Photoshop- Glowing text tutorial

Glowing Text	Text On Fire
Ribbon Effec t	Glass Text
Text Reflection	Snow Effect
Gut Text	Angled Text
Lighting Text	Text Wrap
Matrix Text	Double text
Gel Text
Cool text

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

Created on: 4/30/08
Created by: Majesticlicks
Program used: Adobe Photoshop cs2
Skill Level: Basic-- -----------Aim:

STEP 1: Create a New Document. Use 350 x 130 pixels. Select Black as Background color.

STEP 2: Type your Text. use any color you want

STEP 3: Click Add a layer style: by going to

and select Bevel and Emboss. You can use these values:

STEP 4: Then select Stroke, and use 3 px and a desired color:

You will see something like that:

STEP 5: Create a new layer:

and apply a Radial Gradient, using Foreground to Transparent type (we choose a light blue as Foreground color)

STEP 6: Duplicate the Layer dragging the Layer 1 to the New Layer icon:

Continued

Lock Transparent pixels: Select white color as foreground, and paint with Paint Bucket Tool (G) the new duplicated layer:

STEP 7: Press Ctrl+T to resize the new layer. Make it smaller than the blue gradient. Drag the corner, and hold down Shift to keep the proportions:

STEP 8: Select Layer 1 and Layer 1 copy and press Ctrl+E to marge them

STEP 9: Select this new layer, and press Ctrl and click on the icon of the text layer:

Then, click the Add layer Mask button:

STEP 10: Go to Filter -> Other -> Maximum and set Radius between 5 and 7 px

STEP 11: Go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and set Radius to 5 px

You will obtain a glow like this:

If you unlink the layer and the mask (taking the chain off):
You can move the “glow” without moving the mask, and place the effect in the desired point.

Now let Animated the Glowing Text