One of my recent video tutorials on the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel was a guide to creating a watercolour text effect in Photoshop. Ever since creating the effect I thought it would make a great downloadable resource that people can use to quickly customise their own text and graphics using the built in Smart Object, rather than follow the tutorial from scratch. I finally found the time to process the effect into a Smart PSD for all Spoon Graphics readers to download. Customise the text, or paste in your own graphic to instantly generate watercolour effects for your artwork.
This Watercolour Text Effect uses a cocktail of Photoshop Filters to create a painted effect with subtle texturing. It uses a Smart Object to keep the original artwork intact, which means you can change the contents and have the filters automatically update to apply the effect to the new artwork. Double click the Smart Object layers in the PSD to alter the text, or paste in any single colour graphic. Save and close those Smart Object documents to find the effect has been instantly applied to your artwork.
To fine tune the effect, alter the Color overlay layer to change the hue of the painting, or double-click the Difference Clouds effect that is applied to the Smart Object layer to randomly generate new texturing.
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Thanks Alan!
Nice graphics utility.
Thank you, Chris.
Thank you Steven
Thank you, Chris!
Thanks for the comment Erica!
Well, THIS is awesome! LOL Half the fun is in the creating, tho!
Thank you, Chris!
Glad you liked it Su!
Thank you!
Thanks Ron
Thank you for sharing this nice effect!
My pleasure Oscar!
Amazing tutorial, dude!
Thanks!
I mean, amazing freebie!
Thanks!
Thank you !
Thanks, Chris – can’t wait to try this!
Great! Let us know the outcome! :)
Thanks so much, this is a great effect!
Glad you like it :)
Thanks !
Thank You Chris what a Nice work
Thanks so much for sharing Chris!
I really love you!
Thank you SO much for providing this- I created this in PS based on the tut you provided, and it ended up looking different- couldn’t figure out why for the life of me, so this is super-helpful!!
Thank you!
Thank you so much! Your generosity always amazes me. God bless!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!!