In today’s news round-up we have collected some of the best and freshest Photoshop text effect tutorials. Text effect tutorials are one of the most popular sought after learning categories for PS, and as such there hundreds upon hundreds of tuts of varied degrees. We have picked our recent favorites, you can see them below.

Elegant 3D Text Effect

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create an elegant 3D Text effect using simple the shape tool, layer styles and paths.
Elegant 3D Text Effect

How to Create Cool Water Effect Typography

You will be shown how to create a cool water typography effect in Photoshop playing with stock photos, blend modes and filters. You will also use some water splash brushes and smooth gradients to give a splish-splash feel to your design.
How to Create Cool Water Effect Typography

Colorful Plexi Text Effect

In this tutorial, you're going to be shown how to create a cool looking colorful Plexi text effect. Throughout this tutorial you’ll create letters separately, getting some help from the Actions.
Colorful Plexi Text Effect

How to Create an Incredible Typographic Illustration

In this two-part tutorial, you’re going to learn how to bring a simple proverb into a complex typographic illustration that achieves a level of realism without actually using any photos.
How to Create an Incredible Typographic Illustration

Awesome Text Effect

In this 12 step easy to follow tutorial you will be shown how to create this cool text effect using a basic distortion filter.
Awesome Text Effect

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboyand speckyboy@twitter).

Text effects seems to open up a can of creativity within artists that is unrivaled with any other aspect of graphic design. By taking the simplest form of text and a blank canvas you can create something amazing and at times awe-inspiring.

For today’s news round-up we have a small collection of amazing text effects and tutorials for Photoshop.

3D Typewriter Text

In this tutorial you’ll create some 3d typewriter hammer keys in Illustrator and mix them together with some painting techniques and the Vanishing Point Filter in Photoshop to create a stylish multi-dimensional wallpaper.

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Photoshop Grungy Metal Effect

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a text effect using textures from stock images. The final image is a grungy picture with text being illuminated in the dark.

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Jungle 3D text in Photoshop

This is a hunourous Photoshop tutorial that explains how to create a 3D jungle text effect. You will firstly create the text in Xara3d and then Photoshop to texturize the letters using the animals’ skin.

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Retro-Style Text Effect in Cinema 4D and Photoshop

For this tutorial you will learn how to create 3D text and merge it into a retro-style scene, using Illustrator for the text, Cinema4D to make the text 3D and finally Photoshop to bring it all together.

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3D explosion using the Brush and Smudge Tool

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a 3D explosion using the Brush and Smudge Tool using Photoshop and its default settings. After creating the explosion, the tutorial also features a few steps guiding you on how to create and implement your own 3d text.

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By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).