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Neon Text
Lets start off with by creating a new image which is 6 inches wide by
4 inches in height and 72 dpi resolution with a transparent background.
What is neon if you can't see it at night? So the first
thing to do is fill the background with black. Now we need to choose a
skinny type to use for the neon. Make the text about 150 points and choose
white as the color for the text.
The name of your text layer should have turned into the same name as
the text itself. Lets change the name of this layer to Layer 2. Now right
click on the layer and choose Duplicate Layer. It has now created a layer
called Layer 2 copy. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on Layer 2 copy
to set as the active layer. Now click Layer>Type>Render Layer. Click
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and use the setting of 2.3 and click ok.
Now lets choose the color for the neon effect. Pick anything you would
consider bright and neon looking. Click Foreground and choose your color
and click ok.
To use this color we are going to use the Stroke function.
This is why we rendered Layer 2 copy. Make sure that this layer is the
active one and click Edit>Stroke with the settings of 4 and center.
You should now have an image similar to Image above.
Click Layer>Effects>Outer Glow and use the settings
in above image. Use a color that closely resembles the color you used
for the Stroke.
Now we need to render Layer 2. Make Layer 2 the active layer by
clicking it. Click Layer>Type>Render Text. Now drag this layer over top
of the Layer 2 copy layer on the Layers Palette. Lets give it the real cool neon
effect. Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and use 1.2 as the setting. Once
you have done this merge this layer with the Layer 2 copy underneath by clicking
beside the layer between the eye icon, you will now see a link. Click Layer>Merge
Down. You should now have a completed image similar to Image 10-5.
Tutorial Provided by http://www.digitaltropic.com
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