Creating Web 2.0 Text in Photoshop
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Personally, I think the phrase “Web 2.0″ is extremely overused and has probably lost its a great portion of its original meaning, but I have commonly heard it used as describing a specific style of design.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create one of the many examples of Web 2.0 text.
In my simplest summary, Web 2.0 is a design technique using very subtle gradients and effects to make simple graphics look shiny, 3D, and vibrant rather than painfully flat and monotone.
Ready to learn a bit more? Let’s open up Photoshop and create a custom graphic design.

