Member Avatar for gilb29

im going to redesign my website. is anyone able to help me on making gold glowy text in photoshop? or know of a tutorial to make it.

  • 3 Contributors
  • 2 Replies
  • 80 Views
  • 1 Week Discussion Span
  • Latest Post Latest Post by katarey

Dani AI

Generated

Brief, practical workflow for a convincing gold/glowy text effect in Photoshop — building on 's ask and @GreenDay2001's clarification, and expanding on the tutorial pointer from .

  • Work non-destructively: keep the text as a Type layer or convert it to a Smart Object so you can tweak size and styles later. Start at a larger size than final output to avoid pixelation.
  • Layer Styles sequence to try (use these as starting points and adjust to taste): add Bevel & Emboss (Inner Bevel, Smooth; moderate Depth; size based on type weight), then Gradient Overlay using a warm gold gradient (deep brown -> warm mid-gold -> pale highlight). Use a soft Inner Glow or Satin to add warm reflections, and a subtle Outer Glow (low opacity) for the halo.
  • Add a separate highlight layer: paint very small, focused white highlights with a soft brush on a new layer set to Overlay or Soft Light; reduce opacity to keep them natural. For texture, apply a tiny amount of noise on a clipping layer set to Multiply/Soft Light to break perfect flatness.
  • Final tweaks: experiment with Gloss Contour in Bevel settings for different specular shapes; increase contrast with Curves or a subtle Levels clipping adjustment; sharpen slightly at final size.

Troubleshooting/export notes: if the gold looks flat, increase highlight opacity or add a specular white stroke; banding can be reduced by working in 16-bit/channel and adding slight noise. For scalable, accessible headings consider recreating the look with SVG or CSS for the live text; otherwise export as PNG-24 (or 2x PNG for retina) to preserve transparency and smooth edges.

Recommended Answers

All 2 Replies

Member Avatar for Member #114696

do you mean that you want golden shining text

Member Avatar for katarey

HI,

I have found one tutorial "creating Gonden Text" may be it will be useful for you,

I hope this will help ;)

thanks
Rahul Dev

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.