
Photoshop Elements 3 Down & Dirty Tricks108
Instant 3D Type
This technique is so easy and so versatile that I wanted to include it first. The initial few steps of this technique show you how to
apply a perspective transformation to your type, while the last few steps show you how to create depth by adding 5,000 type
layers (kidding—it’s more like 40 or so layers).
STEP ONE: Create a document in RGB
mode (the one here is 8x6"). Click on
the Foreground color swatch at the
bottom of the Toolbox, and in the Color
Picker that appears, choose a bright
blue. Then, press Alt-Backspace to fill
the Background layer with this color.
Click on the Foreground ...