How to Create a Metal Piece with a Graved Text on it in Photoshop

n this tutorial I`m gonna show you how to create a piece of metal with a graved text on it.
Along the way I`ll show you how to create effects like Metal Effect,Inner Graved Text Effect or Mirror Reflection Effect in Photoshop.We`ll use two custom elements:a Custom Font and an original Grunge Brush Set.
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Materials needed:

Metal Lord Font by Larabie Fonts
Grunge Brushes by DarkRose

First Step:Creating a New Document

Open Photoshop and create a New Document of 600x400px.

Step 2:Background Gradient

Now add a sleek black to black gradient for the background,with the next settings:

Step 3:Creating the Metal Piece

Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool(U),set the radius to 15px and draw a rectangle of 370x240px.

Now add the next blending options:
A black Outer Glow with the size of 3px and the opacity of 20%.Be sure to have the blend mode to Multiply,like in the image.

Bevel and Emboss with the next settings:Depth:320%,Size:2px,Soften:0px.

And the hard part,the Gradient Overlay.Apply the settings from the next image to obtain the same result.

This is how the image looks after applying the set of blending options.

Step 4:Creating the Text

Now I want to show you how to create a beautiful inner text effect.For this,download the Metal Lord Font by Larabie Fonts from the top list and type in some words with the font-size of 68px.I wrote “OurTuts”.

Step 5:Blending Options for the Typography

After typing in some words,add the next blending options:

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