Photoshop: Create Glassy Text

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Photoshop: Create Glassy Text

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** I'm Dutch so please say if I need to correct something **

We are going to create a glassy text in Photoshop CS2.
I've added some screenshots, they are Dutch, but I think you can see what I mean.

This is my first Instructable, hope you like it. :)

The Text

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- Make a new file with a black background. I made it 400x700px

- Put a nice text on it.

The Effects

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We are using the following effects: inner glow, a gradient and a border. Thats all!!

Look at the screenshots for the settings.
As I said, the text is Dutch but you can see what to change.

Reflection

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- Duplicate the text layer (ctrl + j)
- Make a new layer beneath that one.
- Merge them. (ctrl + e)
- Flip it vertically
- Move it beneath the original text layer.
- Make the opacity about 20%.
- Add a layer mask
- With the brush tool, draw with a soft 100px brush a straight (by holding the shift key) black line on the layer mask. See the screenshot for the position.