CREATE YOUR OWN TEXTURES FOR TYPE ON FILESILO
The brilliant, shiny gold leaf foil text is always a
nice touch to a formal invitation or certificate. The
process for creating it usually requires specialised
equipment, but we can craft a digital simulation of
the text in Photoshop just using some creative
applications of filters. Start with a blank canvas and
set the foreground and background colours to a light
and dark gold hue. Then run the Clouds filter. Duplicate
the layer and run the Difference Clouds filter. Set this
copied layer’s blending mode to Lighten. Use a Curves
adjustment layer to enhance the contrast. Then add a
Pattern fill layer using a Strings pattern and blending
mode of Soft Light. This provides the basis for the Gold
Leaf texture.GOLD FOIL TEXT
CREATE YOUR OWN GOLD FOIL TEXT ENTIRELY IN PHOTOSHOP
That texture can then be clipped to a text layer to
create the appearance of golden text. Add a Bevel
and Emboss layer style, and provide some
perspective to the text for added interest.
To see this accomplished in more in-depth
instruction, take a look at our video tutorial that
walks through the entire process step by step.