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 content:

    1. Create a Swirly Type Treatment

      Create a Swirly Type Treatment

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this Illustrator tutorial I will show you how to create a swirly type treatment. With a free font, some brushes, and gradients you can easily create this...

    2. Create a Vibrant 3D Pixel Type Treatment

      Create a Vibrant 3D Pixel Type Treatment

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a fun 3D pixel font type treatment. Using a free font, gradients, and Illustrator 3D filter, you will easily...

    3. 50 Creative Photoshop Text Effects

      50 Creative Photoshop Text Effects

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Learn how to soak your text in bubbles, splatter it with blood, turn it to glass, then to ice, melt it into water, grow it into grass, cut it from metal and...

    4. Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

      Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial, we will create this effect using very basic Photoshop tools and layering effects. This tutorial is simple enough for a beginner to...

    5. 6 Quick'n'Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch

      6 Quick'n'Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Photoshop is great for embellishing display text with little effects. When you add layer styles into the equation, you have the added benefit of the styles...

    6. Design Soft Stylized 3D Type

      Design Soft Stylized 3D Type

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      The use of 3D type is an increasing trend in design today. Creating such type usually requires advanced 3D software. Yet, not all of us own such software,...

    7. How to Put Smokin' Bullet Holes and a Wanted Sign into a Piece of Wood

      How to Put Smokin' Bullet Holes and a Wanted Sign into a Piece of Wood

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Ok, so this tutorial is like three tutorials rolled into one. We're going to make an awesome wood emboss effect, put bullet holes into the wood, and finally...

    8. Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text

      Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text

      Tutorial • Advanced

      Take typography one step further by having text falling from the sky in a burning inferno. Yes, this is the text-on-fire tutorial to end all tutorials. It...

    9. A Slick Supernatural Text Effect

      A Slick Supernatural Text Effect

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial we'll be creating a smoky night effect on text to give it an eerie supernatural sort of feel. It's a good exercise in using the Wave...

    10. Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life

      Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      The best book I've ever read on drawing is one called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. After reading it, I'm still pretty bad at drawing, but I did...

    11. Icey Styles in Photoshop

      Icey Styles in Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial, we're going to create an icey-cold effect using layer styles and that you can apply to different objects. Then we'll put it on a nice...

    12. Transparent Glass Lettering in Photoshop

      Transparent Glass Lettering in Photoshop

      Tutorial • Beginner

      In this tutorial, we're going to use some super layer effects and a bit of extra magic to make a lettering style that looks transparent and stunning. Because...

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