Marble 3-D Text

open background

colorize

Open a marble background graphic ( you can find them on the web )
Make a duplicate of it to work from.
Using Colorize, turn it the color you want
Put it aside for later

type text

Open a new window
Type your text, any color, anti-alias checked, floating checked.
Don't de-select the text
Press ctrl+c to copy your text to your clipboard

pour marble

Choose the pour tool and set the option for "pattern" using the marble image you set aside before
Pour the marble into the letters
Gamma correct the letters to a lighter shade

paste

press the ctrl+e to paste the text you saved to your clipboard
Position the pasted text to the right of the gamma corrected text for the 3d effect.
Add a drop shadow
Save

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