlay”:Ĭontinue to add more textures over our texts: Use the same selection method as in the previous step, copy and paste some textures from the nebula stock.

We will add the nebula texture over the text in this step. Repeat the above process and add more nebula texture to the right of the text: Use a soft eraser to fade its edges as shown below: Load the nebula texture into Photoshop and use the Lasso Tool with 40px feather to make a selection as shown below:Ĭopy and paste the selection to our document and place it behind our texts. Use a soft eraser to remove parts of the texture to remove the letters below: Set its layer blending option to “Hard Light”:

Grab a piece from the “Starlight” stock image and copy + paste it to our document, make sure it covers our texts. This unsharpmask filter will give the texts a highlighted edge as shown below: If not, you can simply download my render:Īdd a layer mask to this text and use a soft eraser to remove some parts off the bottom of the texts:Īpply the following Unsharp Mask (Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask): If you have Photoshop CS6 or above, feel free to render your own 3D text using this font. We will start working on our text in this step. Repeat the above process and add one more stars to the bottom left of the canvas: Go back to the starfield stock image and use a Lasso Tool with 40px feather to make a selection as shown below:Ĭopy and paste the selection of stars to our document, move the stars to the bottom right and change its layer blending mode to “Screen” and Opacity to around 60%: Use a big soft eraser, fade the edges of the starfield layer as shown below: Optional step: Apply the following “Oil Paint” filter (Filter > Oil Paint, only available in Adobe CS6 or above): Load the “Starfield” stock image into Photoshop and select a portion of it as shown below: Nebula Texture Stock by ex-astris1701 Step 1Ĭreate a new document sized 1200px * 620px with black background. To complete this tutorial, you will need the following stocks:

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