40 Handy Photoshop Custom Shape Sets: Save Time

Photoshop custom shapes are useful, if you can’t create the shape yourself, don’t have the right brush or just need that element in high resolution and really sharp. Custom shapes are easy to use and edit. If you’re familiar with pen tool, you can easily create your own shapes. Shapes differentiate from brushes because they are actually created from vectors which will let you get them in really high quality and clean in all cases!

Glossy Emblem Text Effects With Photoshop

In this tutorial, we’ll demonstrate how to create the following nice looking Glossy Emblem Text Effect with Adobe Photoshop in 4 simple steps.

With just one text layer and a few layer styles you can have yourself a deliciously glossy emblem text effect in no time. Since the entire effect is done on a vector text layer, you’ll be free to change the font face or letters to suit your needs and still retain all of its styling. As a final touch, we’ll add a simple shadow to give it some perspective and realism.