First you type your text in a nice, decently thick font. I used Showcard Gothic.

Next you double click on the layer and go to blending options. Click gradient overlay and change one of the settings to any color, and make the second setting to a darker shade of the first color.

I used #0096ff and #00375d

Now create a new layer called "Highlight".

Then you use the elliptical marquee tool to make a marquee similar to this:

Next fill in the marquee with white,

and ctrl + click the text layer to select it.

Then go to select > modify > contract > and set it to 2 pixels.

Press ctrl + shift + i and then click on the "Highlight" layer.

Click delete to get rid of the excess white, and then turn the opacity down to 30%.

This should be your final result:

Good look

a little bit cartoon style i like it

Thanks, it's really easy but has a nice result.

thanks for the tutorial.  

a small suggestion from me.

at the step where you fill the selection with white,
if you fill with white to transparent gradient it will bring you the crystal effect.

I followed your advice and came with this:

Does that look better?

hmm..do you have the layer style as "normal" or "overlay"? i think you have it as overlay. because i cant see any white on the gloss.:smile:

monitormonkey, your signature is too big, I'll edit it for you. I think you should improve this tutorial if you want it to stay here, it's a bit too simple. Good luck!

looks good, but a much better outcome can be produced in a lot simpler way.. Shout if you want me to explain.. I'm a bit lazy right now..

Thank u very much for the nice tutorial. I did this.

Loverboy_Balu you have followed the tutorial very well and have achieved the exact result , congratulations

Welcome to Crystal XP by the way

Great tutorial and nice results

@Eario

Alright, I'm shouting Can you write the tutorial now, please

Nice, i was looking for this thanks.

Simple, but nice.. thanks

ARGH. Can't see the pictures? Do the tutorial again with PICTURES please.

Thanks
Graphical

i can't see the images  

That's right, they are offline. Hopefully they'll come back in the future and it's just a temporary problem. Welcome to CrystalXP and enjoy an other tutorial in the mean time.