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Deke’s Techniques 005: Rendering Type in Gold

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005 Rendering type in gold from Deke's Techniques by Deke McClelland

Today’s installment of Deke’s Techniques is about rendering type in gold. Here’s the official descrip:


Welcome to this week’s technique from Deke, in which lynda.com author Deke McClelland shows you how to turn ordinary type into extraordinary gold. And being the noted Photoshop trainer that he is, Deke manages this feat of alchemy in under ten minutes. This is no garish fool’s gold, but a lovely soft, volumetric effect that will lend luster to your own creations. And because it’s all done with Photoshop’s layer effects, your treasured text can be edited at any moment if you change your mind about its gilded message.

Stop back next week for another of Deke’s Techniques, brought to you free every week. And lynda.com members should check out the entire course in the Online Training Library, where you’ll not only find all the techniques to date collected in one place, but also discover additional short videos that show you how to enhance the effects you see here, apply them with greater efficiency, or display them with greater flexibility.

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  • Pure Gold

    Au = 
    Absolutely unbelievable.

    Awesome use…  of PhotoShop… would undervalue this element.

  • Love the shade of gold you

    Love the shade of gold you have achieved!

  • Jewelry photography enhancing technics.

    Deke,

    Please include in your Technics section more videos hoe to enhance jewelry pictures, how to make dazzling gems and outstanding metal reflection.

    Thanks,

    Armen.


  • what about that background

    great tutorial! but i want to know what you did to create the background.

  • Well, you’re in luck!

    The background is the subject of next week’s Techniques.

  • GREAT GOLD!

    Hey, Deke, you outdid yourself this time! Not only is this technique excellent, it is easy to do.

    Thanks a mil.

    LENCHO

  • Stein4

    Very interesting text jobs in several of the films. It would be really helpful if you could record these actions into a actions file - which we could download. This is not just because we’re to lazy to learn - in a job situation action files are really good at getting things done, especially when you don’t have the time to check out the videos and freshen up all the details.

  • Lynda is a paid training

    Lynda is a paid training site, I have an account there and it’s very useful for me. But if I had known Deke to give free techniques, I would’ve chosen the latter. - The Elevation Group Mike DIllard

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