80s Retro | Background & Text Effect

80s Retro | Background & Text Effect

Download this cool ★ 80s retro text effect PSD for free and use it in your graphic design projects.

Do You Really Miss The 80s?

Sometimes I feel nostalgic when I think about the 80s. What I liked the most was for sure the music, the 80s new wave.

Even now, after all this time, I listen Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Simple Minds and all the other great artist of the 80s.

So, I decided to make a free PSD poster mockup for all the 80s fans out there.

80s Background & Wallpaper | Free PSD

Use this mockup to create your own 80s background. Choose an 80s font that you like and add your text. If you are into web design and coding, you can check out this CSS text effects tutorial for creating some of the most emblematic 80s text styles.

This free PSD mockup is great for making an 80s wallpaper; add the 80s text and use vector shapes like retro cars or geometric shapes.  

Here are some of the retro graphic elements used in the 80s background design:

• retro grid (download my grid Photoshop brushes)
• triangle shapes
• palm tree silhouette
• retro sun with stripes
• car silhouette
• sunset gradients

All the 80s graphics that you see in the preview images are included. 

AI Generated Landscape | 80s Retro Style

• Vaporwave background: The 80s Vaporwave landscape aesthetics focuses on a nostalgic, often surreal look with neon colors, glitch art, and retro computer graphics. Emphasizes themes of consumerism, technology, and nostalgia. It often has a dreamy, somewhat ironic or satirical tone. Includes Roman statues, Japanese characters, tropical landscapes, and vintage internet graphics.
• Synthwave Background: The 80s Synthwave landscape aesthetics is inspired by 1980s music and movies, featuring vibrant neon colors, grid lines, and futuristic elements. Focuses on a retro-futuristic vision of the 80s, highlighting the era’s vision of the future. Themes often include space, cyberpunk, and neon-lit cityscapes. Commonly includes glowing sunsets, palm trees, retro cars, and high-tech cityscapes.

Use this AI landscape generator to create similar 80s style images. Try these AI text prompts in MockoFun:

Prompt: 988268992 80s style retro Synthwave background, high details, masterpiece, flat vector, 8k, vibrant colors

Prompt: 3041428584 create background neon city miami 80S with grid and palms tree, Vaporwave style cinematic photo

80s Logo | Free PSD

You can easily create your own 80s logo with this free mockup.

Download the PSD file and add your text or logo inside the smart objects. You can choose from 3 predefined color tones or, you can create your own neon style.

So, if you want to make a custom 80s logo in just a few seconds, use our freebie!

80s Text & 80s Typography | Free PSD

This PSD file can also be used to make a custom 80s text, 80s font letters, 80s typography, etc. 

The 80s text was made using a chrome style and 80s colors for the gradient.

The fonts used in the preview are: Titillium and Biffe’s Calligraph but, you can use other retro fonts from the 1980s.

80s Poster | Free PSD

80s retro poster designs are inspired by the new wave and soundtrack of classic 1980s films(science fiction and action movies), videogames, cartoons and television shows. The vibrant neon colors give the design a retro-futuristic look.

This 80s poster is made using a perspective retro grid with and retro sun and stripe lines. 

How to Use

This is a free PSD file with a cool 80s background and an 80s text that you can edit.

Here are some of the features of this freebie:

• layered PSD file
• layer styles intact
• elements in separate layers
• smart objects
• editable text

You can edit the PSD file and modify the 80’s typography by adding your custom text. 

The 80s text is in separate smart objects, so you can change the text, font, layer style, etc.

Edit the smart objects to change the text. You can move, resize, rotate, hide all the elements.

80s Font Collection | Free PSD File

You can also check out my free 80s font collection. It’s a free PSD mockup, easy to use by simply replacing the text with your own text. Change the retro fonts, colors and other details.

80s Poster Photoshop | Free Action

This mockup is made for 80s text effects but you can use images as well.

Transform your image with this 80’s poster Photoshop action.  Then add the image inside this PSD file. 

Using the mockup and the action, you can create awesome 80s posters.

Online Text Effects

If you prefer online text effects you can check out this cool 80s Font that you can use for free. Another awesome font is this 80s Online Text Effect which is also free.

Other resources that you might like 🙂

• Cartoon Text (FREE PSD)
• 80s Retro Poster (FREE Action)
• Photoshop Light Brushes (FREE Brushes)