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This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create text wrapped in chains.
Step 1.
Start off by making a new Photoshop document with dimensions of 300x300, and a black background. Create some large grey (575757) text in a new layer set called "Text", using Arial Black/ 150pt /sharp. Apply the bevel and emboss layer style (image b) on the text, using the settings shown when clicking on image b). If you'd like to view the PSD as we go through this tutorial, you can download it from here,
a) Click Image to enlarge   b) Click Image for Settings
Step 2.
Make a selection using the text (image a), contract it by 8 and feather (select > feather) it by 4.
a)   b)
Step 3.
Create a new layer, set the foreground color to F1F1F1 and the back ground color to a darker tone (979797). Choose the gradient tool, set it to linear gradient and then drag the distance and direction of the red arrow (image a). Next go to [Part 2] of this Photoshop tutorial.
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