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Follow this Photoshop tutorial to learn how to turn any text into a golden text in easy to follow steps. Also, how to save all your work to a new style and apply it to any layer -not just text- to turn it intogold!

Now, all you have to do is applying the Golden Style to any layer by clicking Window > Styles and choosing the Golden Style to convert anything to gold in one second!
Golden Text In Photoshop
- Click File > New and choose the size that you want for the image.
- Click "Set foreground color" and choose a light gray (e5e5e5), click the "Paint Bucket Tool (G)" and fill layer 1 then rename it to BG.
- Select the "Rectangular Marquee Tool (M)", Make a
rectangular selection a little smaller than the image,
press (Ctrl+C), (Ctrl+V) to make a new layer of the
selection and rename it to Marble.
- Select the Marble layer, click "Add layer mask" located at the bottom of the layers window and choose "Pattern Overlay".
- In the Layer Style window, choose "Light Marble"
pattern. If you cannot see the "Light Marble" pattern
then follow the red arrows to select "Rock Patterns".
- Click "Drop Shadow" in the Layers Style window. Now, you should have the Marble ready for our golden text.
- Click the "Horizontal Type Tool (T)", and type the text that you like. Notice, it does not matter what color you choose for the text as it will not appear.
- Select both the text and the Marble layers by
pressing the Shift key and clicking both of them in the
layers window, click the "Move Tool(V)" and center the
text layer by clicking "Align vertical centers" and
Align Horizontal centers" located at the top tool bar
of Photoshop.
- Select the text layer, click "Add a layer style" > "Color Overlay". In the Layers Style window, choose a yellow color (f8f025) as the overlay color.
- In the Layers Style window, click "Bevel and
Emboss", choose "Inner Bevel" then follow the settings
in the next print screen:
- Still does not look like a golden text? Do not
worry; we still have some work to do. Click the "Gloss
Contour" to open the "Contour Editor" then set the
mapping as the following image by clicking where you
want to make a new handler then dragging the line until
it looks like the following:
- You should see the golden text by now, to make it
look even better, click Contour under "Bevel and
Emboss" then click "Drop Shadow" and set the shadow
color to dark gray and follow the following image for
the other options:
- You can save all you have done as a new style by clicking "Add a layer style" > "Blending Options" then "New Style" and giving a name for your style for example: Golden Style.
Golden Text:

Now, all you have to do is applying the Golden Style to any layer by clicking Window > Styles and choosing the Golden Style to convert anything to gold in one second!
10 Comments
Post A CommentTutorialsRoom Said,
Sun, 06 January 2008 07:19am (GMT)
To Edward, Thank you for your nice words. Keep checking tutorialsrooom.com for new tutorials.
Peter Said,
Fri, 11 January 2008 13:52pm (GMT)
i guess it was okay but it just don't turn out as cool as the one you make ;)
Stoffe690 Said,
Thu, 31 January 2008 22:54pm (GMT)
This was the best effect I have ever seen. And I like the thing that I can save the effect and attach it on everything in photoshop. You have my thanks for this very good effect. Gold Gold Gold! xD
nick Said,
Mon, 06 October 2008 14:33pm (GMT)
great tutorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JhunB Said,
Tue, 08 February 2011 09:03am (GMT)
Thanks for this. Happened to make an invitation card using golden texts. More power to you!
coralee Said,
Fri, 05 August 2011 20:02pm (GMT)
i really going to use this effect fot my new logon thank for this lesson.
sandy Said,
Tue, 06 December 2011 12:53pm (GMT)
I am very thanks for such an best Photoshop text effects tutorials on the web you cover here.
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Very good. I am new to adobe and like what I have seen you do. If you have any more please send them to me as I am now retired and trying to find my way around adobe products.