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This tutorial demonstrates how to create layered type.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open a New document and set the following attributes - set a resolution of 300 pixels/inch if you plan to print your work.
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Foreground colour is not crucial, as you will be changing it later.
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Activate the Horizontal Type Tool. 
And set the type of your choice into the Options bar. Type Tutorial!
Apply three separate words onto individual layers; ensuring they are in capitals. Then with the Move Tool.  reposition each line of type.
Tip: Remember to activate each corresponding layer before moving your type; alternatively, click a dot into the Move Tool’s Auto Select Layer box.
 
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Now - from the Layers palette, activate the Create layer, then click the following Apply a layer style (f -fx) icon. Click your choice of Style from the drop-down list, and in the subsequent Layer Style dialogue box, change your style’s Structure, then click OK.
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Repeat Chapter 4, applying Styles to your two remaining layers. After you have completed this, you are ready for the next step.
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Press Ctrl and left-click to highlight each layer - then right-click, and from the
drop-down list choose Rasterise layer. Your layers will now resemble the following.
Tip
Click outside the layers to remove their highlights.
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From the Layers palette, highlight the Create layer, then from the top menu, choose Edit and choose Transform then choose Perspective. A vector deformation box will surround the Create type. Grab the bottom-left vector handle, and tug it outwards and to the left - this resizes the left-side type, making it perspectively smaller. When you are happy with the result, press your Enter key to commit the change.
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From the Layers palette, activate the Layered layer and apply a perspective warp to it - this time, grab the following square, (circled in red), and move it in the direction of the arrow, then press your Enter key. Your Layered type now appears to be leaning backwards.
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From the Layers palette, activate the Typography layer and apply a perspective warp to it, this time, you are looking to make the right-side type appear larger. After you have completed this, (do NOT press Enter), instead, apply a second deform, this time, you are deforming the type so it appears to be leaning forward, slightly. After you have applied two different warps, press your Enter key to commit the change.
Now, rearrange your layers, and if you wish, slightly enlarge the Layered layer - ensuring you press the Shift key to enlarge it in proportion.
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From the Layers palette, activate the Create layer, and drag it above the Layered layer. Now, working on your image, activate the Move Tool and drag the Create layer towards the Layered layer - so it appears on top of it.
 
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From the Layers palette, activate the Typography layer and drag it beneath the Layered layer. Now, working on the image, activate the Move Tool and drag the Typography layer towards the Layered layer - so it appears to be positioned beneath it.
 
Reorganise your three layers, changing their size and colour as necessary, and when you are completely happy with the result, click the Add a layer style (f -fx) icon at the foot of the Layers palette, and apply identical Drop Shadows to each layer.
Tip
Sharpen your type with a sharpen filter!
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When you are satisfied with your result, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Merge Visible.
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From the top menu, choose Layer then choose New Fill Layer, and fill the transparent background with either a Solid Colour, Pattern or Gradient of your choice, as described in my lesson Here. Alternatively, (with the Move Tool), drag your type onto a second image.
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Apply a Texture to the Fill layer, then reduce the Layer Opacity of the Fill layer; Flatten the Image, and save your work.
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