Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you an awesome faux, 3-D,
cubed text effect. Before we begin, if you're not already a subscriber
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by joining my community of patrons. I created this image of a cube that you can
use as a template for your text. It's link is in my video's description below
or in my project files. The first step is to create grids in the shape
of a cube using the "Vanishing Point" filter. Go to Filter and "Vanishing Point". When the window opens, click on any corner. Go to another corner on the same side of the
cube and click on that corner. Click on the next corner. To complete the grid, click on the last corner
on that side of the cube. If you want to finesse any of the corner points,
go to the corner and press and hold Ctrl or Cmd as you drag the corner point to reposition it. We'll extend the grid down or across the opposing
side of the cube by first making the "Create Plane Tool" active again and going to the
middle point of the grid that you want to extend in perspective. Press and hold Ctrl or Cmd as you drag the
grid down or across to the opposing side. It's okay if the grid doesn't exactly match
the cube under it. The cube template is just a general guide
for the grid. Notice that the first grid seems to have vanished
except for the lines around its perimeter. Actually, the grid is just temporarily hidden from view. Go to the middle point of the side of the
grid you want to extend in perspective and press and hold Ctrl or Cmd as you drag the
grid to the opposite side. Then, click OK. We're ready to set the text. but before we do, check your foreground and
background colors. If they're not black and white respectively,
press "D" on your keyboard. Open your Horizontal Type Tool and pick a font. For this example, I'll use "Alfa Slab One
Regular", but feel free to pick whatever font you like. It's size should depend on the font you choose
and the amount of characters in your text for each side of the cube. Since the first text we type out will be placed on the left side of the cube, make its alignment flush right. Place your cursor right of center and type
out your text. To adjust the amount of space between the
lines of text, called "Leading", highlight all of your text and click the Character/Paragraph
icon or go to Window and Character. Go to the Leading icon and click and drag
your cursor to the left or right to decrease or increase the space between your lines of text. Center your text by opening your Move Tool
and dragging it. Make a copy of of the layer by pressing Ctrl
or Cmd + J. Hide the bottom text and double-click the copy to highlight it. Click the Align Left icon, since this text
will be placed on the top of the cube. Open back your Move Tool to center it and double-click the layer to highlight the text. Type out your replacement text for the top
of the cube. Open back your Move Tool. Make a copy of it and hide the text under it. Double-click this copy to highlight the text
and type out the next text that you'll ultimately place on the bottom of the cube. Open back your Move Tool and center your text. We'll copy this text onto our clipboard by
pressing Ctrl or Cmd + A to select it and Ctrl or Cmd + C to copy it. Deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D. To
save space in the Layers panel, we'll place all of our text into a folder, but first let's
hide the top text. Shift-click the bottom text to highlight them
all and press Ctrl or Cmd + G. Name it, "Text". We want to make a new layer below the active layer. To do this, Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the New
Layer icon. We can close the Character/Paragraph panels now. Go to Filter and "Vanishing Point". Press Ctrl or Cmd + V to paste our text into
the Vanishing Point window. When we drag it over the grids, we can see how our text conforms to the perspective of each grid. Drag it over the bottom of the cube. To resize the text, click the "Edit Plane
Tool" and go to a corner of the text's bounding box. When you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press
and hold the Shift key as you drag it in or out. Pressing Shift keeps the text's original shape
as you resize it. Feel free to adjust its aspect ratio if you
like by not pressing the Shift key. I’ll drag it approximately this far away
from the top and drag it down close to the bottom without holding Shift. Then, I’ll click OK. Notice that the perspective text is on its own layer. Open the text folder and make the bottom text
visible and active. Press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select it and Ctrl
or Cmd + C to copy it to our clipboard. Then, deselect it. Hide the layer and close the folder. Make a new layer below it by Ctrl-clicking
or Cmd-clicking the New Layer icon. Go to Filter and Vanishing Point. Press Ctrl or Cmd + V to paste your text into the window. Drag it to the left side of the cube. We want to rotate this text 90 degrees, so
click the "Edit Plane Tool" and go to a corner. When you see a curved, double-arrow, press
and hold Shift as you rotate it counter-clockwise until it snaps 90 degrees. Size and position it to center it visually
on this side of the cube. Notice, that this text is on its own layer, as well. Open the folder and make the middle text visible
and active. As before, select it all, copy it and then
deselect it. Hide the text and close the folder. Make a new layer under the folder and go to
Filter and Vanishing Point. Paste your text into the window and drag it
to the top of the cube. Make sure you see a corner of the text's bounding box. Open the "Edit Plane Tool" and rotate the
text counter-clockwise until it snaps 90 degrees. Adjust is size and position and click OK. Double-click the top text to open its Layer
Style window. Click "Color Overlay" and the color box. Pick a bright, rich color. If you want to change its color, I'll show you how to quickly do it later. Click OK on both windows or press Enter or
Return twice. To copy the color to your other text, go to
"Color Overlay" and press and hold Alt or Option as you drag a copy of it onto the text
layer below it. Repeat this to copy it to the bottom text. Make the cube background active and make a
new layer above it. Fill it with black, which is your foreground
color, by pressing Alt or Option + Delete. Next, we’ll adjust the brightness of the
colors on two of the sides to give it depth. Double-click "Color Overlay" on the text that
you'd like to be in shadow. It'll open in the Layer Style window. Click the color box and in the Brightness
field, type in 50%. This text is now half as bright as the other two. Double-click "Color Overlay" on the text that
you'd like to be half in shadow. Click the color box and in the Brightness
field, type in 75%. This text is now halfway in brightness between
your brightest text and the text that's in shadow. Next, I'll show you how to quickly change
your text's color. First, If the top text in your Layer's panel
isn't active, click it to make it active and click the Adjustment layer icon. Click, "Hue/Saturation". Simply drag the Hue slider to the left or
right to give your text a color you like. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!
