brushed

Today, I show you how to create brushed-metal text in Photoshop. I'd tell you more, but lynda.com content curator Colleen Wheeler did such a brilliant job of it that I figure I'll just turn you over to her:

This week's free Deke's Techniques falls into my favorite category of effects: those that create something from nothing. In this case, the "something" is elegant, cool, weighty letters that appear to be made of brushed stainless steel. The "nothing" is a window full of black pixels (to which you apply a couple of Photoshop filters to make a pattern), a few text and shape layers, some layer effects, and a couple of very important blend modes. Read more »