Simple Candy Text Style
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Lets start with a 700x300px document with a white background.
Get the type tool, choose the font "Ariel Rounded MT Bold", and type any letter with 150pt text size (I will use "graphisutra" for this tutorial).
Choose "Layers/Layer Style/Blending Options..." from the menu.
Now go to "Color Overlay" and choose #943be0 as the color. You can modify the colors to the hue you need, if you wish.
Go to "Inner Glow" and apply the folowing settings:
-Blend Mode: Screen;
-Opacity: 100%;
-Noise: 0%;
-Color: #d7aaeb;
-Tecnique: Softer;
-Source: Center;
-Choke: 0;
-Size: 9px;
-Range: 54%;
-Jitter: 9%;
Apply Bevel and Emboss with the folowing settings:
-Style: Inner Bevel;
-Technique: Smooth;
-Depth: 161%;
-Direction: Up;
-Size: 13px;
-Soften: 7px;
-Angle: 45 and Altitude: 53;
-Highlight mode: Screen, Color: #e3bbf1, Opacity: 100%;
-Shadow mode: Multiply, Color: #8a62b1, Opacity: 100%;
Add a one pixel stroke with color: #8a61b0, Opacity: 100% and Position: Outside.
Go to "Inner Shadow" and apply:
-Blend Mode: Multiply, Color: #5c4182 and Opacity: 62%;
-Angle: -165;
-Distance: 0px;
-Choke: 17%
-Size: 9px;
Go to "Drop Shadow" and apply the default drop shadow, with a 120 degrees light source and 26% opacity.
Finally, to achieve the candy-like look, go to Pattern Overlay, load the "Grayscale Paper" (one of the default) patterns, and select the one below.
Now go back to the Color Overlay options and set the Blend Mode to Color Burn.