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Tree Style Text Effect

Filed under: Text Effects — Fiery Darts @ 9:03 pm

Tree Style Text Effect
Start by typing your text.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Merge both the layers. Select smudge tool from the main tool bar with the settings shown.
Drag the mouse over the edges of the alphabets to create random shaped roots.
Using smudge tool again create some helping roots surrounding the alphabet.
Using brush tool create some hanging lines with branches.
Press F5 to open brush settings. Select leaf brush from the custom brushes. Apply settings as shown.
Apply the brush over the alphabets and hanging lines in a new layer.
Repeat the steps for other alphabets.
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16 Comments »

  1. SWEEEEEEEET!!!

    Comment by peter — May 19, 2006 @ 5:11 am

  2. a very easy-2-follow tut. and lots of illustrations, i love it! And WoW factor on the outcome;)

    Comment by Jack-Jack — May 19, 2006 @ 5:50 am

  3. well.. i forgot to say, you could have told that you should use different brush at different oppacity with the roots!

    :)

    Comment by Jack-Jack — May 19, 2006 @ 5:57 am

  4. hehe, sorry for tripple post:P But i tried this one, and look what i got: http://blink.dagbladet.no/user/files/s/sp/spam92/tree_effect_copy.jpg

    Comment by Jack-Jack — May 19, 2006 @ 6:46 am

  5. Cool idea, came out good.

    Comment by Alex Is Legend — May 19, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

  6. Looks like much work, but very cool. I like it.

    Comment by Ben — May 19, 2006 @ 3:30 pm

  7. Superb cool, cool , cool superb-ya

    Comment by PARIDHI — May 26, 2006 @ 2:29 am

  8. Don’t we need to rasterize the text right after the bevel and emboss?

    Comment by sky — May 26, 2006 @ 1:30 pm

  9. from Israel:
    very very very beautiful. an amazing thing.
    How did u think about that?
    in hebrew i’d say : “meule!yafe meod”.
    that means “great, very good”!.

    Comment by mizi montilla — June 28, 2006 @ 2:37 pm

  10. thats awsome!

    but mine did not come out good… it looked very messy..
    but yours looks wondeful!

    Comment by cris — August 3, 2006 @ 11:44 am

  11. You from israel, you’re stupid. “great, very good” ROFL.

    Anyway, Sweeeeeeet TUT. I Like it A LOT. It Looks awesome.

    TNX.

    Comment by Israeli too — August 12, 2006 @ 8:09 am

  12. hi…
    hey this is really good one..it helped me a lot into my college submission…as being an interior designer i was searching something really awesome….and here is where i stoped to continue further….

    thanks a lot for this kind of contribution for students, etc.

    god blesss you n thank u sooo much…!!!
    nikita
    INDIA

    Comment by Nikita — September 13, 2006 @ 10:31 pm

  13. Who knew you could alter the brush pattern “rotation?” Thanks for the tips on modifying the brush strokes!!

    Comment by hippie — October 3, 2006 @ 12:48 pm

  14. wicked tut

    Comment by photoshop tutorials — October 5, 2006 @ 5:13 pm

  15. By far one of my favourite text effects! Very nice!

    Comment by Amber — October 22, 2006 @ 11:31 am

  16. hi…love this tut!

    could you tell me what font you used inthe demo
    and where i can get it?

    Comment by vosche — November 3, 2006 @ 11:30 am

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