Mission Impossible 3 Text

Step 1: Create your text and set the following styles onto the text.

The gradient is shown below:

Done? This is what your image should look like.

Step 2: Creating the inner text

Now we need to create the inner text

Once you have your text, hold down CTRL and click your LEFT mouse button (aka CTRL+Click). This will select your text, as shown below.

Now go to Select>Modify>Contract. Set the value to 4px then press OK. (depending on the size of text you use this value may vary)

You should end up with something like this:

Now we need to create another layer above your text.

Set your foreground color to #D01A1A and fill the selected text. You should have something like this:

Step 3: Finishing Touches!

Now for the finishing touches. On your red text layer set the following properties.

Then your text should look like this:

Now we add a shine.

CTRL+CLICK your red layer, then go to Select>Modify>Contract - Set the value to 1px

Create a new layer then fill it with white so it looks like this:

Set the opacity on this layer to 10% then use your Rectangular Marquee Tool to make a selection through the layer and press delete.

Your finished text should look something like this.