| This Tutorial will show you how to create some dazzling
effects to text, which also can be applied to objects. |
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| 1.) Open Photoshop 7.0 and create a new
file. Go to File > New. Make it 350 X 150 pixels on a
white background at 72 dpi then hit OK. |
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| 2.) Press the letter D on the keyboard to
set the foreground color to black. |
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| 3.) Select the Text tool and type something
large. |
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| 4.) Now, in the Layers palette, Ctrl
+ click on the text layer to create a selection around the text. Turn
off the "eye" icon to the layer, and click on the background
layer. |
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| 5.) Next, go to Edit > Stroke.
Enter 8 pixels for width and choose Outside for location
then hit OK. |
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Now, de-select selection by pressing Ctrl
+ D.
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| 6.) Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian
Blur. Enter setting below and hit OK. |
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| 7.) Next, go to Filter > Render
> Difference Clouds. (This will create the electric stroke around
the text.) Now, invert the clouds by pressing Ctrl + I to
create a stronger effect. |
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| 8.) Now to colorize this baby. Press Ctrl
+ U. (This action will activate the Hue/Saturation dialog
box). Check the Colorize box, then move the Hue slider to
245. |
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| 9.) To finish text, in the Layers palette,
click on the type layer to make it visible. Go to Layer >
Layer Style > Blending Options... and when the palette
appears, change it's "Blend Mode" to Overlay. |
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| *Compare text to top image. Effects will vary depending
on different text styles. Try several styles until you find one that suits
your fancy. |
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| Remember I said this effect can be applied to objects
also? |
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Behold the image below:
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| Here, I created a file for the building (applied with
the Text tool found under "Webdings") at 200 pixels
and applied the same effects above. Then I created a second file and
created the text. The text was then extracted and pasted into the
first file. |
Thanks for reading.
