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 Glossy, Colorful Text Effect

      How to Create a Glossy, Colorful Text Effect

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a glossy, colorful text design in Illustrator CS5. We'll use an interesting font choice, opacity...

    2. Create "Cool" Typography Using Paths in Photoshop

      Create "Cool" Typography Using Paths in Photoshop

      Tutorial • Advanced

      In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create some "cool" custom typography. Let's get started!

    3. Playing with Stationery Art Brushes and the Live Paint Bucket

      Playing with Stationery Art Brushes and the Live Paint Bucket

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In today's tutorial I'm going to show you how to create some line art style stationery art brushes. You'll then learn to combine them with the Live Paint...

    4. Creating Simple Origami Style Typography in Illustrator

      Creating Simple Origami Style Typography in Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple Origami style piece of Typography. You will create a set of basic shapes to build letters from and see...

    5. Quick Tip : Create an Abstract Natural Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator

      Quick Tip : Create an Abstract Natural Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this quick tip you will learn how to create a 3D text effect in perspective with a multi-purpose green abstract look that you can save and use any time...

    6. Create a Lace Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Create a Lace Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Follow this tutorial and you will learn how to create a beautiful lace text effect. You will use many effects and you will define many personalized Art and...

    7. Create a Bending 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Create a Bending 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator. In addition to using the 3D tools, you'll layer letter shapes...

    8. Create a Glassy Text Effect Filled With a Green, Acidic Substance

      Create a Glassy Text Effect Filled With a Green, Acidic Substance

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a glassy text effect filled with a green, acidic substance. You'll use shape creation tools, Opacity...

    9. How to Create Eroded Metal Text With Photoshop

      How to Create Eroded Metal Text With Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial I'll show you how to create an eroded metal text effect. Throughout this tutorial we'll make use of various drawing techniques, channels,...

    10. Create a Marker Text Effect in Illustrator

      Create a Marker Text Effect in Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In the following tutorial I will show you how to create a marker illustration. This tutorial involves intermediate vector shape building skills in...

    11. Quick Tip: How to Create a Fun 3D Plastic Text Effect

      Quick Tip: How to Create a Fun 3D Plastic Text Effect

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial you will learn how to create colorful 3D plastic letters using the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect and also an all purpose plastic look that...

    12. How to Illustrate a 3D Email Sign

      How to Illustrate a 3D Email Sign

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      This work is a common project together with Iaroslav Lazunov and Oleksandr Iegupov. This tutorial is for intermediate Illustrator users. We'll use...

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