Photoshop Tutorial: Speedy 1980s Text Effects

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create flashy type-based art quickly by making cunning use of Photoshop’s layer styles. You’ll be using the same image on multiple layers, modifying each version with its own layer style – this can help you achieve dramatic effects that seem far more complicated to create than this. It’s a handy little cheat that can save you plenty of time – while also creating a glowing, shiny result.

The technique is most effective when used for type-based art – and particularly logos – but it has a wealth of other uses.