Create Realistic Glass Text Effect in Photoshop Tutorial

Making transparent glass effect in Photoshop is quite easy. We will use a non destructive layer styles technique to achieve this goal. 

Photoshop is one of the most popular graphics editing tool. It’s packed with amazing features and is very easy to use. We are going to create a glass like effect using Photoshop. This tutorial will show you how to make a transparent glass like effect using only layer styles.

Time needed: 3 minutes

How to make Glass Effect in Photoshop? Here is how to make glass styles effect in Photoshop in 4 steps:

  1. Add layer style to the text

    Go to Layer > Layer Layer Style > Blending Options or right click on the text layer > Blending Options

    Then set the Fill Opacity to 0.Photoshop Glass Effect Tutorial

  2. Add Bevel & Emboss

    Photoshop Glass Effect Tutorial

  3. Add Contour

    Photoshop Glass Effect Tutorial

  4. Add Drop Shadow

    Photoshop Glass Effect Tutorial

And that is it. Here is the result of before -> after:

Here is also excellent video tutorial by Dansky:

If you feeling lazy you can always buy already made Glass Effect for Photoshop:

Here are some examples:

Glass Effect Photoshop
Glass Effect Photoshop
Glossy 3D Text Effects
Glossy 3D Text Effects
Pink Glass 3D Text Effect
Pink Glass 3D Text Effect

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