How to Create a 7-color Text Effect in Photoshop

This updated guide examines How to Create a 7-color Text Effect in Photoshop and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

How to create 7 color Photoshop text effects

Step 1:

First, create a new white canvas horizontally, then hit the Paint Bucket Tool to fill the white text with black.

Step 2:

Click the Text key, then type the style font with optional font and size, do not get too big with the frame. Then press Ctrl + J twice to duplicate the text layer twice as shown below. It is recommended to change the name of the 3 text layers for ease of later manipulation, for example, it will leave QTM, QTM 1, QTM 2 for the original text layer, the first copy layer and the second copy text layer.

Next press Ctrl + G to create layer group folder.

Step 3:

Turn off the eye icon in the QTM 2 layer and then right click on the QTM 1 layer and select Rasterize Type .

Continue to click Filter> Stylize> Wind .

Display the new user interface, click From the Right . Repeat this operation and select From the Left .

As a result, we have the text with scratches around as shown below.

Step 4:

Next, click on the QTM layer and choose Edit> Transform> Rotate 90 CW (Clockwise) .

Then we press Filter> Stylize> Wind and repeat the operation in step 3 with the QTM layer and the result is shown below.

Click Transform again and change it to Rotate 90 CCW (Counter Clockwise) .

Step 5:

Merge layer QTM and QTM 1 by pressing Shift and selecting both then press Ctrl + E. Right-click on the newly merged layer and choose Blending Options .

In Blending Options, click on Gradient Overlay and select 7 colors and leave the Angle at 0 degrees . The 7-color picker has lots of different colors mixed together.

Step 6:

Click the eye icon again in the QTM 2 layer , right-click on Blending Options and also choose the same color as above.

Our result is the complete word as below. If you want to change the black background color, press and background and then choose the color change.