Set the Blend Mode to Screen, Opacity to 100% and choose whatever colour you would like your light effect to be. With the new Super text layer selected in the Layers panel, click on the “add a layer style” button on the layers panel and choose Outer Glow from the drop-down menu. The colour is white and the font used here is called MA Sexy and it has a nice loopy handwriting feel about it. Using the Move tool, move Superman in the “Cutout” layer down to the bottom left of the image.Ĥ. To make the light effects stand out a bit more, add a black background underneath the cutout layer, by creating a new Layer in the Layers panel and filling it with black paint using the Paint Bucket tool. Once you’ve made your selection, hit Ctrl + J (Windows) or Cmd + J (Mac) to add your selection to a new layer. On this particular background, it’s easy to select Superman using the magic wand and then do a little bit of tidying up using the quick mask. The first thing to do is separate Superman from his background. I’m using this picture of Superman which can be downloaded from .Ģ. In Photoshop, open the image you want to apply the effects to. If you’re a beginner getting started with Photoshop, you’ll learn how to use layer effects to create an eye-catching neon effect.ġ. You’ll notice that the Photoshop interface looks a bit old in the screengrabs, as does the actor who plays Superman □ There have, of course, been many updates to Photoshop since then, but this method of creating a neon effect still works perfectly well, if you want to try it out. This will effectively build a neon-like glow that will flow from out text.*Update October 2022: I first wrote this Photoshop tutorial for my students, waaaaaaay back in 2008. Select the top opacity handle over to the right and set its Location to 50%, select the transparency handle off to the left and set its Opacity to 0%. Click to the right of that yellow color stop on the gradient stripe to add a new color stop and change its color to #fff77b and set its Location to 60%. Change Fill Type to “Gradient” and change the Style of gradient to “Shape Burst”, leave every else as a default here and click on the gradient strip and double click the far left color stop and change the color to: #f6010d and then set the Location to 49%, choose the far right color stop and change its Location to 50%, double click that and change the color to #ffe400. Go Layer>Layer Style>Stroke and use these settings: Size: 185px, Position: Center, Blend Mode: Screen, Opacity: 100%, tick on “Overprint”. Turn on the duplicate text layer and drag it below the Type layer to which we just added all those layer styles. Create the Complex Gradient Stroke to Complete the Neon Effect I also applied a Drop Shadow with these settings: Blend Mode: Screen, Color: #ffda59, Opacity: 75%, 90° Angle, Distance: 50px, Spread:10%, Size: 150px. Select the visible layer and go Layer>Layer Style>Satin and here are my settings: Blend Mode: Screen, Color: White, Opacity: 60%, 30° angle, Distance: 20, Size: 25px, with a “V” shaped contour. I duplicated my Type layer by hitting Cmd/Ctrl + J and shut off the duplicated layer. Create the First Layer of Styles for the Neon Effect Find a font that you think would work for a neon effect and start by creating a word of phrase and set the size pretty large. There are even some fonts out there that are MORE suitable for a neon effect than this font, but I chose this one because I like it. I pulled the font Bukhari Script to use with this effect, but you can use nearly any smooth, round, and flowing typeface to get a good neon effect. I hope that you enjoy this tutorial! Thanks for watching! Round, Flowing Text Works Best Create amazing glows by combining gradients and strokes, change the atmosphere with Color Balance, using Satin effect to create the actual neon inside the neon tubes, and so much more. In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how I create a fully customizable neon text effect that will change when you decide you want to change the text itself.
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