josiahpugh opened this issue on Jul 25, 2000 ยท 16 posts
josiahpugh posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 12:04 PM
adam posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 1:41 PM
What version do you have? First, type in the text that you want. If you have a newer verion of Photoshop, you can select the text tool and hold down option (not sure which key for PCs). Or you can select "Layer effects" in the layer window. Now a window pops up. Go to "Bevel and Emboss". The inner bevel should do it, but I like to use Emboss. Play around with it until you get what you want. Adam
Spanfarkle posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 3:03 PM
I tried that and it looks real cool, but for some reason I think that image might not have been made in Photoshop.
josiahpugh posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 3:12 PM
I have versin 5.5, and a mac. It may not have been made in Photoshop, but I would like to know how to make that effect. And I don't think that you can get that effect with emboss. This looks more like glass.
Spanfarkle posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 3:29 PM
Maybe it was done in Maya? You most likely could do it in Carrara or some other 3D program easy. You are right about the texture though, it looks more like glass with the way the light bends and refracts.
josiahpugh posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 4:16 PM
There are other texts that are done like that. Such as the MacOS 9 box, and when you look at MacOS X. I'm pretty sure it wasn't done in a 3D program. But thanks anyways.
pam posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 4:25 PM
I had this tut in my bookmarks, it is how to make a glass fx, though it is kind of tedious :-) http://www.ozones.com/handson/glass/
Spanfarkle posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 4:40 PM
If you figure out a way to do it, let us know. It sure has got my curiousity going.(;>
adam posted Tue, 25 July 2000 at 5:09 PM
That is a VERY cool tutorial pam!! Thanks for posting it! Adam
josiahpugh posted Wed, 26 July 2000 at 1:26 AM
neat tutorial. I got confused early on, but how can I do it with text?? and I don't think that technique would work to get the text I want, but it would still be very cool.
Chailynne posted Wed, 26 July 2000 at 2:32 AM
My guess is that it was done in a 3d program. You might be able to immitate it with Bladepro by FlamingPear.
harold_u posted Wed, 26 July 2000 at 8:27 AM
Check out http://www.actionxchange.com/ and look for the action named "I mac er" it will do to your text or logo, what Apple did to their logo, look at their website, same effect.
pam posted Wed, 26 July 2000 at 9:19 AM
thanks Harold! 
josiahpugh posted Wed, 26 July 2000 at 1:24 PM
That could work. I love that website harold u. Got anymore like that? Really cool. I would still like to get input on this topic and see if anybody has any better ideas. Thanks so much!!
Spanfarkle posted Wed, 26 July 2000 at 2:29 PM
Very Nice!!
dlm posted Thu, 27 July 2000 at 1:59 PM
Please see new thread above "Gel text(continued)