One-Click Metallic Text for Photoshop 7 & Above Copyright 2013 ©Roberta Dugan Created by: fractalartist01/Roberta B. Dugan --So many of you have asked me about what I use to design my smooth gold/silver/colored metallic text on my banners and product pages, that I finally decided to make my metallic text styles available to you as a design resource tool! --I always seem to come back to my smooth metallic styles whenever I design product pages or banners. Even though it is a very simple set of styles-they all show up beautifully and will make your text pop off the page! I tried to include as many possible colors as I could think of. --Another reason I use these so much is because I did not add a lot of fancy extras: so you will find there is no drop shadow. I did that for a reason. I prefer to add my own each time I use them-either in Photoshop or in another program-right before I finish up and am ready to merge the page. That way, I can adjust the shadow to each individual background color or project I am creating. Just open up your style like I explain in all of my read me files and add the exact color/amount of shadow that you want. --Most of the colors look good on both black and white and I think that you will find they will scale up and down very nicely! They can be used over and over again...year after year... for so many different types of projects-including both print and web design! And there is simply no reason to only use them on text or fonts! Try them on other layers too. Just another basic every-day tool for your digital paint box aresenal! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package was created for PC. All of the content in this package was created by fractalartist01/Roberta B Dugan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Files/Programs needed but not supplied in this archive: -Adobe Photoshop 7 or Above- The current version of Adobe Photoshop can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/family/?promoid=BPDEK NOTE: These styles have been tested in Photoshop 7, CS and CS2 ONLY and may not work in other versions of Photoshop ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Instructions Into Photoshop: 1. Unzip and extract these styles (.asl file) into whereever you keep your Adobe/Photoshop CS (or Photoshop CS2)/Presets/Styles directory. 2. Open Photoshop. 3. If you don't already have your Styles window visible, click on "Window" and then "Styles" 4. In your "Styles" Window, click on the little triangle in a circle, that's pointing to the right. (located in the upper right hand corner below the "open/close") of the styles box 5. Select "Load Styles" from the Drop Down Box 6. Locate and Choose/highlight/load the desired .asl file(s) (.asl file=layer styles extension) into your Photoshop Styles Tool Palette 7. Apply to your layer with one click! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usage Tips/Special Instructions Quickie Re-Scaling Instructions: "How To Re-Scale/Adjust Layer Styles for Any Size Image in Photoshop" 1) To scale your layer effects go to (menu) Layer > Layer Style > Scale Effects. Or you can access this command from the Layers palette by right-clicking on the small layer effects symbol (looks like an f) on your layer, then choosing the Scale Effects command. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) When you choose Scale Effects, the dialog box "Scale Layer Effects" will appear. You can reduce the scale down as low as 1% to make the effects smaller, or increase the scale up to 1000% to make the effects larger. This re-scales every effect used in the Layer Style at once...OR you can just remove/add a shadow, add a stroke or inner bevel, change the pattern scale size, etc. *Checking the "Preview" box will allow you to see as you're adjusting.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) So the next time you download some layer styles and find they don't look quite the same on your own images as they did in the examples, try scaling the effects and see if it makes a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [File name] One_Click_Metallic_Text.asl smooth_color_metal_main_MAIN.jpg Total number of files = 2 [File name] One_Click_Metallic_Text_Readme.txt Renderosity_License.txt Total number of files = 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright notice: You CAN use these styles to create/style any NEW personal or commercial works. You CAN NOT however re-distribute or sell them in their original raw form or in a modified form as an .asl/Photoshop styles set. (.asl format) If your product will be in .psd format you need to rasterize/merge the layers that have the styles applied to them in order to make the original styles unavailable for re-use as they are-in their original or modified form. Basically, your newly created end product may be used for personal or commercial work. The actual styles set or individual styles/product itself-cannot be resold or given away for free. ***Regardless of the file type, if any of your new creations consists of more than 30% my layer styles-merged or not-you must give me credit due in your paperwork/and/or your website.*** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you so much for your purchase! If you have any questions/comments regarding this product please feel free to contact me here at Renderosity. Enjoy and Have Fun Creating! Roberta/fractalartist01 Color Palette Designs