How to Make a Realistic Coin in Photoshop

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a realistic coin in Photoshop. It covers layered coin construction, layer styles for dimension and depth, circular text, colorization, highlights, and texture.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Setting Up The Document
- Creating the Main Coin shape
- Create the background
- Create the Outer Ring of the coin
- Create the Inner Circle of the coin
- Create the Inner Ring of the coin
- Apply Layer Styles to the Main Coin Shape
- Apply Layer Styles to the Center Circle
- Apply Layer Styles to the Outer Ring
- Apply Layer Styles to the Inner Ring
- Create the Ridges of the Outer Ring
- Create the Circles inside the Inner Ring
- Type in a Circle
- Apply Layer Styles to the text layers
- Create the coin face effect
- Apply the face to the coin
- Adjust the Inner Ring Layer Styles
- ADjust the text Layer Styles
- Colorize the coin
- Paint Highlights on the coin
- Apply texture to the coin
- Final Thoughts