Metallic Text

Add 20% uniform mono noise trough filters/noise/add noise.

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Filter/blur/motion blur -> 10 pixels distance.

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Now what you have to do to apply the newly created texture on the text is hold
down the alt (option on macs) key and move it inbetween the two layers (notice
the change of the cursor) to group the texture on the type layer. Also set
the blend mode to soft light (as in the image). What I did after this to achieve
the effect below is I filled the background layer with 50% gray (edit/fill
-> 50% gray) and took a screenshot icon smile Metallic Text

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