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Create a gel based text that also has a nice plastic feel to it.

1. create new file, enter text

2. ctrl+click on the text layer, load selection of the text,

go to select—> modify –> contract, 4 pixels, create a new layer,
fill in selection with a brighter color, duplicate the new layer. you
should have these layers now: background, text layer, layer 1, layer 1
copy

3. apply filter –> blur –> gaussian blur, 5 pixels, you might
not see a big difference

4. double click the currently selected layer, activate layer style dialog
box, select bevel and emboss, follow the diagram below

you should see something like this

5. execute image —> adjustment —> curves, adjust the curve appropriately

6. here we go