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Blending Option

Today I am going to do a very simple but very useful tutorial. It is about the blending option. Blending option is a very important component in PS and if you can get use to it well then you can make life easy when you doing graphic design. I choose to use text for this tutorial and you may also be able to use this technique in other object such as the button, logo and etc. let’s start now.

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Create a new document (400px X 200px) with white background color.

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Type something with a bold font so that we can see the effect more detail. I use Arial Black, 48pt and type LOONDESIGN again.

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Ok, let’s start with the blending option by double click the type layer. Check the Inner Glow Option and set the blend mode to normal, 35% opacity and 8px for size:

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After that, Gradient Overlay with 100% opacity and linear style.

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This is the most important part and you should do some experiments on this. For now, set as below:

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Final step, Stroke Option, 1px inside stroke with 100% opacity and the color shown below:

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You’re done! Easy, right?

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Here is some other examples, hope you enjoy!