TIPS for making text look cool by transforming it to appear as if it has perspective.

Workspace

I'm aiming for a 1000 × 1000px finish,

but since the text became long, I'll start with 1200px in height.

The unit is (px).

Wawati SC is Cute!

I ended up choosing a font that's far from "cool"!

 

The font "wawati sc" was very cute, so I'll use it.

Although it's a Japanese font, I only used the alphabet characters.

 

I'll display it as large as possible on a 1200px high canvas.

 

I'll adjust the line spacing to fine-tune the appearance and size.

I'll convert this text into an "Image Material Layer".

Select "Convert Layer" from the "Layer" menu.

Name it "Text" and set the type to "Image Material Layer" from the dropdown.

 

It has been converted to an "Image Material Layer".

There is no visible change on the canvas.

Finally, I'll prepare a frame to crop to 1000 × 1000px.

 

Select "Solid Fill" from "New Layer" in the "Layer" menu

and fill it with black.

 

Select "Select All" from the "Selection" menu.

Select "Quick Mask" from the "Selection" menu.

 

Select "Scale/Rotate" from "Transform" in the "Edit" menu

and rotate the Quick Mask by 90 degrees.

 

Once again, select "Quick Mask" from the "Selection" menu

to convert the "Quick Mask" into a "Selection".

Select "Clear" from the "Edit" menu

to create a hole in the solid black fill.

 

Lock the "Solid Fill" layer with the hole.

Transforming the Text

Select the Object tool.

Perform "Free Transform" on the "Image Material Layer" (Text) on the canvas.

 

Double-click the thumbnail of the "Paper" layer in the Layer palette

and set it to R=127 G=127 B=127.

 

Select the "Image Material Layer (Text)" in the Layer palette

and click "Border Effect" under "Effect" in the Layer Property palette.

I set the "Border Thickness" to 10.

 

I'll convert this bordered text into a raster layer.

 

Add a "New Raster Layer" in the Layer palette.

Then "Combine with layer below".

It will become a raster layer.

Blurring the Text

Above the text,

create a "Gradient Layer" set to "Foreground to transparent" with black as the foreground color.

The gradient will go from top to bottom.

 

Create another "Gradient Layer" from bottom to top.

This layer is for a "selection" used for "blurring".

 

Place the two "Gradient Layers" into a "Layer Folder"

and hide the Layer Folder.

Click the thumbnail of the "Layer Folder" in the Layer palette

while holding down the (Ctrl) key on Windows

or the (Command) key on Mac.

A selection will be created from the gradient layers inside the folder.

 

Select the text layer

and repeat "Blur (Strong)" from "Blur" in the "Filter" menu 10 times.

(Gaussian blur did not work well.)

Making the Text Stand Out

Deselect.

Duplicate the "Text" layer in the Layer palette.

Hide the duplicated layer above

and select the original layer below.

 

Set the foreground color to black.

Select "Change line color to drawing color" from the "Edit" menu.

The text layer will become completely black.

 

Set the opacity of the layer in the Layer palette to 50.

Display the upper "Text" layer in the Layer palette.

While the lower "Text" layer is still selected,

choose "Free Transform" from "Transform" in the "Edit" menu.

 

Transform it to act as the shadow for the upper layer.

Try to make the text appear as if it's floating.

 

Since there are sharp parts in the shadow, blur the entire shadow.

Select "Gaussian blur" from "Blur" in the "Filter" menu.

I set the value to "12".

Adding Light and Shadow to the Canvas to Finish

Select the paper layer in the Layer palette.

Use the eyedropper to pick up the paper color.

 

Create a "Gradient Layer" from "Foreground to transparent"

from the bottom to the top of the canvas.

Set the layer's "Blending Mode" to "Multiply" in the Layer palette.

 

Select the upper text layer in the Layer palette.

 

Create a "Gradient Layer" from "Foreground to transparent"

from the bottom to the top of the canvas.

Set the layer's "Blending Mode" to "Screen" in the Layer palette.

That's it.

Next, select everything except the top and bottom frame parts

and choose "Fit canvas size to selection" from the "Edit" menu

to make it 1000 × 1000px.

Conclusion

Text itself cannot be freely transformed.

Therefore, it needs to be converted into an image material layer.

Also, to transform it, it becomes necessary to create it in as large a size as possible.

It would be great if text could be transformed more freely, wouldn't it?

 

I thought wawati sc was a Japanese font,

but it seems to be a Chinese (Simplified) font.

Perhaps it accidentally includes Japanese kana characters and can be used as a Japanese font.

There is also wawati tc; I couldn't find any differences in the alphabetical characters,

but hiragana and other kana were completely different.

It was also explained that it might originally be Dynafont's Craft Yu W5.

This font is included in the OS of Mac, iPad, and iPhone.