Head up to File - New.
Width: 1280 Pixels by Height 720 Pixels.
Then hit Create.
Open up the first galaxy image.
Using your Move Tool. (V) Drag and drop onto our project.
I will position the background like so.
I'm going to rename this layer to Background.
Create a new adjustment layer.
Select Channel Mixer
Red: - 100 | Green: + 20 | Blue: +50
Then hit close.
Head over and select your Type Tool. (T)
The font I'll be using is Arial.
Bold Italic
Size: 300pt.
Change the color of the text to a purple color.
Color Code: 350784
Then hit OK.
Click on the background, Then type your word.
I'm going to type NOVA.
Head over and select the Move Tool. (V)
Position the text in the center.
Click on our text layer.
Duplicate it > CTRL + J.
Press (T) to select your Type Tool again.
Then change the text color to an off black.
Color Code: 111111
Then hit OK.
Select the bottom text layer.
Then select the Move Tool. (V)
Hold SHIFT + Drag to the left.
Right about there seems good.
Hold CTRL down and select both text layers.
Then head down and create a group.
I will rename this group to TEXT.
Right click on our group > Convert to Smart Object.
Head down and select FX > Blending Options.
Click on Bevel & Emboss.
Style: Inner Bevel | Technique: Chisel Hard.
Depth: 53% | Direction UP | Size 3px | Soften: 7px.
The rest of the settings set to default.
Then hit OK.
Duplicate our text layer > CTRL + J.
Hide the bottom text layer.
Right click on the top layer > Convert to Smart Object.
Head down and select Mask.
Head over and reset and foreground and background colors.
Make sure black is set to foreground color.
Then select the Brush Tool. (B)
Make sure you have a soft edge brush selected.
Make sure you're on the layer mask.
Carefully start blending in the text.
Drop the opacity of the brush to blend lighter.
I'll set mine to 50%.
I will speed this part up to save you time.
Yours should look something like this.
I will open up a different nebula.
Select your Lasso Tool.
Feather: 10px.
I'm going to select a small part.
Click and drag around the desired spot.
Select your Move Tool. (V)
Then drag and drop onto our main project.
Change the Blending Mode > Screen.
Then head down and select FX > Blending Options.
Holding ALT, drag the slider to the right.
This will blend it in much nicer.
About 200, then hit OK.
I will fix a couple spots.
Head down and hit Mask.
Make sure your foreground is black.
Select your Brush Tool. (B)
Brush Opacity 100%.
Mask out the area that you don't want.
There we go, that looks much better.
Head down and create a new group.
I'm going to rename this "Galaxy over Text"
Click and drop the layer into the group.
I will duplicate it > CTRL + J.
Using your Move Tool. (V)
Position the text over the next letter.
CTRL + T, to select it.
Rotate it as needed.
I will positon mine like this.
Hit Enter when you're done.
Click on the mask, if there's any touch-ups needed.
Foreground > Black.
Brush Tool Selected (B)
Mask any areas needed.
Duplicate the bottom layer. CTRL + J.
Using your Move Tool. (V) Position over the next letter.
CTRL + T to select it.
Rotate and resize as needed.
Hit Enter when you're done.
Mask any areas needed.
Continue following the steps I've shown you.
I will speed this part up to save you time.
That looks pretty good there.
I will go ahead and close out top group.
Create a new adjustment layer > Gradient Map.
Clip to layer below.
Click to change gradients.
You can download my free gradient pack! Link in description.
I will select blue>purple.
Then hit OK.
Close.
Change the Blending Mode to Overlay.
Drop the opacity to about 88%.
Head down and create a new layer.
I will rename this layer to Highlights.
Change the Blending Mode to Overlay.
Make sure your foreground color is white.
Have your Brush Tool selected.
Start adding highlights like so.
Bring down the brush opacity if it's too much.
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Head down and create a new layer.
I will rename it to texture.
Head up to Edit > Fill.
Contents: Black. Then hit OK.
Reset your foreground and background color.
Head up to Filter > Noise > Add Noise.
Amount: 72% | Gaussian | Monochromatic.
Then hit OK.
Change the Blending Mode to Screen.
Head up to Filter > Filter Gallery.
Click on the Brush Strokes Folder.
Then select Crosshatch.
Stroke Length: 16 | Sharpness: 1 | Strength 1.
Then hit OK.
I'm going to change the Blending Mode > Color Dodge.
I'm going to drop the opacity to about 95%.
Hold ALT + Click on mask.
We can now add the text back, to the parts we want.
Make sure you're on the mask.
Your foreground is set to white.
Brush Tool selected. (B)
Brush opacity 100%.
Start adding the texture to parts you desire.
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Head down and create a new layer.
I will rename this new layer to More Highlights.
Change the Blending Mode to Overlay.
White selected as your foreground color.
Brush Tool selected. (B)
Start adding highlights to the text.
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Have the top layer selected.
CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + E (Merge all visible layers)
I will rename this layer to Merged.
Head up to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask.
Amount: 85% | Radius 10.6 Pixels | Threshold 20 levels.
Then hit OK.
Create a new adjustment layer > Levels.
7 | 1.00 | 240
Then hit close.
That's it! I hope you liked this tutorial.