Line Animation

This tutorial we will show you how to create text that looks like its glowing.

Created on: 4/30/08
Created by: Majesticlicks
Program used: Adobe Photoshop cs2

Aim:

Step 1

Open Photoshop and press CTRL + N to create a new image: You can set it to any size you want.

Step 2

Set the background color to #000000 (black) and the foreground to #122c52.

Step 3

Filter > Render > Clouds to get something like the following: view cloud setting

Step 4

Select the Pen Tool, make sure the “Paths” option is selected in the toolbar. Draw any shape you like:

Step 5

CTRL + SHIFT + N to create a new layer (Layer 2).

Step 6

Select the Brush Tool, set the Foreground color to #ffffff (white), master diameter to 4px and hardness to 100%.Make sure your selected brush supports Simulating Pressures:

Step 7

Select the Pen Tool again, right click on the image and press Stroke Path. View sample

Step 8

Set the following options in the Stroke Path dialog: view sample

CTRL + SHIFT + N to create the third layer.

Step 10

Select the Brush Tool again and increase the Master Diameter to 5px

Step 11

Right click again on the image and press the stroke path. Then apply the same options.

Step 12

Hide the Layer 3 by unsetting the eye in the layers panel:

Select the Layer 2 from the Layers panel. Then, Layers > Layer Style > Blending Options… and set the following settings (Outer Glow and Color Overlay): view setting1 - Setting 2

Step 14

You will get something simillar to this (do not remove the pen tool selection): see result