Text effects:
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/07/22/the-best-80-photoshop-text-effects-on-the-web/
Photoshop tutorials:
http://www.entheosweb.com/photoshop/default.asp
As you progress through the different stages of the design cycle, you will be constantly experimenting with ideas, researching topics, compiling sources, brainstorming issues, sketching possible solutions, making changes, and critically evaluating your work. All relevant activities and outcomes should be recorded, and dated, in the design folder- a compilation of evidence that accompanies the final product/solution for a unit of work.