Free text effects Photoshop & Illustrator tutorials

Take your text to the next level! Follow these tutorials and learn to add unique effects to your typography, from neon glows to complex 3D text effects.
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  • How to Create a Realistic Neon Light Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create a Realistic Neon Light Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

    Rose
  • How to Create a 'Stranger Things' Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create a 'Stranger Things' Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

    Rose
  • 30+ Cool Photoshop Text Effects, Actions & Styles for 2025

    30+ Cool Photoshop Text Effects, Actions & Styles for 2025

    Melody Nieves

    • All Text Effects tutorials:

    1. How to Create a Lollipop Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Create a Lollipop Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Use a couple of text and shape layers, along with a bunch of layer styles, textures, and filters, to create a realistic lollipop text effect.

    2. How to Create a 3D Paper Cut Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Create a 3D Paper Cut Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Use Photoshop's 3D tools and settings, with some adjustment layers, to create a 3D paper text effect

    3. How to Create a 3D Ornament Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Create a 3D Ornament Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Use Photoshop's 3D tools and settings, along with textures, patterns, brushes, filters, and layer styles, to create a sparkling, fun, Christmas ornament...

    4. How to Create a Geometric Collage Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Create a Geometric Collage Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Use selection and move tools to divide text into segments and fill them with parts of an image to create a geometric collage text effect.

    5. How to Create the Luke Cage Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      How to Create the Luke Cage Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In the following steps you will learn how to create the Luke Cage text effect in Adobe Illustrator.

    6. How to Create a 3D Cylinder Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Create a 3D Cylinder Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      We're going Red for World AIDS Day 2016 with this 3D text effect. Use Photoshop's 3D tools and settings, along with adjustment layers and filters, to create...

    7. How to Create a Muddy Boot Print Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Create a Muddy Boot Print Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Use Photoshop's transform modes, shape tools, brushes, layer styles, and filters, along with some textures, to create a muddy boot print text effect.

    8. How to Create a Knitting Themed Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      How to Create a Knitting Themed Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In the following steps you will learn how to create a thread text effect in Adobe Illustrator.

    9. How to Create a Light Bulb Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      How to Create a Light Bulb Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In the following steps you will learn how to create a light bulb text effect in Adobe Illustrator.

    10. How to Create a Cherry Pie Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      How to Create a Cherry Pie Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Follow this tutorial and learn how to create a delicious cherry pie text effect in Adobe Illustrator.

    11. How to Create a Maggot Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      How to Create a Maggot Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple maggot text effect in Adobe Illustrator.

    12. How to Create a Freddy Krueger Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Create a Freddy Krueger Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In this tutorial I will show you how to create an easy text effect inspired by Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street horror movie, using patterns...

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