In this tutorial you will be able to create a super cool Rusty effect using Photoshop!

The final image will look as shown below!.. Click to Enlarge!!

Rusty text Mettalic Effect using Photoshop!

Now Lets Begin the Tutorial!.

Step 1: First of all we need to define a pattern to make the holes effect in the text!. So create a new photoshop document of 100px * 100 px with 72 resolution. Select elliptical marquee tool and change its style to fixed size. Enter into it values 24px * 24px. Now click on the top left corner and press delete to get a circular hole!

pattern making in photoshop

Now by holding down the shift key press 4 times down and press delete. Now press 4 times right and press delete. Four times up and delete. Now 2 times down and 2 times left and press delete!. Finally this makes the pattern as shown below . Use the rulers to get the center square portion of the pattern and save it as a pattern!.

basic pattern

Step 2: Now open a new photoshop document of large size and a high resolution! Use a black background preferably Ariel Black font and write in the text at a minimum font size of 80 pts! Apply a stroke of 7 px thick and also add the pattern overlay of the pattern we just made now!

Photoshop tutorial

Step 3 : Now flatten the layer . remember to create a backup! Create a copy of the current layer and place it below the current layer!. Now delete the holes in te layer using the magic wand!. Use pattern overlay on the current layer. and set blend mode to exclusion!. Set a drop shadow of opacity 75 % color black,distance 16,spread 30,size 15!

Step 4: Using the layer created below the current layer, create a copy above the layer!. move it 2px down and 2px right. Now control click the layer to select the layer on the thumbnail!. move the selection 2 pix up and 2 px left. Press Delete!. Apply some gaussian blur!

creating a black border in photoshop

Step 5: Now do the same step in the up left side to get the effect . but do not apply blur!

creating a black border in photoshop

Step 6: Create a duplicate layer above the current layer and apply render clouds and render diffrence clouds!

Step 7: Above this layer make a layer and draw a gradient of yellow red blue! Apply clipping mask for the layer!

creating gradient

Step 8: Create a new layer and do the step 4 again but now with white color!.

adding a white glow background!

Step 9: Repeat step 5 with blur!

adding blur

Step 10 : To render the background make a new layer of black color . Render clouds, difference clouds, Apply a glass filter distort to get the cool glassy back groud!!