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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Simple Way to Create Glow Text Effect Photoshop

blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
 This text effect is created with photoshop CS5, and you can also do it with Older Photoshop version (photoshop CS3, photoshop CS4).in professional design, this design is still simple. But you can make it more than SIMPLE!

Consider the following steps:

First, open your photoshop program, and make new image, Look at the picture. I use 640X320, you can change as you want :-)
 
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5

Now convert your background to a layer:
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5

Change the color  of background layer:
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5

blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5

then, your canvas will ne look like this:
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
Now, use the TextTool and make some text, this a sample that I make:
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5

next, Set the blending to make text Glowing. this is the main step of what do you doing
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
Hey!, Follow the pictures correctly one by one, and you will get your text is glowing:
At first time you see the blending windows (after right click text layer -> Blending Option)
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
Set Blending: Outer Glow
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
Set Blending: Inner Glow
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
Set Blending: Color Overlay
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
This is Optional, This to make the light appear uneven, by set the Gradient Overlay Blending, and play the opacity:
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5
And Then, Press "OK" button, and you can see what you get! Maybe something like this:
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5

You can doing more, for sample, I was adding new layer in the behind of the text layer, and I use brush tool to make text more glowing. the brush opacity should be small, like 10% or more, and use the light color, white or bright blue. Spray the brush slowly. And I get some like this (Click to large):
blending Glow Text Effect Photoshop cs5




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