How to Create a Realistic Chrome Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

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What You’ll Be Creating

This super easy and quick tutorial will show you how to use a couple of textures and layer styles to create a shiny, reflective chrome text effect. Let’s get started!

This text effect was inspired by the many Layer Styles available on Envato Market.

Follow along with us over on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel:

Tutorial Assets

The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial.

  • Bebas Neue Bold font
  • AsphaltDamaged0043 Image 1 – Small (1024×768)
  • Bus Seats
  • Free Pack 6000 photoshop gradients by Supertuts007 (Load the CHROMES.grd file)

1. Define the Pattern

Step 1

Open the Bus Seats image, and then go to Filter > Distort > ZigZag. Change the Amount to 20, the Ridges to 5, and the Style to Pond Ripple.

ZigZag Filter

Step 2

Go to Edit > Define Pattern, and type Reflection Pattern in the Name field.

Define Pattern

2. Create the Background

Step 1

Create a new 950 x 650 px document, place the AsphaltDamaged0043 texture on top of the Background layer, and resize it as needed.

Add the Asphalt Texture

Step 2

Double-click the texture’s layer to apply a Gradient Overlay effect with these settings:

  • Blend Mode: Multiply
  • Style: Radial
  • Scale: 150%
  • Click the Gradient box to create the gradient fill using the colors #757575 to the right and #0f0f0f to the left.
Gradient Overlay

This will create a simple radial gradient.

Radial Gradient

3. Create the Text Layers

Step 1

Create the text using the font Bebas Neue Bold and set the Size to 220 pt and the Kerning to Optical.

Create the Text

Step 2

Duplicate the text layer, and change the copy’s Fill value to 0.

Duplicate the Text Layer

4. Style the Original Text Layer

Double-click the original text layer to apply the following layer style:

Step 1

Add a Bevel and Emboss with these settings:

  • Size: 1
  • Uncheck the Use Global Light box
  • Angle: 30
  • Altitude: 16
  • Check the Anti-aliased box
  • Highlight Mode – Opacity: 100%
  • Shadow Mode – Opacity: 100%
Bevel and Emboss

Step 2

Add a Contour with these settings:

  • Contour: Cove – Shallow
  • Check the Anti-aliased box
  • Range: 100%
Contour

Step 3

Add a Stroke with these settings:

  • Size: 1
  • Position: Inside
  • Fill Type: Gradient
  • Use the stainless steel xx gradient fill
Stroke

Step 4

Add an Inner Shadow with these settings:

  • Opacity: 35%
  • Uncheck the Use Global Light box
  • Angle: -115
  • Distance: 3
  • Size: 7
Inner Shadow

Step 5

Add an Inner Glow with these settings:

  • Blend Mode: Vivid Light
  • Opacity: 100%
  • Color: #f4f2e7
  • Choke: 0
  • Size: 3
Inner Glow

Step 6

Add a Gradient Overlay with these settings:

  • Check the Dither box
  • Blend Mode: Color
  • Opacity: 90%
  • Check the Reverse box
  • Use the stove pipe 70 gradient fill
Gradient Overlay

Step 7

Add a Pattern Overlay with these settings:

  • Pattern: Reflection Pattern
  • Scale: 50%
Pattern Overlay

Step 8

Add an Outer Glow with these settings:

  • Blend Mode: Multiply
  • Opacity: 35%
  • Color: #404040
  • Size: 21
Outer Glow

Step 9

Add a Drop Shadow with these settings:

  • Opacity: 100%
  • Distance: 5
  • Spread: 10
  • Size: 10
Drop Shadow

Step 10

Add another Drop Shadow with these settings:

  • Opacity: 80%
  • Uncheck the Use Global Light box
  • Angle: 132
  • Distance: 17
  • Size: 38
Drop Shadow 2

Step 11

You can go back to the Pattern Overlay effect, and then click-drag the pattern inside the text to move it around until you get a result you like.

Move the Pattern Inside the Text

This will style the first layer of text.

Styled Text Layer 1

5. Style the Copy Text Layer

Double-click the copy text layer to apply the following layer style:

Step 1

Add an Inner Glow with these settings:

  • Blend Mode: Linear Light
  • Opacity: 20%
  • Color: #e1e1e1
  • Technique: Precise
  • Size: 5
  • Contour: Cove – Deep
Inner Glow

Step 2

Add a Gradient Overlay with these settings:

  • Blend Mode: Soft Light
  • Angle: 80
  • Use the steel pipe 10 gradient fill
Gradient Overlay

Step 3

Add an Outer Glow with these settings:

  • Blend Mode: Color Dodge
  • Opacity: 50%
  • Color: #ececec
  • Size: 21
Outer Glow

This will style the second text layer and finish off the text effect.

Styled Text Layer 2

6. Add an Adjustment Layer

Step 1

Click the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, and choose Gradient Map.

Gradient Map Adjustment Layer

Step 2

Check the Dither box, and then create the gradient fill using the colors #554b70 to the left, #857177 in the middle, and #d8a082 to the right.

Change the adjustment layer’s Blend Mode to Soft Light and its Opacity to 20%.

The Gradient Map Settings

Congratulations, You’re Done!

In this tutorial, we applied a filter to an image and defined it as a pattern. Then, we created a simple background using a texture and a gradient overlay effect. After that, we created two text layers and styled them to create the text effect. Finally, we finished things off by adding a color adjustment layer.

Final Result

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