In this tutorial we will create a stereoscopic image for cross eye viewing which means you will be capable to view the final image in 3D and full color without the employ/utilize of any special glasses.

I will be creating a simple piece from scratch for the sake of this tutorial except the final technology learned can be applied to existing artwork very easily granted you are the creator and have the PSD file.

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We are going to start with a 900 pixel by 900 pixel image with a black background.

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Add some white text in the center on a 45 degree angle I went with 鈥淧SDTUTS鈥?in Century Gothic Bancient at 200 pixels tall. Let鈥檚 add some color to the text on a new layer I added a 45 degree gradient to a selection of the text in pure green. Let鈥檚 also add a black Inner Glow using a layer style just to soften the edges.

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Add a 2 pixel white stroke of the text on its own layer. Move it up 5 pixels and to the right 5 pixels. Then let鈥檚 add a red Outer Glow layer style to it. We are done with the text so let鈥檚 clean up our layers a bit. Put all of the text layers in their own group and call it 鈥渢ext.鈥?/p>

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Now let鈥檚 start adding some elements round the text that we can move round later that will give us our 3D effects. On a new layer employ/utilize a 65 pixel soft edge brush and create some random white dots around the text with it (a single click of the moemploy/utilize ). Do the same thing on another layer except with a 21 pixel size brush.

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On another new layer using the same 65 and 21 pixel sized brushes draw a bunch of random dots all around the text employ/utilize both black and white colors.