Create neon sign text using photoshop cs

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How to create neon light text using photoshop cs Make your own neon sign without having to bend glass!

Contents 1 Setting the stage 2 Placing the Text 3 Photoshop Magic 4 Finishing touches 5 Finished Product 6 See Also 7 Bibliography 8 Amazon's Related Products

[edit] Setting the stage

Click File/New...

In the "New" dialog window set the following:
(See Fig 1.)

• width: 500 pixels
• height: 200 pixels
• Resolutoion: 72 pixels/inch
• Background contents: Transparent

Set the foreground color to black by pressing "D" select the paintbucket tool and click on the layer. The background should now be black.

[edit] Placing the Text

Click on the Type Tool (Horizontal type tool). Set the font to the following: (see fig 2) Fig 2.

• Font: Monotype Corsiva (or whatever you want)
• Size: 90pt
• Color: White

Type "OpenTutorial" in the layer. Use the hand tool to move the text to the center of the image.

Right Click the text layer and choose "Rasterize Layer

[edit] Photoshop Magic

With the text layer selected, Click Filter/Blur/Motion Blur...

In the "Motion Blur" dialog window set the following:

• Angle: 0
• Distance: 5

Apply the Following:

• Click ok to apply the blur.
• Click Layer/Merge Down
• Click Image/Adjustments/Invert.
• Click Filter/Stylize/Solarize
• Click Image/Adjustments/Auto Levels

[edit] Finishing touches

Click Image/Adjustments/"Hue/Saturation..."

In the Hue/Saturation dialog Window set the folloring:

• Colorize: Checked
• Hue: 270
• Saturation: 85

There you have it one Neon Sign ala OpenTutorial

[edit] Finished Product

[edit] See Also

• Make 3d images Using a standard digital camera and image editing software.
• Create a brushed metal texture using Photoshop CS Create a Brushed metal effect

[edit] Bibliography

• ( ISBN 0240519841 ) Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC
• ( ISBN 1903450462 ) 4x4 Photoshop and 3D: Geometry/Chaos

[edit] Amazon's Related Products

• ( ASIN B00081I76A ) Adobe Photoshop CS2 [OLD VERSION]
• ( ASIN B000AP89JE ) Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 [OLD VERSION]
• ( ASIN B00095M4Q4 ) Advanced Photoshop Texturing