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Super Easy
Neon Style
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Photoshop

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Mon, 09/28/2009 - 07:14

his past Friday was the

T
Abduzeedo meetup here
in my hometown of Porto
Alegre. It was really cool, we
had a lot of fun and a lot of
beers! When I was leaving I
noticed the neon sign outside
the pub and it really inspired
me to create a tutorial on
how to acheive that type of
effect in Photoshop.
In this tutorial I will show you how to create
a nice light effect in Photoshop. We will use
Layer Styles and Blend Modes to simulate a
neon text effect.

STEP 1
Open Photoshop and create a new
document. I used 1920x1200 pixels. After
that import a brick texture, the one I used
was a courtesy of Shutterstock and you can
download it here
(http://www.shutterstock.com/pic36829948/stock-photo-old-brick-wall.html)

STEP 2
With the texture layer selected go to
Image>Adjustments>Hue and Saturation.
Use 0 for the Hue, 45 for the Saturation
and -85 for the Lightness.

STEP 3
Add a new layer and go to
Filter>Render>Clouds. Make sure you had
black and white for the foreground and
background colors. With the Eraser Tool (E)
delete the areas close to the edge and leave
just the center of the image. After that
change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge.

STEP 4
Import the logo you want to use for the neon
effect. I'm using the ZEE logo I created a few
weeks ago. Duplicate the layer and hide it
because we will need to use a few copies
later on in this tutorial. Select the visible
logo layer and go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian
Blur. Use 15 pixels for the Radius.

STEP 5
Follow the images below for the settings of
the Layer Style. We will be using Drop
Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Bevel
and Emboss and Color Overlay.

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STEP 7
Duplicate the layer with the layer styles to
make the effect a bit stronger, but reduce
the opacity to 50%.

STEP 8
We will need another layer with the logo
without any layer style applied to it. Put this
new logo on top of the others and then go to
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 100 pixels
for the Radius. Also change the Blend Mode
to Color Dodge.

STEP 9
Now with the Brush Tool let's create the
base part of the neon that will be fixed on
the wall. Use black for the color and put this
behind the neon layers. After that go to
Layer>Layer Style>Bevel and Emboss. Use
the image below for the values of the Bevel
and Emboss. For the "E" base use -160 for
the angle and for the "Z" base use 0.

STEP 10
Again with the Brush Tool (B) and a very soft
brush, using 0 for the hardness, add a new
layer behind the layers created in the
previous step. So just paint a very soft
shadow.

CONCLUSION
Light effects are always really cool for
wallpapers, I'm really addicted to these
types of effects and in this tutorial I showed
you how to create a neon effect. Basically,
the effect is all about layer styles and blend
modes. Now, it's up to you. You can try
different colors and backgrounds but the
technique won't change that much from this
one.

Click on the image for full preview

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Zslife

4yearsago

Hi.it`saveryinterestingtutorial.ButI
havesometroubleswithtextandits
style,Canyouuploadnewpsd,cause
thislink
http://abductit.com/files/tuto...is
dead.
Thanxalot!

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Zslife

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4yearsago

Itworks:)Thanx.

Dansouza

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4yearsago

thepsdfiledoesn'twork:(

ican'tdownload

Freddie

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4yearsago

ThislooksgreatherebutIcantget
thedownloadtowork,orthestylesto
getitlookinglikethisexample.

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UlisesBolivar

4yearsago

muybueno

Fermk090

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4yearsago

Thepsdfordownloadisslightly
diferentfromthepsdthatigotfrom
doingthistutorial.

Iaminterestedparticularlyinthelayer
clouds.Youmadealayermask.How
youdidit?orwhatexaclyyoudid?

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>Fermk090

TBS

2yearsago

Toapplyalayermask,:

Let'ssayyouhave3layers..
cloudslayer,bricklayer,copy
ofbricklayer..Erasethecloud
layeronedgesandonlykeep
itvisibleonwherethelogois
goingtobe..

1.Turnthevisibilityoffofthe
topbricklater.Increasethe
huesaturationtobedarkerof
the2nd(below)bricklayer).
2.Turnthevisibilityonofthe
topbricklayer.

3.selectthecloudslayerand
rightclick.Select,'create
vectormask'.Nowyouwillget
anicerealisticeffect.

SarahAlmeida

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4yearsago

Itriedbutdoesn'tlooklikeyours):I
don'tknowifIdidsomethingwrong
ornot;x

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poppingbear

4yearsago

poppingbear

4yearsago

mineistotallydifferencefromyours..
hmm...

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justaguest

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4yearsago

Idontknowhowthetextissupposed
tobeblueinstep6afteryouchange
thecoloroverlaytowhiteinstep5?

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>justaguest

Adrian

4yearsago

you'reright...havethesame
problemtoo

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>justaguest

TBS

2yearsago

Youhavetostartoffwithblue
text..oranylightbrightcolor
text.

karanrox

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4yearsago

thanx

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manuelvilla

4yearsago

nologrehacerlo

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Ducatiman99

4yearsago

Howdoyougettostepfivewith
photoshop9?Ireallylovethissite
andwouldlovetohavethiseffect
masteredbutcan'tfigureouthowto
dostep5withps9.
Thanks

Sezter12

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4yearsago

mydownloadtimeforthefileis24
hoursanditsspeedis199/bytesper
secondandthefilesizeis16mbdude
watsupwiththat?


PeteL

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4yearsago

Thelayerstyleeffectsdon'tmakeit
looklikeyours.At.All.Sorrydude.
Eventhedownloaddon'twork.

Prettypoopreally.Wasmassively
excitedaboutthistoo...

RosieFlinn

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4yearsago

WhenItriedthisfirst,Ifollowedyour
directionsexactly,andmadeafew
judgmentcallsbasedonthefew
vaguedirections,anditlooked
nothinglikeyourfinalproduct.But
afterplayingaroundwiththelayer
stylecomponentsforawhileand
usingabitofcommonsense,Icame
upwithsomethingprettysimilar.
Ifyoursdoesn'tlooklikethefinal
product,justplayaroundwiththe
layerstyle.

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webdesignresources
4yearsago

manythankforthisstyle.

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anitasouza

4yearsago

WRONGINSOMEMOMENT

Hannah

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4yearsago

Ifollowedthisexactlyanditdidn't
turnoutlikethatatall

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Cornel_cmn8

4yearsago

idiot,atstep5ifyouputfillat0%it
doesn'tseenothingofthetext..soi
putfilltu100%andwhenifinishthe
step5idon'thavethatm***erf***ing
effect,ihaveanicecolortextwith

somekindofshadowandalittle
fu**ingblur

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Johannesleite

4yearsago

Igotsomethingthatlookedsortof
likethis.justfollowthesefewsteps
andyouhavetheresult:
DoeverythinginSTEP5exceptput
FILLOPACITYon100%inblending
options.
Whenyouhavedonestep5,you
makethefirsttextlayervisibleagain
andthetextmustbeWHITE.thenyou
gotoblendingoptionsonthistext
layerandputonINNERSHADOW.
thenyoushouldgetthesameresult
asinthistutorial.

derek

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4yearsago

Downloadlink?
Oops!Thispageappearsbroken

Evonne

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4yearsago

followedthedirectionsexactlyinthis
tutorial,evenTRIPPLEchecked,and
gotsomethingthatlookednothing
likewhatwashere.youperhapsneed
torewritethistutorialandthistime
includeEVERYstepyoutook,
otherwiseitmakesthiswholethinga
pointlesswasteoftime.alsothe
downloadlinkdoesntwork,might
wanttofixthataswell.

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DarrylHudson

3yearsago

Itriedtodownloadthisfilebutyou
linkisnotworking

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KeyboardSolomon

3yearsago

Iranintomanyofthesameproblems
thatothershavewiththistutorial.Itis

thatothershavewiththistutorial.Itis
importanttonotthatusingadifferent
typefaceorsizethattheauthoruses
willgiveyouDRASTICALLYdifferent
results.

Alsonotethattheauthorusesa15px
GuassianBlur,whichmademytext
practicallydisappear.Ifthishappens
toyou,tryusingamuchsmallerblur(I
used1.5px).Youcanalsoputthis
stepoffuntilAFTERyoudothe
blendingoptionstotheabovelayer
andseewhatworksbest.

Ihadtoplayaroundwiththesizes,
angles,and%softheinnerglow,
outerglow,coloroverlay,etc.Just
adjustituntilyourimagesmatchthe
imagesinthetutorial.Igotitto
actuallyturnoutprettyniceonceit
wasfinished.

Goodluck.

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Zero3sixty5

3yearsago

Itdoesn'tseemtoworkman.

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Rorytate1

3yearsago

likemostoftheusersabove,thiswas
atotalwasteoftime.Theendresult
wasnotlikeitshouldhavebeen.
SLOPPY,UNTESTEDTUTORIAL.

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NorbertAdamk

3yearsago

whatisthisfontname?
iloveit!!!!!thenx

jonathan

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