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Posted by Tyler Bramer in Photoshop Tutorials on March 10th, 2009
After writing my previous tutorial here about Creating a Zune in Photoshop, several viewers asked if Id share how I
created the wallpaper graphic. In this tutorial, youll learn how to make something similar, and its quite easy!
What is Typography?
In order to create a typographic wallpaper, it would make sense to know a bit about Typography in the first place.
Typography is the art and technique of arranging movable type. What does this mean? It means that text itself
portrays a message all of its own. Its location, font-family, font-style, color and size all determine the message it
portrays. Using a really blocky font for a wedding image wouldnt make sense, because blocky text isnt elegant or
extravagant, like cursive and curly fonts can be. While this tutorial wont focus on the essence of typography,
understanding what makes type look good will help to create a great design.
This is by no means an in depth look at typography. Typography is a subject folks have written many, many books on, and
there is a lot to be learned about it. Id definitely suggest picking up a book like "Thinking With Type" if its something you
find interest in.
Step 1 Creating the Background

The background of our wallpaper is going to help set the mood. Using a dark background will allow us to make the
typography we use later really stand out of our image.
Create a new document with the dimensions you desire. My desktop is 1280x1024px, so that will be my document
size. Set your foreground color to a dark gray (#111111) and your background color to black (#000000). Then grab
the Radial Gradient Tool and create a light to dark gradient near the center of your document.
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Step 2 Setting Our Text Boundary

Since I want my text to be in the shape of a 9 (in relation to 2009 and Tutorial9), the easiest way to achieve the shape
is going to be to create a large 9 and then use it to place our other text. To accomplish this, grab your Type Tool.
Then place a 750px 9 using the font Century Gothic set to bold so that it is located in front of the center of your
gradient. I also set my to the color #6dcff6 since my font will look blue later. Then lower the opacity of the layer to
around 20%, since it is only being used as a guide.
Step 3 Placing the Type

Now that we have our boundary area, we are ready to start adding our type. Before jumping into the vast pool of
words to fill the 9, think about what you want ahead of time. Since my wallpaper is related to Tutorial9, I will fill mine
with words that define the site, such as Photoshop, Design, and Tutorials.
We also need to think of how different we want the type to appear. Do we limit ourselves to one font? Im going to
only use the font Century Gothic, because it has a strong yet clean look, and will allow me to easily fit the font into the
9. Feel free to use multiple fonts in your own work. Since Im only using one font, Im limited to ways I can make each
phrase stand out. For this, I can use different font sizes and styles. I can increase the size of a font and make it bold so
that it stands out, or I can make it smaller and use a crisp or smooth style to make it more subtle.
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Step 4 Coloring the Text

Now that we have a vast stream of words filling our 9, we need to make this image look amazing! Lets start by
lowering the opacity of our 9 to around 2%. This way it will help give some border around our text, but not too
noticeable.
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Then place all of your text layers (except the 9) into a Group (Layer > New > Group). Duplicate the group by right
clicking it and selecting Duplicate Group. Click OK when the dialog box appears. The reason we duplicated the group
is so that we can merge all of our text layers into one. With the new group selected, right click it and select Merge
Group. This will take all of the layers in our group and place them onto a single layer. Now you can hide the group
that still has all of the text layers in it since we have this single layer with all of our text.
Select your merged layer in your layers palette and add a Gradient Overlay (Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay). I
used a nice green (#48a248) for the bottom and a blue (#3bb2f7) for the top.
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Step 5 Adding a Title

Lets add a nice title to our wallpaper. Im going to add the text Happy New Year (Centruy Gothic / 36px / Italic) and
use the same gradient overlay as before, except from left to right instead. Then Im going to add the text Tutorial9
Staff (Century Gothic / 24px / Italic) with the color #736357.
Step 6 Adding Texture

Now lets add a texture over our image. I grabbed an image off of sxc.hu. Place the texture on a new layer on top of
your document. De-saturate the image (Ctrl+Shift+U) and set the layer to Overlay.
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Step 7 Re-Colorization
In the next steps, we are going to add some more random and vibrant color to our image.
Create a new layer and set your foreground to #6dcff6 and background to #000000. Then go to Filter > Render >
Clouds. After your layer is filled with a mixture of blue and black clouds, set the layer to Overlay and lower the
Opacity to 25%.
Create another new layer and change your background color to white. Once again go to Filter > Render > Clouds to
fill your layer with blue and white clouds. Then set your layer to Overlay and lower the Opacity to around 70%.
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Simple enough?
As you can see, the hardest part of this tutorial was filling the document was text. Adding effects was actually quite
simple. After learning all of the tools in Photoshop you will find yourself creating complex works with minimal effort!
Feel free to experiment and create your own unique works.
To get the effect above, I created a new layer and went to Image > Apply Image. Then I used a Filter > Blur >
Motion Blur and set the layer to Lighten with 35% Opacity. After that, I created a Gradient Map (Layer > New
Adjust Layer > Gradient Map) that went from #ec008c to #e77418. Finally, I set the gradient map layer to Vivid Light.
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Roxanne (4 Points)
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April 17, 2011 at 2:43 am
hey, i couldnt get the gradient map to work. i am using elements 7
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DG (2 Points)
March 29, 2011 at 6:08 am
Nice tutorial. Here is my version.

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2660/dgdwallpaperartofquotes.jpg
Travis (0 Points)
February 28, 2011 at 12:17 am
here is my crack at this. I dont think its to bad
wonderful tutorial
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9219686/Life%20By%20Travis.jpg
Dwyane Sumicad (2 Points)

February 3, 2011 at 10:21 pm
This tutorial was really helpful. I was in pinch because i had to an Art Scholarship competition and i had no ideas. I
stumbled on this site this morning and the ideas came pouring to my head. I used this typhography tutorial on a
silhouette. It was very very tedious but it was worth the effort and time! One question though on the last effect
with the red glow on the back ground im having problems with it. I created a new layer but i dont know what to
apply to the image. I tried everything but when i try to apply motion blur its telling me that its empty. Thanks for
the awesome tutorial.

By the way i had over 300 layers. But it was worth it! It looks great!

Never mind. I figured it out. Words cant express how this tutorial has helped me. YOU ARE AWESOME!
Tyler Bramer (1 Point)

Thanks Dwyane

OK for anyone who is still having issues with getting the text into the 9 it is actually quite simple, just a little time
consuming. There is no nice way to have it auto-fill into the 9.
You have to manually create new text layers, type your word or phrase, and then move it to the position you want
it to be. I ended up having like 80 text layers. I know its daunting but in the end it is worth it since you have
control over everything you are doing!
Dreamer (2 Points)
This is awesome, except I cant figure out how to make the gradient for my text fade from maroon to gray, rather
than just the standard black to white. Help?
Dreamer (1 Point)
Never mind, I figured it out. :)
Vadavoom (1 Point)
January 29, 2011 at 5:18 pm
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That looks cool. Id love to be able to do it. Unfortunately, the tutorial does not demonstrate how to put the type
into the number 9
seo freelance hyderabad (1 Point)

January 22, 2011 at 4:42 am
Awesome tutorial, will help newbies, thanks for your article
vroni (0 Points)
nice tutorial :)
but i have a question:
i am not able to do the last step, to make the 9 shiny!

does it also work with photoshop CS3?
and how? i only have the german version of CS3 so it is a bit difficult to translate every step of it in german.
would be nice if i get an answer soon ( i need the thing for university pretty soon..)
:)
Cat (0 Points)
Hi there, is there a simply way of filling up the 9 with words. It seems to be a daunting task of type in all the words
with different font size and style.
CreativeJH (1 Point)
Great Work !
Thanks to your creative inspiration. :D
Elliot (2 Points)
amazing, but yet so simple.
Although im way to lazy to fill the letter/number up with words.. :o
nice job
wiyono (2 Points)
December 28, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Coolllll really great i love this type

Thank you for sharing
ds51-A (0 Points)
Step 3 is very very simple

All u need to do is to place words with different fonts, sizes and styles (crisp, sharp, bold, regular etc)
xhan (1 Point)
November 30, 2010 at 5:15 am
i got it all.. id already finished mine..:DD
AVERY (1 Point)
November 27, 2010 at 7:08 pm
STEP 3 wasnt clear at all please help. i have the 9 but i dont know how to get the text inside.
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kk (1 Point)
December 4, 2010 at 2:39 am
Yes, step 3 was the main part and it was not clear.
iQuiZz (1 Point)
ok , so i have a problem .. from the first step , how do i put all that text into photoshop , i have to write it all ?
Cheska Lilyana (1 Point)

Nice tutorial! :-)
Guy (1 Point)
Use tagxedo.com to make the type inside
Taha (1 Point)
Nice !! it really helped !!

Thanks :)
Bobby Bradley (2 Points)

Hey, Ive been wondering how you got that red haze around the 9. Is that just part of the texture, because I
actually used a different texture that I liked with an Opacity of 50%.
Heres the free texture I used: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2832585353_afec393ec2_o.jpg
MR.X (0 Points)
IndoorSnowStorm (1 Point)
October 25, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Wow! This tutorial worked like a miracle! Thanks Tyler!
P.S. I use Photoshop Elements 8 and it works!
fj shield (1 Point)
October 22, 2010 at 12:14 am
thank you for this tutorial, was a great help!
chase (1 Point)
October 21, 2010 at 11:02 pm
I love how it never shows you how to type in your picture. Just another useless tutorial that leaves me stuck. I have
my number 4 im doing, but no explanation of how to type inside the 4.
nishanth (1 Point)
October 22, 2010 at 12:32 am
I suggest you to Type it in Corel Draw. its far easier than typing and arranging text in Photoshop
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firefly (2 Points)
October 10, 2010 at 7:45 am
thanks, it really helps a lot though^______________^
Gemma (1 Point)
One of my first times using photoshop and I was able to use and understand the tutorial perfectly! Thank you! :)
Eran (1 Point)
Looks good. I like it.
George Gina & Lucy (1 Point)

September 21, 2010 at 10:11 am
Awesome tutorial! Really!! Very well layed out and incredibly easy to follow.
Mark Petherbridge (1 Point)

This is pretty awesome, cheers for posting and sharing this :)
@mgpwr
Sam (1 Point)
September 8, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Awesome work, Tyler. Thanks a bunch :)
Crystal (1 Point)
August 26, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I am currently studying typography and this will make an excellent background for my final project which is a
magazine layout. Thank you so much for the tutorial and fantastic work!

August 16, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Glad to see that people are still finding this useful!
Camila (1 Point)
August 12, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Thanks for the tut, its really amazing!
ziko-anibra (1 Point)
August 8, 2010 at 8:04 am
tnks for this tutorial
its so great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alesky (1 Point)
August 5, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Wow !!!!
shen (1 Point)
July 31, 2010 at 4:23 am
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haha
shen (1 Point)
July 31, 2010 at 4:21 am
My english is poor !Why dont you write this in chinese?
dia oc (1 Point)
July 25, 2010 at 2:24 pm
your very good article
Many thanks.
PrimalScientist (1 Point)
July 20, 2010 at 8:47 am
This is great. I have just completed your tutorial and I am going to use it as a background for my mock Website!!
(for university).
Many thanks.
Daz.
DesignRave. (1 Point)
July 15, 2010 at 3:14 am
Hey, excellent tut! ..
thx for all.
here the result ;
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7639/armywallpaper.jpg
christian (1 Point)
July 15, 2010 at 1:08 am
tengo un problema y es que no puedo rellenar el gran numero debido a que hago click para escribir pero me
aparece para modificar el numero
I have a problem and I can not fill the large number because I click to write but I get to change the number
Kris (1 Point)
July 1, 2010 at 11:56 am
I am confused.. how do you the words into the big 9? Can someone email and tell me please! Thanks!!
victor (2 Points)
June 30, 2010 at 8:53 pm
wheres the step 3? you dont explain how to fill the number!
Fouad (1 Point)
June 24, 2010 at 9:53 am
waw I love It :) thank you so much!
adhi (1 Point)
June 22, 2010 at 3:00 am
its tooo funny gradient,
Sya (1 Point)
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June 20, 2010 at 6:03 am
thanks! i did it!! i really really love this webpage and ill always refer here!!bravo! tutorial9.net rawk!!
MAX43 (1 Point)
June 19, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Greetings I from Russia very much were pleasant to me a lesson
Vik (1 Point)
June 18, 2010 at 5:59 am
nice tut, will try one of my own
Sid* (1 Point)
June 16, 2010 at 11:10 am
looks like fun. Ima do this when I have teh time. :D
shiro (1 Point)
June 10, 2010 at 6:05 am
cool tuts, thank you so much! :)
Dylan (1 Point)
May 26, 2010 at 1:28 am
so. what site is it to do this?
May Phat Dien (1 Point)

May 13, 2010 at 4:58 am
thanks for the tutorial. Ill now try
Alan (1 Point)
May 5, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Hahaha sorryi do the part of the clouds and texture fine ^^, i was wrong because i didnt use the radial gradient
tool
^^
Alan (1 Point)
May 5, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Wellthe part of the clouds and texture its hard for mesomebody speak spanish here? i want to do this tutorial
at 100%, but, that part dont works for me ^^
Help^^
raf (1 Point)
May 4, 2010 at 1:56 am
thnks for the tutorial. Ill now try
jaka zulham (1 Point)

May 3, 2010 at 11:37 pm
i will try its.

thanks for the tutorls
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LewisU (1 Point)
April 28, 2010 at 1:30 am
Just awesome tutorial so simple yet so yummy. Love the colors! Got many ideas after looking through it. Thanks
so much :D
murugan (1 Point)
July 13, 2010 at 12:50 am
send
JinxC (2 Points)
April 15, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Thanks for this Tutorial! Its great.
To everyone looking for shortcuts, dont. You will only get the best results by manually moving the text. It took me
three sittings but I did it! Start with the big words or words you want in a big font and fill in spaces with small
words. I started at the top and worked my way to the bottom.
Heres what I did:

http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y351/Jinxtastic/JXWall2.png
Thanks again!
murugan (1 Point)
June 2, 2010 at 7:18 am
hi
i am murugan as graphic designer
i like different design
plz you sent me cloud design
murugansk777@gamil.com
Dhruv (2 Points)
August 16, 2010 at 3:35 am
I completely agree with you.

It took me the whole day to complete this but in the end it was worth all the hardwrk :)
I am 18 so I dedicated my work to the spirit of turning 18.
An age when we turn into an adult (atleast as per the Indian Constitution).
Here is my work
http://dhruvs.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2ql231
N Thankq Tyler for such a wonderful tut
phone2010 (1 Point)
April 14, 2010 at 6:04 pm
thank you so much men nice desing
Phone 2010
Phone2010
Jeyaganesh (1 Point)
April 9, 2010 at 12:15 pm
There was a easy and alternative method to create typographic wall paper http://goo.gl/3cLF you can create
typography arts with this web app in a easy way
Namila (1 Point)
April 9, 2010 at 5:00 am
nice tutorialthnkz for sharing ;)
banota (1 Point)
April 6, 2010 at 10:13 am
i tried but it took long time and i did not have the exact result as it in this tutorial can you deal with it in video to
explan it clearly?
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kavyasudah34 (1 Point)
April 5, 2010 at 2:57 pm
This is really good & useful Collection for all developers thanks !! post to webmaster legitimate work at home
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Lylah (2 Points)
April 3, 2010 at 10:55 am
@banota
you can write outside number 9, so when youre over, you just fit them in :D thats how i did it and it isnt THAT
difficult
banota (1 Point)
April 1, 2010 at 1:28 pm
sorry i wanna ask about simple way to write over number 9 easly can you tell me how please
banota (1 Point)
April 1, 2010 at 1:06 pm
i love this tut but i wanna ask if there is a siple way to right over number 9 i can not deal with it
(1 Point)
March 29, 2010 at 3:02 am
Great for your share!
sandeep (1 Point)
March 9, 2010 at 4:05 pm
thanks.. great tutorial
heres my link
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/8291/typos.jpg
mariel (1 Point)
March 5, 2010 at 12:16 am
what editor did they use here?? adobe photoshop? what kind?
can u give me ? and im goin to download it :) please
mariel (1 Point)
March 5, 2010 at 12:16 am
what editor did they use here?? adobe photoshop? what kind?
can u give me ? and im goin to download it :) pkease
vijay kumar s (1 Point)

March 3, 2010 at 2:38 am
its simple and very good effects thanks
vijay kumar s (1 Point)

March 3, 2010 at 2:37 am
thanks cool and fine effect
maco (1 Point)
15 of 30 19/01/2013 12:28
nice one . . .
Tutorial Lounge (1 Point)

cool tutorial with some great tips for create typography design.
khulitz (1 Point)
nice tutorial.. thanks for sharing..
(1 Point)
thanks for sharing. So mush125
Teyoh Da Creatore (1 Point)

Yeah, in order for this to be original and outstanding, is if you take the time and manually position the text. Takes
a while, but hey, YOU CANT RUSH ART!
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wow Cool tip thank for sharing.
(1 Point)
Thank for share.
Katarina (1 Point)
Design is really awesome, but I had a issue how to fulfill the shape with letters and I found another tutorial which
explains that process: http://www.tutorialsroom.com/tutorials/graphics/text_in_shape.html
but after this tutorial I still have a question for you, how to fulfill the shape on the way you did in this tutorial, to
have different sizes letters and to fulfill all empty space all around?
Thanks!

There is no special way to place the text. You have to manually create text using the text tool and use the
move tool to put it where you want. It takes a longer time doing it this way but the end result is worth it.
Sindhu (1 Point)
16 of 30 19/01/2013 12:28
Lovely.. :)
Shoaib (1 Point)
Brilliant. Looks awesome. Nice work!
Regz (1 Point)
January 20, 2010 at 10:12 pm
love this tutorial. the pic looks so cool if you take your time untill the end!
b3je (1 Point)
heya how can i add text into my 9 you didnt tell that in your tut :( im stuck can you please help me? :)
Bob (1 Point)
there is no hope just give up!
jamie (1 Point)
sorry but the text you have to just sit and use the text tool :/painstaking, but look how awesome it looks lol!
ben (1 Point)
March 10, 2010 at 11:01 am
as everybody is saying using the text tool but we have a simpler way of doing that..
create a new file of a any size(example 800px-600px
using the text tool write any word that you want to incorporate into your final project..
lets say you type the word xyz give it a style(arial black bold) when you finish right click on the layer and
rasterize type. now using the marquee tool select the word xyz the go to edit and then define brush preset
and give your brush a name. repeat with different word that you want to use
get back to your project and use the brush and enjoysimpler that using the text tool everytime and it reduce
the file size as you got less layer.
ommaae (1 Point)
welcom
designer nice
thank you
Evan Skuthorpe (1 Point)

January 12, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Nice tutorial.
negrah (1 Point)
nice. easy. thanks.
oliver (1 Point)
If you are looking for free fonts, check http://www.fonts2u.com. Discovered it just few days ago. Their
character map search is awesome! Saved some time when looking for specific character maps supported.
AussieSim (2 Points)
17 of 30 19/01/2013 12:28
Not to be too harsh but this was a pretty useless tutorial I think everyone could work out how to create this
manually and spending hours of your time; I imagine most came to this site (including me) to discover a clever
time-saving approach!!
How about suggesting shortcuts for duplicating layers and modifying text?
Or at least explaining that there is no quick way to do this
Tyler Bramer (2 Points)

I had about 80 text layers while I made this. They were all kept inside a group so that I could duplicate and then
merge them. I manually went and typed each word/phrase inside the 9. This is the only way to ensure that they
dont get cut off.
sooshi (1 Point)
You mean you typed above the 9 (on top of the 9 layer) and not into the nine? This is the confusing part. The
beauty of this tutorial isnt the effects, but the designers choice of type, typestyle, and placement.
zura (1 Point)
Thanks for taking the time to write and share this tutorial. I wish you had told how you got the text into the
number. That is why I clicked on this vid. To learn how to do that.
Wonder (1 Point)
Thanks for the lesson, but I test around by my self. having hard time to put the text into the 9, and it always jump
into a new layer. Would you mind show us how your layer looks like while u made this?
Michael (1 Point)
Ive seen this before. Wasnt that PEACE tutorial? With the same effects
Kaitlin King (1 Point)

Awesome tutorial! Pretty self explanatory My work turned out great!
Jody Gumbs (1 Point)

I can not figure out how to get the text inside the number either. Can someone please explain it? Thanks
Lauren (1 Point)
Seriously, how do you get the text to type within the boundary of the text? Just typing as suggested does not
work.
black (1 Point)
Great! i love the result, thank you
Chris (1 Point)
18 of 30 19/01/2013 12:28
I too had a lot of frustration adding the text into the number.so I didnt. The short cut I took was
1) Writng the text in Word and then copying it into a text box (in Photoshop) that surrounded the image.
2) I rasterized the number and the text.
3) I used the Magic wand to select the shape of the number.
4) I used that selection to cut out the words in the shape of the number.
Your words will be cut off around the shape of the number but, if you can accept that. It can save you hours of
time.
- Chris
Jordy666sic (1 Point)
Dude.. you are amazing! Spend a lot of hours to it but these are my results, hope you guys like it :D
http://i35.tinypic.com/2qdmt6g.jpg and
http://i33.tinypic.com/jqkjgn.jpg
The text is all based on me, so you get to know me a little bye watching a typographic design, how cool is that ;)
Webdesign@Posh-Creation (1 Point)
Great! this is really a creative collection from photoshop tips
Telly (1 Point)
..weird that you have to put in the text by yourselfi meanyou only need the 9 as a guidline ? weird.
nesreen (1 Point)
hey guys
i was a great job
but i cant understand how to type these words inside the number :)
thanks
Gloria (1 Point)
Id just like to say that this tutorial has just created my new wallpaper :) Ive also looked through the sites other
tutorials and this has to be one of the best sites ever. Thank you again!
HollowMX (1 Point)
THX for great tutorial ! :D

Ive done this : http://xs743.xs.to/xs743/09384/typexstyle1212.jpg
and http://xs743.xs.to/xs743/09384/typexstyle2699.jpg !
And thank you one more time for sharing with us !
joao (1 Point)
August 30, 2009 at 10:24 am
another truly inspiring tutorial!

thank you for making life that much easier
mehmet (1 Point)
August 24, 2009 at 12:24 am
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this is a great tutorial thanks :)
herzevekil (1 Point)
August 20, 2009 at 8:56 am
greetings, that is creative work:)
Ozy (1 Point)
August 13, 2009 at 10:07 am
Pretty awesome!
Say (1 Point)
August 13, 2009 at 9:39 am
wow this really works and looks amazing. 10/10

thank you
jefry rosales (1 Point)

August 11, 2009 at 11:46 am
muy bueno
Gabriel (1 Point)
August 10, 2009 at 1:14 pm
fantastico sei un grande!! nice! very nice!!
Josh (1 Point)
August 4, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Amazing job, my friend. I too look for way to better myself with designing and ive got to say, this was an
incredible job. Kudos man.
Alexo (1 Point)
July 27, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Muy interesate el efecto de photoshop sobre numeros.
Kenny (1 Point)
July 26, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I just created a folder then manually added the words in and position them to where I wanted. Didnt take that
long really.
Ryan (1 Point)
July 21, 2009 at 7:21 am
Do it manually.. i dont think you can automate this in PS
Gladitor (1 Point)
July 18, 2009 at 6:16 am
thats such a great Tut but i wanna know how to put these text in no 9
falcon (1 Point)
July 19, 2009 at 5:01 pm
yeah thats what I need to knowthe most important part has been left out which is how to get the writing in
the 9I dont understand how to do that.
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bunny (1 Point)
July 24, 2009 at 2:12 pm
all you have to do is keep on adding text using the text tool, until the whole 9 is filled.
Ross (1 Point)
July 30, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Thats as simple as you may think it isyou just type in there different sizes and words.
lawton chiles (1 Point)

June 29, 2009 at 3:31 pm
how do you fill the number 9 with the lettering?
Danbot (1 Point)
June 24, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Just trying to get my head around the basics, got as far as the 9 but you didnt say how you got the text to fit!!!!!!
Ive tripped up mid way through a few times on different tutorials because stages have been left out. I know it
must be annoying but could you please give as much info as possible. Thanks for all the help!!!!!
Ermal (1 Point)
June 22, 2009 at 7:08 am
How do u write text inside 9???!!!!!

Or we have to write before in different layers the text and after
erase them one by one???!!
d-dim (1 Point)
June 17, 2009 at 3:39 pm
when i go to layer-> new , i cant find group

now i cant gradient my text..
how do i put al the layers(of words) in one group??
Jordy666sic (1 Point)
to set your (text)layers in a ground, just press at the group icon left from the new layer icon on the
layerpad. The icon is a little folder. Give your group a name and drag all the layers into the folder :D
Phil (1 Point)
June 15, 2009 at 1:13 am
Love your site! Thanks for a great tutorial. Ive used it on the logo for my site. Theres no link on the site to tutorial
nine but Ill be sure to link to you when Ive finished setting up my blog site. If you ever need any translation to or
from Japanese give me a shout. Thanks for sharing!
Ahsan (1 Point)
June 9, 2009 at 11:29 am
Really fantastic! :)
Ahmed Sabry (1 Point)

June 6, 2009 at 7:01 am
nice work
ill do this later
Apple (1 Point)
June 5, 2009 at 4:19 am
how to make type tool to 750px ? mine only maximum 96px
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Lulu (1 Point)
June 14, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Yeah, I want to know toomine only goes up 72.
Menian (1 Point)
just type on the 72, you can type whatever number you like
hudsonjr (1 Point)
June 3, 2009 at 9:04 pm
wonderful.. congratulations
mynameisorman (1 Point)
June 1, 2009 at 6:53 am
Great stuff, will use that Im sure.
MRcrispy (1 Point)
May 31, 2009 at 8:24 am
tutorial9 is best photoshop tutorials site ever :D
MRcrispy (1 Point)
May 31, 2009 at 8:23 am
I made this:
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7506/85copyd.jpg
:D
Inguan (1 Point)
May 26, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Rly nice tutorial here is my out come,

http://inguan.deviantart.com/art/Typographic-Wallpaper-I-123830623
THx for shere :)
SoSp (1 Point)
May 24, 2009 at 8:02 am
Thank you for this!
I followed your tutorial to the letter (no pun intended :P) and this is what I came up with.
I owe this to you! :P
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1844612&l=f513f0f28b&id=534738126
Saska (1 Point)
May 23, 2009 at 6:41 am
http://i44.tinypic.com/rrjjfc.png
:)?
nwongfeiying (1 Point)
May 16, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Incredible! Ive been studying programming so I havent looked into web design as much, but Ive just started and
I found this tutorial to be very useful.
Thank you for the work.
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MoNcHeE Yuson (1 Point)

May 16, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Snap! This is a really cool effect. Simple but elegant!
sam_khrap (1 Point)
May 15, 2009 at 6:06 am
wow this is just a great collection. thanks
JD (1 Point)
May 14, 2009 at 11:51 pm
So nice.Its clearly, useful and trendy
nono (1 Point)
May 13, 2009 at 8:08 am
oh , its so cute
i like typographic
thank you : )
tncytrk (1 Point)
May 7, 2009 at 11:32 am
Nice tut! Congratz!
Melissa (1 Point)
May 5, 2009 at 11:43 am
this was very helpful, just what the client wanted.
grool (1 Point)
May 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm
this is awesome you rock dear !
Andutzu (1 Point)
May 4, 2009 at 4:56 am
Hi!Nice tutorial and nice result ;) I want to now if you can let me to post this tutorial on a website (
http://rophotoshop.com) and i will translate it ;) I will use your pictures with the copyright.Please answer ;) Thx
kp (1 Point)
May 4, 2009 at 2:31 am
you can`t add a full psd?
kp (1 Point)
May 4, 2009 at 12:57 am
plsssss help me with a video tutorial for this tutorial.THX
Mark (2 Points)
May 2, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I still really like this kind of effect. Nice one
Diane (1 Point)
May 2, 2009 at 1:41 pm
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Good, simple, clen, crisp, NUMBER 9. Hey. It works.
beaner15 (1 Point)
May 2, 2009 at 9:57 am
This is such a great tutorial. I used it to make my friends logo more interesting
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1819341&l=826ed8617b&id=506643696
huwaw69 (1 Point)
May 2, 2009 at 8:43 am
great effect and design man! awesome! this really attracts something!
apra (1 Point)
May 6, 2009 at 6:08 am
Nice and to creativity .

looking gud
Yvonne (1 Point)
April 27, 2009 at 10:23 am
awesome tutorial! :D
I just made one for myself :]
T.Srinivas (1 Point)
April 26, 2009 at 11:26 am
It is very amazing
Gyrel Dagooc (1 Point)

April 23, 2009 at 8:34 am
Very good!! Owwthis is a very nice wallpaper..
nitnot (1 Point)
April 17, 2009 at 7:19 am
thanks for the tutorial

what a great design!
Ragga Romano (1 Point)

April 15, 2009 at 11:14 pm
cool tutorial man..

thank you!!!
Roland (1 Point)
April 14, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Honestly guys I really do appreciate the effort to put tutorials out here to help out but its no use if the steps are
not clearly explained. Im very new to photoshop and has never used it before and find it difficult to complete any
of your tutorials simply because you say to do something and dont say or show how to get that done. For
example how do you set Foreground and Background color????? How do you set the parameters for the
gradient?????
Please be more detailed in the future. Thank you
Seojuhyun (1 Point)
April 14, 2009 at 10:02 am
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Wow! Very good Design! :D
Thank you ~
teddy ikedum (1 Point)

April 14, 2009 at 6:18 am
i am just learning to use adobe photoshop and you see i have a photoshop 7.0 edition and i dont know if these
tutorials are also applicable to my suite. i hear of CS, CS 2 and CS3, what is the major difference between these
editions. please contact me on my mail ad and if possilbe some of the tutorials for Adobe photoshop 7.0. thank
you and great site.
Humza (1 Point)
April 13, 2009 at 10:44 am
Wow!.Thanks so much for this tutorial.

Its really amazing
KRISHNA SINGH (1 Point)

April 10, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Very Nice
BORABORA (1 Point)
April 10, 2009 at 11:02 am
In my opinion building images with type has nothing to do with typography, but nevertheless nice written and
described tutorial.
Thanks!
ashtray (1 Point)
April 9, 2009 at 3:57 am
i jst dnt understand how to place the text in the number !?!
Zander (1 Point)
May 5, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Im not sure what you are using as far as your version of photoshop but I have cs3 and in order to type within
the boundaries of the shape here are some steps that you can try. First of all make sure your paths window is
turned on by going to window->paths. Secondly create a Text number 9 on the canvas. Once that is done
hover over the thumbnail of the number in your layers window and while holding command click it, it should
outline the number. Create a new layer then go to the Paths window we opened earlier. at the bottom of the
window there should be an icon that is titled Make work path from selection once you select it you can then
choose your text tool with a smaller font-size than the original number and type inside the object on the
canvas. Notice when you hover over the selection area the cursor will change. If you are in the center of the
object it will have a cursor with a circle that means the text will fill the inside of the object. If you are on the
edge it will have a slanted line through it that means it will type along the edge of the object.
shine (1 Point)
April 8, 2009 at 3:48 am
one word terrific.
Hardy (1 Point)
April 7, 2009 at 11:05 am
Looks good! Ill see if I can transfer these techniques over to Gimp. I think it should work without many changes.
Thank you so far!
Jonathan (1 Point)
April 5, 2009 at 12:11 am
Sweet as shit. Sweet as shit. Sweet as shit. Shit. Sweet.
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Emmanuel (0 Points)
April 2, 2009 at 6:17 pm
To get all the leters in the shape of the number i just made a text layer and filled it with random things from some
website,
then i changed the leading form out to 60 so the leters would stay toghetr regardless of the size. lastly i highlited
the number nine and just copyd and pasted the text layer voila perfectly ing the number 9
Raed (1 Point)
April 2, 2009 at 9:19 am
Awesome Tutorial !
Keep Going .
Diine (1 Point)
April 2, 2009 at 3:20 am
Thanks u for sharing :)
Dmitry Trubnikov (1 Point)

April 1, 2009 at 4:07 am
very good.
cholz (1 Point)
March 31, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I WANT YOU SEND THIS TUTORIAL TO MY EMAIL.
THANKS
Nikki (1 Point)
March 30, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Your post has been featured on Marchs Nerdiest of the Net!
http://www.blog.designnerd.net/nerdiest-of-the-net-march-09
franck (1 Point)
March 30, 2009 at 12:46 pm
cest du trs bon travail ! fantastique ! vu du Congo brazzaville ze good of ze very good !
Francis (1 Point)
March 29, 2009 at 9:25 am
Wonderful tutorial! Very well layed out and incredibly easy to follow.
bena (1 Point)
March 28, 2009 at 5:20 am
The hardist thing is to think of what words to write!
karla (1 Point)
March 27, 2009 at 9:49 am
Nice work! how do i place the texts at the number? thanks
Pablo (1 Point)
March 26, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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Very Nice & Simple, good Job!!
Juan Carlos (1 Point)

March 26, 2009 at 1:42 am
Fabuloso, great job bob!
Claire (1 Point)
March 25, 2009 at 5:19 am
So simple, yet so beautiful.
smoq (1 Point)
March 23, 2009 at 4:20 pm
awesome, simply awesome.

i got a great result, thanks to you!
silentgirl (1 Point)
March 23, 2009 at 12:01 pm
i really love this tutorial very much. thanks for sharing!
adrian (1 Point)
March 20, 2009 at 10:30 pm
thanks for the tutorial! i like it
albert (1 Point)
March 18, 2009 at 11:55 am
Nice and easy.Thanks!
Tony (2 Points)
March 18, 2009 at 10:20 am
Really nice, thanks! :)
Fabulous Photo Gifts (1 Point)

March 16, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Hi.
Saw this flash up on Twitter and just had to leave a comment what a cool graphic and quite simple but really
effective.
When i get a mo between photo gift orders, Ill be popping back to look at some of your other tips.
Thanks for a great read.
Jonathan Fabulous Photo Gifts.co.uk
amy (1 Point)
March 14, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I like the effect, simple and nice! But from step 6, I do not understand Overlay, how to?
Frans (1 Point)
March 13, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Very clear and nice tutorial!

I made my own design with the 7 and put my favorite artists inside:
http://fransruiter.nl/seven_music.jpg
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http://fransruiter.nl/seven_music_2.jpg
Again, many thanks for the tutorial and inspiration! :)

March 13, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I really like the first one. Very nice use of colors!
Dan (2 Points)
March 12, 2009 at 10:36 am
This is a great tutorial. Very creative!
eddie (1 Point)
March 12, 2009 at 7:56 am
nice effect!great job man!
SHAZLY.NET (1 Point)
March 12, 2009 at 4:28 am
Amazing tutorial and awsome site!..Thanks man.
acidcloud (1 Point)
March 11, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Awesome stuff! :)
Aldo Ruiz (1 Point)

March 11, 2009 at 6:47 pm
How it sposible to pu ina a 12801024 resolution a text with 750px?
Dainis Graveris (1 Point)

March 11, 2009 at 2:48 pm
great detail simple and good looking wallpaper! :) Love typo;)
Mendoza Opina (1 Point)

March 11, 2009 at 11:32 am
good post
Typegeek (1 Point)
March 11, 2009 at 11:16 am
This is a great tutorial. All the hard work happens in step 3 :)
mecaniqueorange (1 Point)
March 11, 2009 at 9:35 am
perhaps im wrong but it seems that you got rippedhttp://www.rss-ems.com/blog/
Nokadota (1 Point)
March 11, 2009 at 12:15 am
This is fantastic Tyler, great work!
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March 10, 2009 at 7:42 pm
I didnt do anything special to align the text with the 9. I simply created new text layers that I moved around and
placed in areas I liked, making sure they stayed inside the outline.
Juan (1 Point)
Suddenly after reading this, your tutorial is not as good as it reads on the title Its just an idea of how to do a
poster, not on how to effectively use the tools to do what exactly is it that youre trying to teach here
liam (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Perfect tutorial Tyler, love it. Especially the great use of the texture overlay, really adds a great deal of quality to
the whole thing!
DYLON Baker (2 Points)

March 10, 2009 at 4:13 pm
HEY MAN, I LOVE THIS EFFECT. IM HAVING TROUBLE FILLING IN THE 9 DID YOU DO ANYTHING SPEACIAL TO
DO THAT? WAS IT ALL ONE TXT LAYER? OR MULTIPLE LAYERS? I NEED SOME HELP.
Jaswinder (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Short and simple with big effect me likey! :P
David (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Very interesting tutorial. I like the final result!
Pavel Fisher (1 Point)

March 10, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Thank you! i asked about this one :DDD
Adi (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Hey, I have the same question as loswl. How did you manage to align the text with the 9? Please make it clear.
Thank you!
Matthew (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 1:55 pm
This is sharp, Tyler! I will have to do this for a few of my websites. :)
Kevin (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 1:24 pm
A very nice effect with a few simple steps, thats the way I like it :p
Sociss (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Great tut, gonna try this soon. Thx!
Amit (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 11:45 am
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Hey, how did u align the text in the shape of the 9.
loswl (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 11:28 am
Nice tutorial, love how you used Type, gotta try this out :o)
Ben Lind (2 Points)

March 10, 2009 at 11:19 am
Awesome outcome! It takes a really long time to put all the text in the 9 shape, but it is still worth it.
I especially like that last image the red one. It has a nice glowing effect.
p (1 Point)
March 10, 2009 at 11:17 am
i like this!
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April 17, 2011 at 2:43 am

hey, i couldnt get the gradient map to work. i am using elements 7

Nice tutorial. Here is my version.

here is my crack at this. I dont think its to bad

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Never mind, I figured it out. :)

seo freelance hyderabad (1 Point)

Awesome tutorial, will help newbies, thanks for your article

but i have a question:

i am not able to do the last step, to make the 9 shiny!

amazing, but yet so simple.

Although im way to lazy to fill the letter/number up with words.. :o

Coolllll really great i love this type

Step 3 is very very simple

i got it all.. id already finished mine..:DD

Cheska Lilyana (1 Point)

Nice tutorial! :-)

Use tagxedo.com to make the type inside

Nice !! it really helped !!

Bobby Bradley (2 Points)

Heres the free texture I used: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2832585353_afec393ec2_o.jpg

Wow! This tutorial worked like a miracle! Thanks Tyler!

P.S. I use Photoshop Elements 8 and it works!

thank you for this tutorial, was a great help!

thanks, it really helps a lot though^______________^

Looks good. I like it.

George Gina & Lucy (1 Point)

Mark Petherbridge (1 Point)

This is pretty awesome, cheers for posting and sharing this :)

Awesome work, Tyler. Thanks a bunch :)

Tyler Bramer (1 Point)

Glad to see that people are still finding this useful!

Thanks for the tut, its really amazing!

tnks for this tutorial

My english is poor !Why dont you write this in chinese?

your very good article

Hey, excellent tut! ..

thx for all.

here the result ;

waw I love It :) thank you so much!

its tooo funny gradient,

June 20, 2010 at 6:03 am

Greetings I from Russia very much were pleasant to me a lesson

nice tut, will try one of my own

looks like fun. Ima do this when I have teh time. :D

cool tuts, thank you so much! :)