Step 19

We’ll now create the shadow. Go to the Layers Palette, turn visibility on for the "Mosaic" layer, duplicate the "Mosaic" layer and name it "Shadow." Move the "Shadow" layer above the "Text" layer in the Layers Palette.

Go to the 3D Panel and select Scene, Set rendering Preset to Ray Traced. Select the Mosaic material in the 3D Panel and set Ambient to black and Diffuse to white. Select Infinite Light 1 and set Intensity to 4. Turn Infinite Light 3 off. Go to 3D > Rasterize.

Step 20

Set the blending mode to Multiply for the "Shadow" layer and set Layer Opacity at 90%. We have quite sharp blocks, but the ray traced shadows make it look smooth. To get rid of these smooth corners we’ll need a little help from the "Line" layer. Select the "Line" layer, make it visible, go to 3D > Rasterize and turn the layer visible off again.

Step 21

Get the Magic Wand Tool and set the Tolerance to 60. Make sure the "Line" layer is selected in the Layers Palette. Zoom in to the letter "P." Click inside the top-left cell of the letter block, although the "Line" layer is invisible the cell will be selected. Then while holding the Shift key, click other cells which are lightened and don’t have shadows on them.

After selecting the cells on the top row as in the below image, go to the "Shadow" layer, set the Foreground Color to white and fill the selection by hitting Alt + Backspace. Remember to make the selections on the "Line" layer and to fill the selection on the "Shadow" layer. Since we used a Clouds filter, which generates clouds randomly to make the blocks, your letters probably would not look like mine. But the idea is the same.

Step 22

Go back to the "Lines" layer. Using the Magic Wand Tool select the cells that have to be flat shaded and fill the selection with the color #4e4e4e on the "Shadow" layer.

Step 23

Completely lightened and completely shaded cells would be quite easy to fix. Fixing the cells that have shadows would take a little bit longer. Again go to the "Lines" layer and select a cell with shadow on it using the Magic Wand Tool. Get the Polygonal Lasso Tool, and while holding down the Alt key, select the shadow to subtract from the selection. Go to the "Shadow" layer and fill the selection with white.

Step 24

Now you have to repeat these three steps for the rest of the cells for a sharp look.

Step 25

Make the "Mosaic" layer invisible. Go to the "Text" layer and apply a Gradient Overlay using these settings: Blend Mode of Color, Opacity set at 70%, Gradient set to Blue, Red, Yellow, with a Style of Linear and Angle set to 10 degrees.

Go to Layer > Layer Style > Copy Layer Style. Go to the "Reflection" layer in the Layers Palette, then go to Layer > Layer Style > Paste Layer Style. Set the Blending Mode to Hard Light and Opacity at 35% for the "Reflection" layer.

Step 26

Now we’ll add a slight texture. Download this nice photo from Flickr by clicking here. Bring it in as a new layer into your document and name this layer "Texture." Place the "Texture" layer above the "Text" layer. Alt-click the line between the "Texture" and the "Text" layers to mask the texture. Set the Layer Blending Mode to Overlay.

Step 27

We’ll now make a texture for the background. Create a new layer on top and name it "Bg." Set the Foreground Color to 85% Gray and Background Color to 90% Gray. Get the Gradient Tool, set it to Foreground to Background and set to Radial. Fill the layer as in the below image.

Go to Filter > Artistic > Film Grain and apply with all parameters set to 0. Go to Filter > Distort > Glass and apply with these settings: Distortion set to 20, Smoothness set to 1, Texture set to Frosted and Scaling set to 100%. (editor：photoshop1)