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This tutorial demonstrates how to create shiny, enamelled 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 image; set the following attributes, (or your own choice), then click OK.
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Now, activate the Horizontal Type Tool. 
And enter your choice of text attributes - (I chose a Font named Broadway).
Then click the following Commit tick.
Activate the Move Tool  .
Then left-click and drag your type to a central position.
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Now, click open the Layer Styles list, (by clicking the f, fx icon) - and choose Inner Glow.
Then enter the following Inner Glow settings into the Layer Style dialogue box.
Don’t click OK.
From the left-side Styles menu; click Bevel and Emboss - then enter the following settings into the right-side Structure area. Don’t click OK.
From the left-side Styles menu; click Drop Shadow - and apply a Drop Shadow of your choice, (I chose the following settings), then click OK.
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Now, from the top menu, choose Layers then choose Rasterise then choose Type.
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Then activate the Magic Wand Tool  .
And left-click inside each letter to isolate the black area with a selection marquee.
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Press Ctrl then J. This pastes the selected black areas onto a separate layer.
Then from the top menu, choose Select then choose Load Selection. Click OK to the subsequent dialogue box. This returns the selection marquee to your text.
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Now, from the Styles Palette click open your Styles Library by clicking the tiny arrow - illustrated below. Then from the subsequent drop-down list, click Glass Buttons; then click Append to the subsequent dialogue box. (Your Glass Buttons will be then added to the end of your current styles).
Note
If you cannot see the Styles Palette; from the top menu, choose Window then click a tick before Styles.
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Now, left-click a glass button of your choice - (I chose Blue Glass), and the selected area of your type will be filled with your choice of glass. (Experiment with all Glassy Styles you have at your disposal).
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When you have an enamelled (or glassy) look you like; press Ctrl then D to remove the selection marquee - and fill the transparent background layer with your choice of Fill; Layer then New Fill Layer. Drag the filled layer to the bottom of the Layers stack; then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, then link here to learn how to save your work.
Tip
For extra clarity, apply a Sharpen Filter to your completed text. (Filter then Sharpen).
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