Creating Glowing Text

Added: Sept 28, 2006 Rating:

Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop

Start by creating a new canvas. 400 by 100 pixels.

In this tutorial I am going to teach you how to create glowing text

Create a new layer. Layer >> New Layer

Now click on the text tool, and type some text on the canvas.

Now change the background color to black.

Go back to the text layer, and go: Layer >> Layer Style >> Outer Glow

Apply these settings:

Alright were done.

Here is my final result:

Creating Glowing Text Tutorial: Final Result

If you play around with the glow, here are some other looks that you can attain:

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