How to Create Super Rad 80's Chrome in Photoshop!

Create hyper-stylized 1980’s chrome text and logos with a few versatile techniques in Adobe Photoshop! In this tutorial, we’ll cover the basic process of how to set up a chrome reflection that can be customized for infinite different looks, plus a few extra details to give the image some hyper-realistic radness. Download the gradient presets, stars texture and more using the links below. Let me know what you think in the comments section!
DOWNLOAD THE FREE GRADIENTS, TEXTURES, AND MORE:
texturelabs.org/tutorials/80s...
FONTS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL:
www.dafont.com/bloodseeker.font
www.dafont.com/overgrow.font
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[@Texturelabs]

*NOTE - I just updated the Chrome Gradient Preset file on the Texturelabs site, as a few people were having trouble with it. Let me know if you have any issues downloading, thanks!

[@Texturelabs]

Ah interesting, thought I had that fixed... Can you tell me what the name and extension of the file are that it downloaded?

[@dennisinosanto8945]

Hi TextureLabs, First thank you for this tutorial, also I'm having trouble accessing the texturelabs.org website , Hope you can Help. Thanks from the Philippines!

[@georgefulop3474]

im having trouble with it. Wont let me open in photoshop

[@andrearuberti9722]

Thank you so much for this and your other videos! I used the halftone tutorial in my work few times and came out outstanding! Anyway i'm having troubles downloading this gradient preset, maybe for the latest 2022 ps update? Thank you so much your work, it's really amazing!

[@bobbucketsgeneva1921]

can this effect be made with 8 bit, i am using photopea , cos im poor

[@gravityblast3475]

"A few people have asked me about chrome, so here's the best tutorial ever made on this and here are all my source files for free." WOW.

[@Texturelabs]

haha thanks... posting everything up and not being too precious about it has actually been kind of liberating 👍

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@@Texturelabs Thannk you Brady. Your tutorials are helping me a lot!

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Been working in the graphic design industry for over a decade and this is the best photoshop tut channel on KZbin hands down

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That's very kind of you, thank you. Hands down the coolest thing about the channel has been hearing from people from across the industry (and the world). Cheers!

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[@eddiesanford9754]

Thank you so much for this! You've made this so simple to follow, and the end result provides such a high quality product!

[@mansisharma9767]

Thank you so much for this tutorial and hats off to your fine details. As I was struggling from many days for how to do 80s chrome effect and this is the perfect tutorial for that.

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I'm blown away by your skill and incredibly clear and helpful tutorials!!

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This is the exact tutorial that I was looking for! Thank you so much Texturelabs! I appreciated!

[@Tomauru]

That final Ctrl Alt Shift E shortcut has changed my life thank you! Such great tutorials

[@JJMasterDigital]

can make effect so detailed itself in photoshop is pretty amazing, but to make it live and adjustable is genius, thank you so much, glad i find this channel

[@gui_onze]

Man, i saw two videos of your channel and just subscribed. You teach so well, explain every detail, and the way you edit (putting all the shortcuts for mac and windows) shows how much effort you put on your job. I`m gonna learn so much with your videos, thank you. Congratulations!

[@youroxstar]

Wow. I've been using chrome/bevel/emboss intermitently for over 20 years and THIS is one of the BEST (and most fun) chrome effect tutorials I've seen! Well done... and thanks!

[@shadyg999]

Man I’ve never watched all the videos of a channel on one go ever in my life, what I love the most about what you do is when you break down what the feature/button you are using in PS.. as someone who can’t afford art school, I consider you a teacher

[@royjones3127]

Man, your tutorials are the absolutely new level! Thanks and keep it up!

[@BionicDance]

You have no idea how much I want to thank you right now. I've been trying to figure out how to do this for ages. Every tutorial I've found made a flat horizon layer that does not warp around the letters like chrome! Thank you so much! :)

[@c.r32]

You can tell you put a lot of time into these. Thanks for all your great tuturials

[@Texturelabs]

Cool, my pleasure. I enjoy making them... strangely, it takes a decent amount of time to make the video as short as possible!

[@tfermelis]

Yes!! This is my fave so far, I've always been curious about how to get a look dripping so heavy with nostalgia as this one. Great work!

[@Texturelabs]

Ah that's awesome, ya this one was really fun to mess with once the pieces started falling into place!

[@KaminariHouse]

The best logo tutorial I've seen on KZbin so far! Extremely helpful, and in real time to boot. As someone who does everything manually (SAI), this makes me feel a lot better about using PS alternatives to speed up the process.

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I'm a teacher and my students love these tutorials. Keep them coming!

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[@entheo302]

Wow. Remembering why I love editing watching these. Great stuff. Thanks!

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dude... how did you become this good? Thanks for your amazing tutorials... they are beyond anything else I've seen on youtube

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This has got to be the best and craziest and most mindblowing and most educational Photoshop tutorial on the entire planet!!!!! Wow, who AWESOME is that!!!!! Hands down, man, this tutorial is just SUPERB!!!! Thanks for sharing the knowledge….I’m so glad I found this channel!!!

[@Red_Rebel]

This is amazing! I learned more than just making a cool Chrome effect. I also understand about the gradient mapping and the style functions further than just simply toggling them.

[@Texturelabs]

Thanks, really glad to hear that! Ya it's pretty cool what can be done using gradients for color, but also as a general tool to remap values

[@smog2263]

thanks at texture lab. I am almost becoming a pro like you. you have fine subtle unique techniques that I yet to see with anyone else...especially your mastery of using the mask

[@rmicbdng]

thank u so much. as someone with zero prior photoshop experience, i got to follow along the whole tutorial! the keyboard commands u showed were so helpful, and i'm so amazed that that is how we can warp text to how we want it ! (yes i'm a total noob)

[@patrick1972seb]

I discovered your YT channel recently and your tutorials and easy explanations are a great way to explore (new) techniques. Thanks a lot!!!

[@lofimotiongraphics]

Thanks so much and Merry Christmas, Brody. You're the best.

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This is like a Photoshop masterclass. Priceless.

[@philgray7320]

Just wow, I am looking forward to attempting this in connection with a art magazine I am hoping to produce. I just hope I can keep up with all the steps !!

[@danieltulher17]

Thank you sooo much for this lesson! The best I ever watched. It helped me a lot!

[@CaptainNow2]

WOW. Until today I thought I was pretty good in Photoshop...you're next level! Fantastic stuff!!

[@C4Vendetta]

Ive been using photoshop for 10 years but your videos are still very enjoyable to watch and show some novel ways to achieve certain effects! Keep up the good work dude

[@Texturelabs]

Right on!

[@albertwaltersberger505]

How on earth can anybody figure out such an endless row of non trivial steps top create such an awesome result. When you think now it looks perfekt, Brady sets another step on top and makes it even look better. Honestly this guy must have had an Infusion of the photoshop source code as a child.

[@muhammadomar2343]

Best and clearest tutorial for 80s retro chrome typo 👍

[@mayavichy4987]

One of the best chrome tutorials on KZbin !

[@chrisheaslip2038]

insane level of detail, exactly what i was looking for! dope

[@Texturelabs]

Nice!

[@gustavagren2976]

Gradient map is the real mvp. Really impressed with your knowledge of leveraging the different tools.

[@Texturelabs]

Appreciate that! Oh ya - I'm gradient map abuser for sure

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I keep sending your videos to my father who is graphic design teacher 😭 your work is so amazing!

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I just wanted you to know that I'll be supporting you soon (Expert level) -- I just discovered it! Excited to see more of your content. Thank you for your hard work. God bless you and your channel!

[@JohnnySix]

The gradient mapping is a boss move - amazing stuff.

[@Imprettyghoul]

Love this! i lost myself a little with the gradient map towards the end but I will defo try this out!

[@ryejack]

Love this tutorial. It was so incredibly easy to follow. Thanks! I'm going to see how much of this I can recreate in Illustrator to have a vector version to work off of as well. I haven't looked yet, but have you created a similar video for Illustrator?

[@raferwhite3369]

man, your tutorials are NEXT LEVEL!!

[@AntonioPetitDesign]

This is the best 80s style Logo tutorial..thanks and congratulations!

[@a-51labsstudio90]

Absolutely brilliant!! Couldn't thank you enough!! ❤

[@melissahernandez1346]

Simply amazing! Great tutorial

[@g88gang36]

Hands down best ps tutorials on KZbin 🔥

[@JeremyLord5000]

This is everything I've ever dreamed of!! Thanks so smuch!

[@lukemallinson9766]

Holy crap balls taht was freaking awesome. This was n't the effect I was looking for but I stayed for the whole video because it was so good.

[@OFM21]

love your videos ! I've learned so much please keep uploading font ones!!!!

[@jinyounglee7677]

Thanks for the cool tutorial! I love 80s theme So I gotta try this one!

[@darienclark1856]

This channel should have way more views! Very clear and concise tutorial. 👏

[@Texturelabs]

Cool thanks Darien!

[@GregJoshuaW]

It blows my mind to see you create from scratch in literally 12 mins what took me hours to draw and shade by hand. I did a Steelheart album cover with this effect. It came out awesome. But this is super hi res and ready to export to any kind of media. I had paper, colored wax pencils and ink. My God...

[@GregJoshuaW]

... It was 1989. 🙄 Why you always gotta be such a cliche.

[@ofwgkta0btch]

This is so great!! Thank you for that detailed tutorial :))

[@mutedspace]

Absolutely incredible, thank you so much!

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Amazing tutorials!! you're a total master 🙌

[@blackhoundrise8431]

amazing tutorial. i defo recommend any newbie like me to watch the tutorial first and then re-watch before proceeding. i made lost of mistakes just going in gung - ho. and make notes for future ref. fantastic tutorial

[@1youngshine534]

This is incredible. Thank you

[@Bedlamite23]

AMAZING, my results were amazing, excellent tutorial.

[@knowltot]

I feel so lucky to know this channel exists

[@nekodificador]

Honestly, your content is one of the best I've ever seen, and I use Photoshop professionally since 16 years ago. I would have paid for this, man.

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Then become a Patreon!

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I wish I could use photoshop professionally but alas. I don't know how to network so f- me.

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incredible tutorial!

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Increíble... y son con herramientas y opciones que siempre han estado ahí, casi nadie explora de esta forma esas herramientas... siempre ponen la clásica, fondo, sobra, degradados y ya.... pero estoy tan impresionado, tengo muchos años usando PhotoShop y nunca se termina de aprender a usar esta súperherramienta, seguir el tutorial fue tan fácil... es espectacular... muchas gracias por compartir....

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Really impressive, as usual ! Thanks

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[@Texturelabs]

right on thanks!

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Brilliant! Love the tutorial and the artwork!

[@Texturelabs]

Cheers thanks Roshan!

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This channel is phenomenal. Keep up the work!

[@Texturelabs]

Much appreciated!

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Ha that's awesome. I did ask myself "do I really want to share this"? Glad to though!

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Thanks man! Awesome channel. Thanks again!

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Really appreciate that. Love Argentina... I spent a lot of time in Tucuman many years ago!

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Muy buen trabajo! gracias!

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God. This program can do so much more than I ever realized thanks to your videos. Helped me out a ton at work. edit: THERE'S MORE OPTIONS FOR GRAIN IN CAMERA RAW??

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[@Texturelabs]

Thanks Peter, 100 or 100k views, it's cool to hear from people who have found the channel!

[@josephgmedia]

This is hands down one of the best chrome text tutorials I've come across. Have you got any tips on how to make the text 3d dimensional and give it some extrusion while maintaining the effect the whole way through?

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Just discovered this channel. It’s amazing!

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Thank you, glad you found the channel!

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