Ice Text Photoshop Tutorial
Start out by choosing Filter > Render > Clouds.
Make sure that your foreground color is white, and
your background color black.

Take your text tool and write whatever you like in
large white text. Duplicate your text layer, but hide
the duplicate. We will come back to this one later.

Rasterize your visible text layer by right clicking
your text with the text tool, and choosing rasterize.
We are now going to apply the wind filter to make
an icicle effect. After you have rasterized your layer,
merge it to your background by pressing Ctrl+E. Now
choose Filter > Stylize > Wind. The filter can
only apply the wind in one direction, so we are going
to do one side of the text at a time. Choose "from
the right" in your wind options menu, and click
ok. Your text should be blown to the right, now lets
do the other sides. Choose Image > Rotate Canvas
> 90 Degrees CW. Press Ctrl+F to reapply the wind
effect. Do this to each side of your text, and you
should have something like the image below. I applied
the wind filter twice to each side, you can do it
however many times you like depending on the size
of your text.

Lets make the text stand out a bit more, choose Image
> Adjustments > Brightness Contrast. Darken
the image slightly and then up the contrast, yours
should look like the image below.

Lets give our text some color. Create a new layer,
and change the layer mode to "color" Change
your foreground color to light blue, and your background
to a darker blue. Click on your gradient tool and
apply a Radial Gradient to your canvas.

Now we are going to use that duplicate text layer
you have been saving. Control click the layer to give
you a selection of your text, create a new layer above
everything you have so far, and fill your text with
blue gradient. While your still on this new layer,
choose Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic. I used a
cell size of 7. Your image should look similar to
mine.

To make our text look more "ice cubish"
lets sharpen it a bit. Choose Filter > Sharpen
> Sharpen. Reapply the filter a few times by pressing
Ctrl+F until yours looks similar to mine.

Your done! here is how mine turned out.
