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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 content:

    1. Use Pattern Brushes to Create a Shoe Lace Text Effect in Illustrator

      Use Pattern Brushes to Create a Shoe Lace Text Effect in Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In the following steps you will learn how to create a laces text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to create the main lace shapes...

    2. Create an Animated, Glittering, Valentine's Day Text Effect

      Create an Animated, Glittering, Valentine's Day Text Effect

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Smart objects are powerful layers in Photoshop that allow you to make non-destructive edits. In this tutorial, we will use smart objects to help build a...

    3. How to Create a Chalk Logo Effect in Photoshop

      How to Create a Chalk Logo Effect in Photoshop

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Creating a realistic chalk effect in Photoshop can be a bit challenging. While there are certainly some filters, plug-ins, and other completely digital...

    4. Create a Chemistry Tubes Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Create a Chemistry Tubes Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In the following steps you will learn how to create a chemistry tubes text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to setup a grid and...

    5. Create an Alphabetti Spaghetti Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Create an Alphabetti Spaghetti Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In the following steps you will learn how to create an alphabetti spaghetti text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to create a...

    6. Create 3D Letters Without the Use of 3D Tools in Adobe Illustrator

      Create 3D Letters Without the Use of 3D Tools in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Follow this new quick tip and learn how to create simple 3D letters without the use of the 3D effects. We will start from a simple font and after a few...

    7. How to Create a Paper Quill Holiday Greeting in Adobe Illustrator

      How to Create a Paper Quill Holiday Greeting in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      There's something so elegant about holiday greeting cards with their gilded script fonts, glittery snowmen, and often paper craft designs. One such craft...

    8. Create a 3D Ice Text Effect With Modo and Photoshop

      Create a 3D Ice Text Effect With Modo and Photoshop

      Tutorial • Advanced

      While Photoshop allows us to do many things, often, the final outcome we are looking for just can't be accomplished using Photoshop alone. One of the best...

    9. How to Create an Anaglyphic Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      How to Create an Anaglyphic Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple anaglyphic text effect in Adobe Illustrator. We'll start with a simple piece of text and some...

    10. Create a Detailed Christmas Lights Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Create a Detailed Christmas Lights Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed Christmas lights text effects in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to setup a...

    11. Quick Tip: Create a 3D Retro Text Effect With the Appearance Panel

      Quick Tip: Create a 3D Retro Text Effect With the Appearance Panel

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In this tutorial I'd like to show you some quick, simple effects you can add to normal text to give it retro feel using just the Appearance panel in Adobe...

    12. Create a 1980s Inspired 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

      Create a 1980s Inspired 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Colorful gradients, lens flares, and textures are essential elements to any 1980's inspired artwork. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use...

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