How to create Glass Effect in Photoshop

This is step by step tutorial on how to apply blending styles on simple text, for converting it into a glass effect using Photoshop CS34/5

• Create a new file of size 500 x 400 pixels,
• and select a background image similar to the image shown below, as it is more effective than solid or any other types of images.
• Now create a text layer, and write your text (Press shortcut key T to create a new text layer).
• You can select font size and font family of your choice, (here Rockwell is used as a font family and it is set to font-size 120px.)

• Select the option for blending in the layer palette to apply styles to your text.

• Now we have to select 5 different styles to get the desired effect.
• see and select the parameters exactly as shown in the  images below.
• Start with the Drop Shadow.

• Now set the Inner Glow style as shown in the image below.

• Set the parameters for Bevel and Emboss.

• Set Satin as shown in the image.

• Set Stroke of size 1, and set the color #959595.

• After applying the above blending styles, it should look something like this.
• Now the last step.

• On reducing the fill value to ‘0’ from your layer palate we are done with the glass effect!

• As only blending styles is applied to the text,  the text can be changed as desired.

The final image will be as below:…