Gold Text Photoshop Tutorial
Start out by choosing a organe-yellow color for your
text. Here I used FFC600

While on your text layer, choose Layer > Layer
Style > Bevel and Emboss. I used the following
settings.

Now lets add a little border to our text. Create
a new layer above your text layer, and Ctrl click
your text layer to get a selection. Next choose Edit
> Stroke and give it a one pixel border in a dark
brown.

This isn't looking quite shiny enough for me, so
I added another layer. Create a new layer, and Ctrl
click your text layer again. Use your circular selection
tool, while holding alt, to remove the bottom half
of your selection. Next take the gradient tool and
add a White - Transparent gradient so that your image
looks similar to the one below. Now change the layer
mode to "overlay."

Click back to your text layer, we are going to add
some shadows. Choose Layer > Layer Style > Dropshadow.
I used the settings below.

Your image should look like this by now, or similar.

No gold test is right without a little shine! Lets
add a lens flare. Flatten your entire image by choosing
Layer > Flatten Image. Next choose Filter >
Render > Lens Flare and place it above the first
letter in your word. Here is how mine came out!
