Quantum Petshop Text Tutorials, Camouflage your text with army camo style

Army Camo
Camouflage your text using layer styles. This camo text is quick and easy.

STEP 1

Start with your text.

STEP 2

Add a bevel and emboss effect to the text layer (Layer>Layer Style>Bevel and Emboss).

Set the structure style to Inner Bevel with Smooth technique. Maximize the depth and size. Soften should be low, either 0 or 1. Direction up.

For the shading, set the highlight and shadow modes to normal and set the colors to your camouflage colors. The highlight mode color in this case can be considered the background base color. I used a medium tan. The angle and altitude settings won't play much in this effect, though they will change how the camo is presented.

A key to this effect however is the gloss contour. Adjust it so that it is a very hard edge. Basically, you can do this by adding a point and setting its input to 2%, output to 100%.

Enable the bevel and emboss texture. Just about any pattern will work, but experiment if you want. I like the effect the satin pattern produced.

STEP 3

Add the color overlay if you want to have further control over the color. The color overlay color will control the outlining color of the camo. You'll see if you try it.

And there you have it, the final version.

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