Create real glass typography effect in Photoshop and Illustrator

To this day I’ve made three tutorials about simulating a glass effect in Photoshop 🥽 But the more videos I make the more questions people have. I’ve heard you all 👂 So, in effort to close this subject once and for all i’m stepping out of my 90 sec comfort zone to share the method that will allow you to design your own typographic layouts made of glass.

Follow me on Instagram or TikTok and comment there “stay glassy” to get the PSD of the design.

Stay glassy 🍸

0:00 Intro
0:31 Message to 3d Designers
0:49 Poster layout in Illustrator
2:44 Creation of Displacement Mask in Photoshop
5:56 Building glass shine and texture
12:45 The most important: Glass effect using Displacement Mask
14:41 Let me know your thoughts

[mellynesaboia]

To those unaware: it doesn't matter how you cut the apples.

[SWORLD]

Appreciate this. More non-reels are super welcomed.

[adgzlctnkyl]

First of all, thank you very much for producing the video we requested. You're pretty talented about that. I didn't find anyone who could make such a design with these methods. I'd like you to continue your videos, we'll keep track of it.

[chriswillson]

This video is literally insane!! I bow down!!!

[sabirsafiullin]

Man you're just crazy! I can’t imagine how it was possible to achieve such an effect in such complex ways based only on personal experience.
You are insanely cool!

[theadongo]

It’s 1am and I’m still watching this brilliant video.

[김윤하-ng]

Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone! It was extremely helpful. Wanna try some of your other works too.

[bsnegron]

Am I ever gonna do glass letters? Probably not. Did I watch the video 3 times? Yes.

[zuzannaskurtys]

sick!! making my first logo for first client using your brain <3

[veemaps]

Excellent work, I tried it first time didn't work second time it worked, you are genius

[judylin]

This video is so elaborate. Really apprciate it!

[aishinthewild]

Bingo! Thanks for the tutorial! Love your work! Would love to see more tutorials, learn ways to develop skill set & push boundaries!

[HermioneGio]

Fantastic video! I tried using Blender or Dimension to add some geometric glass shapes like cubes in order to achieve some text distortion effect, but the outcome was never the one I was supposed to achieve! This is so cool (and just with Photoshop and Illustrator 😍). Thank you!

[jayellwood]

Really good tutorial. Keep the longer vids coming.

[sun-rciv]

Beautiful! Thank you!! I can't help but subscribe to your channel! : )

[ivanaandersson]

Love the final result and will definitely try out the tutorial, thanks so much for that! I wonder if the PS file can be made into some kind of template for different texts or shapes, so I don't need to go through this process every time? (for all the amazing posters I will be creating lol )

[victorbarba]

Dude love this tutorial! and I miss your sarcasm a lot 🤣

[michaelparker]

awesome tutorial, I wonder if this is acheivable in a 3d setting on web, using either 3JS or even Webflow/Framer with Spline?

[nickyhopeless]

Thanks for the tutorial! Could you please tell me if this method will work with vector graphics? I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I'd like to find out. Thank you very much.

[sahilgurung]

Hey Anton
Loved the tutorial but i have a problem. IN 12.01 how did you select the outline layer of coachella can you please tell me?