Author: Nathan Ng
Description: In this tutorial, i'll show you how to make your text freezing cold. This tutorial will also show you how to use this ice text on any colored background.

	Start a new document 700x400px with blue HEX: #043A79 background.
	Switch over to the Channel's Pallete and create a new channel. (if the channel pallete is not visible, go to "Windows->Channels". While still in the channels pallete and with the new channel (Alpha 1) selected, select the Type Tool and type your text. Make it as big as possible.
Pixelate->Fragment Pixelate->Crystalize	Now duplicate this new text channel, to do this, drag the channel into the "create new channel" icon. This will not be Alpha 1 copy. Go to Filter->Pixelate->Fragment. Repeat this step for 3 times. Then go to Filter->pixelate->crystalize. Enter 6. (This depends on the size of your text. play around)
	Go to Select->Select All, then Edit->Copy Then go back to the layers pallete. Then Edit->Paste Then go to Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation. Match the following settings:
	Go to Image->Rotate Canvas->90CW
	Go to Filter->Stylize->Wind Method: Wind Direction: From the right
	Go to image->Rotate Canvas->90CCW
	Go back to the Channels Pallete. and click on the original text channel (Alpha 1) to select it. Then go to Filter->Blur->Guassian Blur. Enter: 8.0
	Go to Image->Adjustments->Levels Input Levels: [ 0 ] [ 0.15 ] [ 60 ] CTRL+Click on Alpha 1 (the original text channel) to make a selection around the text. Then go back to the Layer's Pallete
	Create a new layer. Press D and X on the keyboard to reset the colors back to default white and black. Go to Filter->Render->Clouds
	Go to Filter->Sketch->Chrome Set: Detail: 3 Smoothness: 3 You can play around with this to get different effects.
	Apply Inner Glow layer style to this chrome layer. (Blue used: #39C5FF )
	Change the blending mode of the chrome layer to overlay, and set the opacity to about 80% Now you are done, but what if we want to place our text on another color background? we cant, because it is already on a colored background. The following steps will show you how to overcome that.
	Go back to the Channels Pallete, CTRL click on Alpha 1 to select the original text channel, then go back to the layers pallete. Go to Select->Inverse, then hit delete to delete, then deselect.
	Go to Image->Rotate Canvas->90CW. Go to Filter->Stylize->Wind. Method: Wind Direction: From the right
	Go to image->rotate Canvas->90CCW.
	Now your ice text can be place on any colored background.

Enjoy...

In this tutorial we'll create a simple "passport-chop" or "rubber stamp" effect. I know, passports are not chopped anymore, but anyway.. Good for "approved" or "guarantee" buttons, or logo design.

Photoshop isn't the best for making curved text, however we can still get a decent effect. Let's begin..


1. New Document
Create a new 300 x 300 pixel document, with white background and black foreground.

2. Add Type
First we'll create the outer ring of type - Add a short line of type, for this example I used the boring but ever-present "Arial"


3. Warp Text
Double click the text layer, and select "Warp Text" from the font options. Set the style to Arc / Horizontal / Bend 100%. You'll end up with a curved type.


4. Duplicate and Rotate
Next, Duplicate the type layer and rotate the new layer 180 degrees - Edit->Transform->Rotate 180. Move the second layer so you have a decent circle like this:

5. Create Outer Ring
For the outer ring, First create a new layer. Check to make sure your feather selection is at 0px, and draw a circle outside the text with the Ellitical Marquee tool.

Nudge the selection to make sure its centered, and apply a border by using 5px black stroke - Edit->Stroke->5px.

6. Repeat
Draw another circle around the inside of the text using the same procedure, the result should look like:


(I used a thinner stroke for the inside circle, it's up to you).

7. Main Logo Text
Now for the main logo. Create a new layer, and either add a graphic or create some Type. This example uses the Arial-Black black font, at around 72pt. At this point you're pretty much ready to go.

8. Add Noise
To add the broken "chop" effect, we just need to add some texture. Create a new layer (make sure it's the top layer), and add some clouds by selecting Filter->Render->Clouds. Then add some noise by selecting Filter->Noise->Add Noise.

9. Change Blend Mode
Finally, select the new noise layer, and change the blending mode to "screen". This will give our passport chop some texture. That's it!

10. Rotate
For the final example, I made a merged copy and rotated.( select all, Edit->Copy Merged, Edit->Paste, Edit->Transform->Rotate )