15 Awesome 3D Text Effect Tutorials

I like to think that this is a list of some of the more high quality 3D text effect tutorials out there, Some of these aren’t for the faint hearted as they use programs such as Xara and 3DS Max, then they are imported in to Photoshop to get the desired results.

While some are quite labour intensive there are some that can be quite easily achieved just by using Photoshop…see my selection below.

Colourful Exploding 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D

Colourful Exploding 3D Text Effect

Glossy 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Xara 3D6

Glossy 3D Text Effect

Retro Sci-fi 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D

Retro Sci-fi 3D Text Effect

Realistic 3D Water Text effect

Programs used: Photoshop CS5

water text effect

Polished 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop

Polished 3D Text Effect

Steam Punk 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D

Steam Punk 3D Text Effect

Simple 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop

Simple 3D Text Effect

3D Shattered Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Cinema 4D

3D Shattered Text Effect

Typographic 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop CS+, Cinema 4D

Typographic 3D Text Effect

Modern 3D Typography Poster

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, 3DS Max

Modern 3D Typography Poster

3D Light Streak text Effect

Programs used: Illustrator

3D Light Streak text Effect

Retro 3D Arcade Text Effect

Programs used: Illustrator

Retro 3D Arcade Text Effect

3D Layered Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop

3D Layered Text Effect

Colourful 3D Text Composition

Programs used: Photoshop, Xara 3D6

Colourful 3D Text Composition

Warped 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop CS5

Warped 3D Text Effect

Comments…

Have you seen any great 3D Type tutorials out there? , which ones do you like the look of the most? let us know in the comments…

Author of this post: Max Stanworth

Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too you can also follow me on twitter @designshard. See all posts by:

41 Comments (Leave a Comment)

  1. Avoid using animated GIFs on your site. These were popular in the late 1990s, but newer technologies have replaced the uses for animated GIFs that were actually useful. Animated GIFs are low in quality and large in file size. Use static icons for page elements and actual video files for complex animations.

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  2. alex

    Love these 3D images. They are much better that this attempt here

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  3. Oh wow! I really, really LOVE the steampunk one! I definitely have to try this! Really love how you did it with the brass accents to. Thanks for sharing the idea!

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  4. Excellent my friend. Always a fan of tutorials. Great little set of text effects. Good work. Check out some more easy photoshop tutorials.

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  5. Really nice work! It’s amazing how shadows completely transform an image!

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  6. wow! nice boss…

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  7. Hi, good collection of effects, what file format do you use for that graphics? for get small files

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  8. These 3D effects are great. Can you do the same with 3ds Max please.

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