| Fantastic Glowing Text |
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a very cool glowing effect that looks amazing when used with text
Step 2: Go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur and use these settings
Press Ctrl-F to repeat this effect Step 3: Go to Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges and use these settings
After this step, we will get: Step 4: Our image looks rather rough, so go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur and use your default settings again to make it smoother Step 5: Copy your background by simply pressing Ctrl-J. Now you will have two layers (one is named Layer 1 and another is your background). Change the Blending Mode of your Layer 1 to Screen
Press Ctrl-E to merge down your Layer 1 with the Background Step 6: Right click on the Horizontal Type Tool and choose Horizontal Type Mask Tool, type anything you want
By doing this, your text will become a selection region (After typing your text, you should choose the Move Tool to get out the Type Tool). After this step, you will get
Step 7: Now choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool(M), click on Subtraction from Selection option and set Feather to 30px.
Drag a selection region like this
After release the mouse, you will see only the upper part is being selecting Step 8: Select the Gradient Tool(G) with Spectrum and Radial Gradient options draw a line from the top-left to the bottom-right of your text
and we get: Press Ctrl-D to deselect your text Step 9: We will add some effects to our text, so double click on the Layer 1 to open up the Layer Style dialog box. Use these settings: + Drop Shadow:
+ Outer Glow:
Finished! And here is the final result:
You can try to use other gradient types and effects, reduce the text layer's opacity... |
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