
STEP 2: Click the Channels Tab and create a New Alpha Channel (using the icon ringed in red), Now fill your selection with WHITE this time



STEP 4: Now go to FILTER/RENDER/LIGHTING EFFECTS and set something up as shown above. Making sure you have the Alpha Channel selected in the drop down menu as ringed in Red.

STEP 5: Now go to IMAGE/ADJUST/CURVES and set it up as shown above or play around to get your own effects.
STEP 6: You should end up with something like the above(Hopefully). I also added some drop shadow using LAYER/EFFECTS/DROP SHADOW.
STEP 7: If you want to add some colour reselect the text, and create a new layer above the text, fill the selection on this layer with a colour of your choice and change the layer properties to COLOR as ringed in red, and maybe take the opacity down a little.







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