47m 32s
1. Murder-Mystery Type Making thriller/chiller type 04m 14s
Creating a slanted incline 02m 54s
Smearing colors across letters 05m 21s
Casting and catching light 04m 09s
Masking away shadow errors 04m 35s
Creating drop-and-splatter effects 06m 16s
Color-correcting 3D in Camera Raw 04m 11s
Placing Camera Raw and raster art 05m 56s
Mastering register and knockout 07m 08s
Combining layer mask and density 02m 48s
41m 44s
2. Hand-Drawn Letters Making hand-drawn type in 3D 03m 44s
Tracing letters with filters 03m 55s
Restoring missing outlines 03m 46s
Tracing a photographic background 04m 32s
Separating letters from the extruded sides 04m 28s
Turning a cartoon into "glory type" 03m 25s
Making a hand-drawn neon effect 05m 01s
Changing glow, mask, and color 03m 35s
Modifying your hand-drawn 3D text 06m 06s
Updating static layers and masks 03m 12s
54m 24s
3. Long, Twisty I-Beam Extrusions Making cable-length I-beam extrusions
05m 37s
Similarly extruding other type layers 03m 29s
Rotating, positioning, and scaling words 06m 33s
Removing one texture and creating another 06m 47s
Dressing up the cable-length I-beams 04m 08s
Precisely masking your 3D letters 04m 32s
Brightening the faces of your letters 05m 47s
Masking the extruded sides 05m 56s
Painting in a 3D smoke effect 06m 55s
Knocking out the excess smoke 04m 40s
01h 05m
4. Sharp and Edgy Grunge Type Establishing a worthy grunge background
03m 53s
Assigning a bevel with a custom contour 03m 53s
Matching 3D type to a photographic scene 06m 22s
Lifting masks from plain 3D letters 04m 48s
Assigning a rusting grunge-metal material 05m 26s
Creating matching faux-gold bevels 05m 36s
Tracing the faces of your letters 04m 19s
Painting in the back-alley slime trails 08m 07s
Simulating heavy-duty 3D wires 04m 50s
Adding a crack to any letter 07m 01s
Lighting a background to match your type 05m 23s
Post-processing type in Camera Raw 06m 15s
35m 24s
5. Fluffy Pillow Inflations Making a 3D pillow inflation 03m
59s
"Fluffing up" the letters 03m 55s
Masking and lighting the 3D type 04m 01s
Casting colorful ground-plane shadows 04m 46s
Assigning materials and bump maps 04m 09s
Removing seams from a bump map 07m 01s
Simulating worn fabric with Soft Noise 04m 07s
Resolving last-minute lighting issues 03m 26s
55m 41s
6. Depth-Map Letters in Stylized Granite Making blocky comic-book-style
type 03m 53s
Scaling depth-map bumps 03m 19s
Using the built-in shadow catcher 02m 31s
Opening an ACR image from Photoshop 05m 19s
Tracing and shading the blocks 04m 42s
Masking block letters with the Magic Wand 05m 51s
Adding graphic effects to the background 04m 11s
Masking the base of the letterforms 07m 12s
Tracing halos around the letter backs 05m 57s
Creating a circuit board pattern 05m 07s
Making a complex pattern glow 04m 49s
Adding bright 2D shadow type 02m 50s
47m 38s
7. Carving Recessed Type into a Tree Prepping ACR and Illustrator objects
03m 55s
Reconciling multiple vector constraints 05m 19s
Fixing the type onto the tree 02m 42s
Creating a sunken extrusion 05m 39s
Combining blending modes and diffuse texture 03m 59s
Bending 3D text as a Smart Object 04m 25s
Enhancing carved type with Smart Filters 03m 06s
Masking away the forward extrusions 03m 54s
Duplicating the carving up the tree 06m 45s
Masking the many bits of exposed wood 04m 21s
Dyeing the inside of the hearts red 03m 33s
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Conclusion See ya 00m 40s
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