Colorful Glowing Text Effect in Photoshop
After seeing some recent Type work by Vicenç Fontanet (or, Drasik), in his recent project for “Miniblack“, I just had to give the effect a shot myself in Photoshop. It’s a wondeful little style that could easily be integrated into any dark graphic design where some upbeat text is needed.
Step 1 – Choosing a Background
For the best results with this effect, you’ll want to use a dark background. The background should have a hint of color, and should avoid from being too dark (such as pure black). Being inspired from Drasik’s work, I’ll use a dark violet (#120612).
Step 2 – Setting the Type
We’ll be setting the type in a not-so-traditional way, which will allow us to get a special layering.
Using the Type Tool, type whatever it is you’d like to apply the effect to, BUT only type one letter per layer. That is, you need to type a letter, apply the text, then create a new type layer with your next letter. When all is said and done, you should have a separate layer for each letter.
You’re image probably looks something like this (Quick Note: Type used below is Century Gothic):
Well, that leaves something to be left desired.
Rather than wasting too much time trying to get things aligned perfectly, let’s handle it all in a quick step. Select the Move Tool. Create a selection around the first letter (Ctrl + Click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette). Next, Select ALL of the Type Layers (Click the Bottom Type Layers name, hold shift, then click the top Type Layers name). Now, in the Options bar, Click “Align Bottom Edges” – the icon that looks like this 
Deselect everything (Ctrl + D), and now start moving your individual letters so that they slightly overlap one another.
Step 3 – Add a Gradient
Create a new Layer above your type layers. Using the Gradient Tool, and a White to Transparent gradient, fill in the work area so that the Gradient is not TOO OPAQUE, or TOO TRANSPARENT where it overlaps with the text, but fades nicely in that area. The gradient should move from top to bottom – Top being the most opaque (Hold Shift to make a perfectly straight gradient).
Step 4 – Cutting out Letters
Imagine that we’re making shaped-cookies. It’s a stretch, but stay with me. In a way, this gradient will serve as our ‘dough’, while the letters will be our ‘cookie cutters’. Those individual type layers created earlier are tools we can use to create shapes from the gradient.
Let’s go through it step by step and see if it makes more sense. Create a selection of the layer contents for your first letter (Ctrl + Click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette). Now, Select the Gradient Layer (By “Select”, I mean click the layer – do not select the layer contents. We want the selection of the first letter to remain). Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste so that you’ve created a copy of the gradient in the shape of the letter. If you were to disable ALL of the layers except for this new layer you just created, and the background, you’d now have this:
It’s really a lot simpler than it sounds. Repeat this process for the rest of the letters, always making sure to selecting the gradient layer (the dough) prior to cutting out your layer. When you’re finished, put away all your letters and gradient layers (delete them, or hide them).
Step 5 – Just Add Color!
You may want to name all of your individual layers, that way you don’t lose track of which letter is which, but perhaps you’ve got a manageable number and that’s not necessary.
Create a new layer above all your ‘gradient-letters’. Grab the Paint Bucket Tool, and a bright color (I’m starting with #7fff5d). Create a selection of your first gradient-letter (Ignore any messages you may or may not see about no selection being shown), and fill in that selection with your selected color on the new layer. Set this layers Blending Mode to Screen.
Repeat this process for the remaining letters (each color on a new layer). Try using the same colors more than once every now and then.
Step 6 – Merge
When you’re sure that the type is set correctly, Merge all of your gradient-letters (Select the layers, then Ctrl + E). Then, Merge all of your colors into one layer (Make sure the blending mode is still set to screen).
You should now have two layers – one with the plain gradient layers, the other with the colors for the letters. We didn’t have to do this, it’s just easier to manage.
Step 7 – Getting the Glow
Duplicate your gradient-letters layer (Not the color layer). Apply a Gaussian Blur (See our Filters Tutorial) with value of 1-3 on this layer.
Repeat this step (Duplicate & Blur) on your Color layer. Set this layer to Lighten or Screen (use best judgment). Depending on the saturation and intensity of your colors, you may choose to duplicate the color layer a second time.
Step 8
Using the Eraser Tool, and a soft brush, go back and erase parts of the colored layers so that the type appears to fade from color to a ghostly white.
Step 9 – Reflect
Select ALL of the layers being used for the text effect, then Duplicate them. Merge the duplicated version into one layer. Use the trendy Surface Reflection Technique shown in our 5 Essential Reflections for Photoshop Tutorial to mirror your type.
Step 10 – Adjust as Needed!
From here on out, I’ll let you play on your own with the effect. I’d recommend playing with lighting effects in the background — simple things like adding some highlights behind the text… though you certainly could go all out as Drasik does in his work!
Here are some additional steps I took to improve upon the effect:
Playing with additional blurs can also add a bit of liveliness to the text. Try Duplicating a layer, and applying a motion blur to see how that works out for you!
Feel free to grab the PSD if you’re having any trouble!
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561 Comments
Thats a beautiful tutorial, but, how can i add the final lighting?
Flag as inappropriateI am having problems with step 5!
Flag as inappropriateI just don’t understand! :/ Can some one please tell me have to do it?
ok so ive got the first part of 4 done, u know making the first letter, my first letter is m right, so i put a m for the first thing and then i try to put an a (my second letter) it comes up as a m . I’ve tried to do the same thing like i did before but it never works !. plz help !!!!!
Flag as inappropriateHeres what you do in step 4.
You have now your gradient layer right?
1. Do you see that letter “T” icon on your First letter? all of the text layer has a “T” icon, it indicates that its on a Text Layer, Now simple Cntrl+click that icon….not the layer name but the “T” icon
do you see that moving lines thing arround the letter?
if it shows that way. it means your on the right track…
2. Then just simply click on your gradient layer.
3. Now you copy the gradient layer.
4. then paste..
but nothing happeds right?
its ok you’ve done it right…
5. Then make the first letter that you selected earlier invisible , by simply clicking on the “EYE” on the text layer…
and you will see the gradient effect…
Flag as inappropriate6. Lastly do it all on the text… then your done.. :)
Step 4 help pls.
Flag as inappropriateI did my gradient white to black (I changed the transparency of it.. even if I don’t I still get my problem). I can select the 1st letter and if I double click it a box opens (blending options)? So I single click it
I click the gradient and it highlights (there is no way it won’t high light)
now the 1st letter and gradient layer are selected
I am able to copy the letter but the letter has no gradient effect on it.
Thanks for the tutorial its great
For Step 7: Right click on the Duplicated Layer (the one with the Gaussian Blur) and select BLENDING OPTIONS, then, on the new dialog, enable OUTTER GLOW.
Lower the opacity to approximately 50% on your Color Layer.
If you need more color you can duplicate your Color Layer and apply again a Gaussian Blur on this duplicated Color Layer as stated.
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That’s what I got! Thanks for a great tut!
Flag as inappropriateSTEP 4: IT IS NOT CTRL + Click………. YOU HAVE TO CTRL + Double Click!!!!!! So this means, Ctrl + double click the layer of the first letter. Then click the top layer, which should be the gradient layer and copy (ctrl + c). Now go back to the layer of the first letter and paste (ctrl + v).
Flag as inappropriatei actually spent hours on this and got nothing .. i guess this tut. isnt for beginners ..
Thanks Anyways
Flag as inappropriateNice, Thanks
Flag as inappropriatethanks for tutorial. Love it, simple and effective :D
Flag as inappropriateit`s so good and amazing
Flag as inappropriateit so difficult!!!
Flag as inappropriatef_!c% this thing
whhahahahahahahahahahah!!!
Actually it was really good to understand, I liked how you describes everything and showed it in the pictures.
Flag as inappropriateI just don’t know why step 7 isn’t working for me…I can use any filter I want, it makes no difference…just like you can’t see it.
Can you put it on youtube?
Flag as inappropriatei need help with step 5. can anyone word it differently?
what i did was, select the gradient letter and then used the paint bucket to color it in on the new layer and then set the blend mode to screen. hmmm still didn’t work. instead of just turning the letter into a color. the entire new layer became a color. help.
Flag as inappropriatehello , i have a little problem at the part “Step 4 – Cutting out Letters” can do that copy – paste thing .
Flag as inappropriateplease someone help me ;)
best regards ;D
I tried it but the letter arrangement seems to me difficult. But i will try it again. Thanks for your teaching :)
Flag as inappropriateThanks for sharing your great website with us. i am really love it. Welcome to visit our website at anytime too.
Flag as inappropriateAfter so long {20minutes?} I finally understood step 4, with help of some comments. -.-
Flag as inappropriatebut it end up stuffing up, and all the letter layers merged into one. I didn’t merge it. Eventually gave up useless. Waste of time.
The excellent lesson, has learnt a lot of new, thanks
Flag as inappropriatehi there,
thanks for sharing this tutorial!
i’ve done it, and the result was so GREAT.
love it so much!
thanks a lot ya. :)
Flag as inappropriateStep 5 is very confusing and not well written. I understand that perhaps this tutorial was not meant for novices, but this tutorial is really lacking in certain areas.
Flag as inappropriateque programa se utiliza para acer esto? como lo descargo?
Flag as inappropriateI am confused. Was this article written years ago? I opened Adobe Bridge (I have CS3) and it clearly states that Adobe Bridge has been discontinued. So what gives?
Flag as inappropriatewowow, this is very nice. thanx a lot
Flag as inappropriateNice post and thank you for letting this information with us.
Flag as inappropriateMCSE
How did you do on step 5? Can’t get it right!
Flag as inappropriateSOLUTION OF STEP 4: a) CTRL click on first text layer to select text then go to gradient layer(thats on top) then press ctrl+c to copy layer then come back to first text layer that you have selected and press ctrl+v to paste that layer
b)now u can see a new layer above selected text layer
c) Now hide selected text layer and gradient layer to see your style
Flag as inappropriatehave fun
I have no idea how to get the glow.. Stuck on Step 7.. Can anybody help me please?
Flag as inappropriateI was a girl in Vietnam. I have read your article, I enjoyed it. you just have a talented and handsome again. I really admire you!
Flag as inappropriateIf you’re still having issues with step 4, try this:
- Hold down Command (Mac) or Control (Windows).
- Click on the thumbnail of the letter or layer you want to “cut out”. You should see the marching ants in the shape of the item you cut out. Do not copy, paste, or select anything else.
- Now, click on the gradient layer in your layers palette. You should still see the marching ants on your document.
- Hit “Command-C” (Mac) or “Control-C” (Windows) to copy. You’ve now copied the gradient layer in the shape of your letter.
- Paste.
- Yay!
I don’t know that there’s a clearer way to make it, but if you want better details, feel free to email me: mccutchenm {at} gmail
Flag as inappropriatethanks! perfect
Flag as inappropriatethanx, helped me a lot~
Flag as inappropriateyour explanation for step 4 was perfect!
Flag as inappropriateFantastic! Thanks!
Flag as inappropriateGreat tutorial ;D
I just would like to know the fonts name.
Thank you
Flag as inappropriatethat looks hot! I think I want to give it a shot and up the saturation to make the colors pop a bit instead of being “ghostly”. Thanks for the great work
Flag as inappropriateWhat does this mean: ‘When you’re finished, put away all your letters and gradient layers (delete them, or hide them)’
Flag as inappropriateI’m redesigning my website, and after a couple of hiccups on this tutorial I’ve done this successfully four or five times now. Great tut :-)
Flag as inappropriatesorry. i just dont get it from step4. bah
Flag as inappropriatestuck with 4
Flag as inappropriateI’mm so confused at step 4. Every time i try nothing happens.
Flag as inappropriatewell i can get it kinda but It’s just an outline of the letter. its not the whole letter…
Flag as inappropriateIve been sat here baffled over Step 5! I don’t understand as I’m just being thrown ‘selections’ which to me end up with a screen full of colour.
Flag as inappropriateCan anyone please explain in simpler terms how to do it properly!
Thnkyou(:
Step 4, please! Anyone?
Flag as inappropriateHolding ctrl (or the apple one on a mac) select the text layer.
Flag as inappropriateThen click on the gradient layer an copy, then back to the letter selected before and paste. It worked for me (:
Here is my take on the tutorial. When making the color layer I couldn’t select the gradient letters I had to go back and select the original letters. That worked out perfectly.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whempsey/4734102102/
Flag as inappropriateYour beautiful words are how to do it? Can teach me? To make friends, and my QQ is: 1052745190
Flag as inappropriateStep 4 just simply isnt working for me. It wont let me copy anything.
This is an awful tut.
Flag as inappropriateThis is actually a really good tutorial. You just don’t know you’re way around photoshop. The tutorial is very nice, not awful. Learn Photoshop.
Flag as inappropriateI think that this is an awesome tut. Just follow each step exactly how its said and learn your way around PS and you’ll get it :)
Flag as inappropriateIt’s not a bad tutorial. It’s actually great.
I’ve gotten stumped a bit, but overall, it’s awesome once you figure it out.
Step 4 didn’t make sense at first, but I figured it out. You just don’t know how to use Photoshop.
Flag as inappropriateLol? This is by far one of the best, most straightforward tutorials I’ve ever read in my entire life. I got it on my first try. Great tutorial, keep ‘em coming.
Flag as inappropriateIts easy all you have to do is just experiment a little or use common sense yes you might have to go back and do some steps over but if you just put your head to it it will work
Flag as inappropriateI can’t even get past step 2. It’s not aligning the text up. I must be doing something wrong. this tutorial is to hard to understand.
Flag as inappropriatevery nice one ~:D thx
Flag as inappropriateeffort you all, no skill ….
Flag as inappropriateWOW! This is so cool. I like how the final product looks. I’ve been trying to design a logo somewhat like this (in essence, of course) for myself and it was a disaster! I didn’t manage to get it looking right. It was a little bit… off somehow. Finally, I decided to use the professional services of an online logo design site instead (http://www.logodesignstation.com) and got the logo I wanted at an affordable price and fast too, within 24 hours. I did provide this link for reference and inspiration to my designer as I liked how yours look. I’m not going to design a logo without any professional help anytime soon though it’s fun. And liberating. Haha. Cool tutorial, by the way. Very modern and sleek.
Flag as inappropriatei cant do the Step 4 – “Cutting out Letters”
i dont understand the selection process
can somebody help?
thx!
Flag as inappropriateStep by step on the cutting of texts please. :|
Flag as inappropriateFantastic tutorial.
Really easy to follow and I have good results from it.
Flag as inappropriatethanks a lot!!! geat effect!!!
Flag as inappropriatei can get it. can anyone make a video for this? :/
Flag as inappropriatethanks a lot!!! geat effect!!!
Flag as inappropriateNice and simple
Flag as inappropriateHalf of these people are ungrateful babies. Thank you so much for taking your time to throw this together.Even if you guys can’t get it to work this way,there are other ways.Try reading the manual, instead of bashing tutorials and insulting info philantropists. thanks again!
Flag as inappropriateVery nice tut !!
my version :
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/13/12/47/83/tzuc10.png
Flag as inappropriateI can’t seem to get the gradient part. I only get a white haze over my work instead of a flowing gradient. Even though I have the white-transparent gradient selected.
Flag as inappropriateHi! I’m a total noob when it comes to this kind of stuff so can someone please help me out and do one for me? Pleease! I’m making a T-Shirt and I want a cool effect on it. Can you put the text saying “Muse”? Thanks! <3
Flag as inappropriategreat babe it’s nice i cant believe that i can create this
Flag as inappropriateYeah, so three hours later I still cannot get the blur to take effect. I have done this over and over, creating new layers for each letters’ color and gradient. I get the gradient effect, I get the color effect, but when I attempt to blur after merging (or before merging on individual gradient and color layers) there is absolutely NO EFFECT of a blur which is the ONLY thing that will make this technique work. Without it, no opacity change, no glowing apearance, no colorful glowing. Just some pretty letters that overlap. Literally THREE HOURS of my time and about eight attempts at this, with careful reading and following instruction. Are you SURE you guys did not leave out an important factor in this process????? At least I learned something about creating a selection I suppose.
Flag as inappropriateOK, so I may be stating the obvious but have you tried increasing the blur to be greater then 1.3? If you are working on a bigger document you will need bigger settings for the blur. I was working on a 1400px x 1400px document and had to increase mine to around 3 for example.
Flag as inappropriateThis is the most CONFUSING tutorial I have tried, and I have done a ton of tutorials. I wasn’t able to get it to work. Next time you should “print screen” so we can see exactly what we are supposed to be doing.
Flag as inappropriateAhh! I know right? I had no idea what they meant when they said to put the “new layer” over the gradient letters. In my opinion, they didn’t explain this well enough for beginners.
Flag as inappropriateWow. This doesn’t even make sense! This is by far the worst tutorial I have EVER read, ever…
Flag as inappropriatei say it’s really a great effect but a poorly explained one. I somehow figured out how to do the most confusing part.
For Step 4:
1. ctrl+click/cmd+click the first letter to make a selection.
2. while it is selected, click the layer with your gradient.
3. press ctrl+c or click EDIT then COPY.
4. naturally, when you copy something it means eventually your gonna PASTE it! so press ctrl+V or select EDIT then PASTE.
voila! you will have a new layer that has the first letter with the gradient fill on it. move the layer on top of the original letter and just rearrange it. This is how i manage to do mine. hope it will help.
Flag as inappropriateThanks a lot!!!!!
Flag as inappropriatei can’t do step 4, help me please?
Flag as inappropriateFor all my years working with photoshop, I’ve seen a lot of badly explained tutorials, and this is by far the worst tutorial I’ve ever read in my life. Be more specific when you’re talking about clicking onto layers; there’s millions that you’re making me create just to get one simple effect that I could of possibly done in a much shorter amount of time. I never got the effect I wanted, and that’s because you guys can’t explain anything right.
Thanks for nothing!
Flag as inappropriateThis message shows u are not using Photoshop for lots of years man. I started using Photoshop when I was twelve and I’m 16 now and could get this effect in about half an hour. So the tutorial is explained good enough for a 16-year old…
Flag as inappropriateI’ve done it obtaining quite good results, but I have a little problem, hope you to help me if you can:
Flag as inappropriateWhile duplicating the gradient layer, and using the gaussian blur, i cannot make that “blur” effect, it looks like the filter doesn’t do anything. Why could that be?
i ran into this issue too.. .
save the image.
quit photoshop.
re-open the image.
try again.
i did two versions of this, ran into the glitch that no matter how many times i applied the gaussian blur, no matter the pixel size, it wouldn’t appear. simply restarting photoshop is what did the trick. hope it works for you.
xo.
Flag as inappropriateIts too hard, mine didint even come close to that.
Flag as inappropriatereally hard and its suppose to be easy
Flag as inappropriateI definitely love this tutorial!
http://i46.tinypic.com/2gui5c0.png
Flag as inappropriateStep 4 is horribly explained.
Flag as inappropriateHey,
Nice tutorial. Helps the newbies.
Thanks!
Flag as inappropriateGreat reading! Thanks for sharing134
Flag as inappropriateGreat reading! Thanks for sharing127
Flag as inappropriateGreat reading! Thanks for sharing122
Flag as inappropriateOn step 4 – I got it to copy + paste just fine, except where the text overlaps and looks transparent.. mine didn’t do that. Can someone explain how to do that part? Thank you!
Flag as inappropriatewow Great article, thanks!
Flag as inappropriateMuito bom o tutorial parabéns!
Flag as inappropriateBuenas, yo también me perdí en el paso 4 :’( por favor ayuda
Flag as inappropriateBuenas, yo también me perdí en el paso 4 :’(
Flag as inappropriateFigured it out. Seriously though, it would be awesome if you were a little more specific with the instructions.
Flag as inappropriateNeeded it. thanks for the tutorial
Flag as inappropriateneeded it. thanks
Flag as inappropriategreat tutorial, very simple :) not for beginners though, as you can see by the trouble everyone seems to be having. I quite like the way mine turned out
Flag as inappropriateI saw this tutorial in one of those photoshop books. Don’t remember which though…
Flag as inappropriatenice david, keep it up
Flag as inappropriate(I`m a Chinese student,my English is not good.^_^)
Flag as inappropriateI very like this text effect tutorial,all the afternoon,I tried to make the effect good and different.And thank you!
I don’t get step number four.
Flag as inappropriateWhy can’t you just have all the letters on the same layer?
Flag as inappropriateim confused on the 4th step
Flag as inappropriateWhy not have a video of the articles? :)
Flag as inappropriateCan someone please explain step five for me?
mail me at monstarr[A]live.nl (change the [A] for @)or just post here
Flag as inappropriateAwesome tutorial, very easy and I did it in about five minutes on my first try :) There should definitely be a disclaimer, though, because I do not think this tut is for beginners in Photoshop.
Flag as inappropriateHow do you get white color where the letters overlap with each other in step 4
Flag as inappropriatethat is almost white- once 2 light colors overlap each it display almost white color! try it–
Flag as inappropriatehello i don’t understand step 4– cutting out the letters
Flag as inappropriatecan anybody be more specific on how to copy the layer on the first letter?
Can U give with text free style pleeeeease just do till step 4
Flag as inappropriateGood tutorials, thanks.
Flag as inappropriateThanks.
Flag as inappropriateBut, I’d appreciate more if you wrote with more details and clarity.
I completely agree, You lost me at step 4. I dont know what you mean by “Now, Select the Gradient Layer (By “Select”, I mean click the layer – do not select the layer contents. We want the selection of the first letter to remain). Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste so that you’ve created a copy of the gradient in the shape of the letter.”
Where in there do I get a new layer? I’m figuring it happens in the “Paste” part. But how do I even do that?
Flag as inappropriateI completely agree, You lost me at step 4. I dont know what you mean by “Now, Select the Gradient Layer (By “Select”, I mean click the layer – do not select the layer contents. We want the selection of the first letter to remain). Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste so that you’ve created a copy of the gradient in the shape of the letter.”
Where in there do I get a new layer? I’m figuring it happens in the “Paste” part. But how do I even do that?
Flag as inappropriatenice tutorial … simple article and makes me understand.. i’ve vistied your website a lot.. good job.. keep it up..
Flag as inappropriateExcellent “Typography” but very poor quality article. You haven’t talked about details. Why have you posted .psd file ? It’s useless…
Flag as inappropriateGuys, for those who are stuck on step 4, what you have to do is hide or delete the letter that you copy with the ctrl+click, i mean the original “T” and also hide the first gradient layer that you made
Flag as inappropriateVery cool one! The comments on this one scared me with all those people getting stuck, but finished it quicker than I thought!
My results:
Smooth: http://i36.tinypic.com/2mfghv5.jpg
Ruge: http://i37.tinypic.com/2rwrf3k.jpg
Thank you!
Flag as inappropriateThnaks for Tutorial. It’s very useful.
Flag as inappropriateTo make the letters themselves I made one letter and duplicated that layer for each of the letters I needed. Then going to the second letter (a copy) I would double click on the thumbnail of that letter and change it. Then to the third letter and changed that one. Rinse & repeat for each letter in the word/words.
It was a bit faster this way than going to the font tool for each letter and adding a new layer with each letter you needed to make. Just make all the layers at one time simply changing each one for each letter.
Making the copy of the transparency layer was simple just selecting the letter as it was instructed and then going up to the transparency layer click on command + J (on a mac) and you produced your transparency letter. As you proceed, you’ll easily see that the letters that overlapped will show more color (?) in those places.
These are my own tips for this tutorial which I reaaaaaally liked and took off with some slightly different ways to get the same result. Try these if you think they might help.
Flag as inappropriateamazing… it’s a breath taking tutorial with awesome cute final image :)
Flag as inappropriateI found a quick fix to those stuck at Step 7: where the Blur won’t work…
Take your marquee and select the entire area where the text is for that layer (the color or gradient, whichever you’re trying to blur). Then use the Gaussian Blur effect and it works!
I don’t know why the selection of the area was needed, but it helped me with being stuck at this point. Hope it helps everyone else!
Flag as inappropriateI haven’t used photoshop in years, much less touched CS4. This was my first project and I’m proud to say I did it successfully, thanks to your steps :) Thank you!
Flag as inappropriatei didn’t get step 4 either, can someone please break it down step by step, i think i’m doing what is being said but clearly i’m not because it is not working :-( thanks twitter@locspoc
Flag as inappropriateHey can someone help me with the gradient part? I don’t know how to create a white to transparent gradient , and I couldn’t get around with the cut and paste part. It doesnt work.
Flag as inappropriateThanks
This is unreal. I love these glowing text effects, they really take a design to a whole new level. Good work.
Flag as inappropriatethis is the most confusing tutorial ever you should of really made a video for this
Flag as inappropriateAmazing tutorial. It did take me a bit to understand and get past step 4, but I eventually did it. I also had to backtrack quite a bit once or twice due to the confusing nature of this kind of styling effect. Overall, phenomenal work. Kudos.
Flag as inappropriateThe step 4 is just impossible to apply…could U explain this for mac users too?……Hugs!
Flag as inappropriatebasic but good tutorial. Thanks,
Flag as inappropriateIt looks amazing! However, I couldn’t do it. It didn’t work, so like Arman I downloaded the PSD, but don’t know how to change the TUTORIAL 9 to what I want. Could you e-mail me back, or make one saying Polly? Thanks so much, amazing instructions…
Polly x
Flag as inappropriateExelente efecto y muy bien explicado, gracias!
Flag as inappropriateforget what I said :S
Flag as inappropriateI’m having problems again :(
Guys I had the same problem with step 4.. This is the way it worked for me: make sure when you use the gradient tool, the little square at the right top named “transparency” is off :)
Flag as inappropriateAbout Step 4 the copy and paste, he means Select the Gradient layer first then while holding ctrl click on the square around the T on the layer of text that your using. Thanks for the tut D.L.
Flag as inappropriatecoolness=)
Flag as inappropriateAmaaaazin keeeeeep It Up….
Flag as inappropriateDone, all ok.
Flag as inappropriateThanks
SALAM TANK`S FOR tutorialS
Flag as inappropriatethanks a lot! very usefull :)
Flag as inappropriateGreat tutorial & Touch by expert.
Flag as inappropriatei dont get about the copy and paste about the dough thing.
Flag as inappropriatebut your work is neat, i like it.
Hello, I would like to ask can be also referred to the font Guide “Century Gothic” packing out .Thank you!
Flag as inappropriateok
Flag as inappropriatehi
i am new to photoshop … so i downloaded psd but i dont know how to alter it..
normally i use layer style i.e. i apply various layor style but i dont know how to operate on psd.. i want to write my own name using this psd .. pls help and mail me
Flag as inappropriatethx
Great tut, thanks for taking the time to put it together.
Flag as inappropriatecann soem onee please make a video tutoriall? thnakss.
Flag as inappropriateGReAT!!!!!!!
Flag as inappropriategreat tuts bro…..keep it doing..well can you tell me how to insert glow in my header logo ?
my website is devilslab
may be you help me !
Flag as inappropriateWonderful tut ….thanks
Flag as inappropriateHey, first off I’d like to thank you. This is a great tutorial. But I’m a little lost. On step 4 you’re supposed to add gradient to the letters, and I can only get to the 1st or 2nd letter before it starts pasting the last letter I did. Make sense? Sorry, I’m confusing. But please, help. Thanks so much!
Flag as inappropriateBrilliant, Thanks!
Flag as inappropriateI wish know something… (sorry for my english, is very bad, i’m argentinian) in the past 5, how i do? i want that the steps are more easy to do it. I don’t understand. I wait an aswer soon, please.
Flag as inappropriateI never thot that using gradient is fun!
Flag as inappropriateThanx for the tutorial~
Great tutorial! Thanks so much.
Flag as inappropriatehttp://i40.tinypic.com/2jdrg3n.jpg
how to make gaussian blurr on step 6? My letters just get a little more colorful.
help please.
Flag as inappropriatesuperb….
Flag as inappropriateHi, it might just be my version of photoshop, but when I try the copy in Step 4 (after selecting first letter/gradient layer etc) an error message appears saying I can’t copy because no pixels were selected?? Any help?
Flag as inappropriateyeah inspirational….. i’ll make practice on this…. thanks a lot
Flag as inappropriateOops. I meant step *7* cause it wasn’t blurring the letters for me. Rather it selected/blurred only the parts where the letters overlapped.
Anyway, thanks again!
Flag as inappropriateMake sure you deleted your gradient layer from your layer pallet. I had the same problem until i went back and re-read the steps
hope this helps.
Flag as inappropriateI had fun with this tutorial. I kinda got stuck with step 9, so I ended up using the blur tool outright instead. But thanks for putting this together for us noobs!
Flag as inappropriatei can not figure out step four for the life of me, i am using a map but i did read the reply about the command c and i still could’nt get it to work!
Flag as inappropriateplease help i realyl want to know what Im doing wrong.
Thank you, David! I’ve tried this and I like the result, although I need to practice more since I’m a photoshop noob.
Flag as inappropriateUsing it for my gravatar :D
Thanks for the update with macs – was having trouble too.
Flag as inappropriateHello, can you explain the steps in spanish, please?
Flag as inappropriatethank you.
maybe it’s cause I’m a beginner too, but the “Wand Tool” was never mentioned and so I had no clue. Had to get help from others who knew what to do…
Flag as inappropriateIt might just be me, cos Im a beginner, but this tutorial was completely unclear to me. Which sux cos I really wanted to get the effect that it was meant to provide…could you explain what you mean in Step4? Its kind of the crucial step in order to be able to make the text look like it looks in your tut and I just dont get it…
Flag as inappropriateMake sure you are clicking on the thumbnail and not the layer name. Ctrl+click the layer thumbnail then click(not ctrl+click) on the gradient layer and copy and paste. Repeat for all letters.
Hope this helps.
Flag as inappropriateI have the same problem as Mac User, could someone please explain how to do Step 4 on a Mac?
Flag as inappropriateNevermind I found out what I was doing wrong. I wasn’t clicking on the thumbnail >.<
Flag as inappropriatewho can make a video tut for this? …coz i can’t really understand T_T …Please
Flag as inappropriateGreat result, nice and easy tutorial to follow.
Flag as inappropriateCould not complete the tutorial. Step 4 is impossible to figure out on a Mac. Try elaborating more
Flag as inappropriateDo everything in that step, but instead of using the control key (example: Control + C for copying) use the apple key.
Other than that minor change, the step is exactly the same as before.
Flag as inappropriatenice tut however i noticed in most of ur tutorial when u want a fade effect u tell us to use the eraser tool. a much easier way to create a fade effect is
1. select quick mask tool
2. select grad tool> foreground to transparent grad
3. pull across what u want to fade (should get a red glow on ur screen)
4. exit quick mask and go to edit> clear
this will clear but as a grad creating a fade
Flag as inappropriate******* great effect just like what i saw on television last night! in an advertisement, this is really good
Flag as inappropriateAwesome! Thank you for this!
Flag as inappropriateA superb range of easy to follow tutorials, they are really an inspiration and a great help to many . Thank you .
Flag as inappropriateStunning! That’s so nice! Your tutorials are great. Thank you!
Flag as inappropriatethx Miguel de Castro, ne1 whos stuck with no.4, follow that explanation :)
Flag as inappropriateFor thos with problems on 4th step, be sure in the gradient colors : WHITE TO TRANSPARENT not black to transparent
Flag as inappropriateThanks
nice!!!..i like it a lot!!even in the first there’s a bit confusing part..thank you :)
Flag as inappropriateFOR THE STEP 4: You must Ctrl+Click INSIDE THE THUMBNAIL and NOT in the name of the layer. After this click in the layer of the gradient, and copy/paste. That’s it.
Flag as inappropriatei cant find the gradient layer. where is it ?
Flag as inappropriatehelp me please.. :)
Nice tutorial, but step 4 won’t work for me, or perhaps I’m doing something wrong. :/ Can ya make that a little more clear or something?
Flag as inappropriateI Get What They’re Sayinq Now . When You Ctrl + Click On The First Letter Thinq Just Go On To Your Gradient Layer And Click On The Gradient Layer . Just That . Then COPY Once , Dont Click Any Other Layer And Paste . Disable Every Layer Except That One And Yhu Will See Yhur First Letter With SOme Gradient On It .
Flag as inappropriateWTF THIS MAKE NO SENSE #4 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU CANT COPY AND PASTE THE TWO LAYERS
Flag as inappropriateYeah! It works perfectly!
Flag as inappropriateThank you! :)
I absolutely loved this tutorial. It’s simple to follow and my results were great! Thank you so much, keep up the good work!
Flag as inappropriateit’s hard to understand.. haha. can’t get any one of it right.
Flag as inappropriateWoo.Great!
Flag as inappropriateGUYS FOR NUMBER 4; MAKE SURE YOURE USING THE >>GRADIENT TOOL<>PAINT BUCKET TOOL<<
thought i might get that out there lol ^^ v
Flag as inappropriatehey its me again and its step 4 again would like some help on it pleasee; when i CTRL + Click the letter’s contents and get the moving ants on the letter and then click the gradient and hit CTRL + C and then CTRL + V i get a solid letter and not a gradient-ed letter . how do i proceed from here ?
thank you !
Flag as inappropriateStuck on 4. I select both of the layers but it won’t let me copy :(
Flag as inappropriateGreat. Thank’s… ^_*
Flag as inappropriateThanks!!!
Flag as inappropriateGood tutorial!
beautiful!
Flag as inappropriateThis look like a really cool effect. My hang up is on step #4 as well though my problem is a bit different. I can get the first letter to copy/paste but then after that it won’t copy any more letters to the gradient layer. I can only paste the first letter. I am pretty sure I am doing this correctly. BTW I am using a Mac and photoshop CS3. On a Mac we us the cmd button for where a PC uses the ctrl button. Let me know thanks!
Flag as inappropriatein step four, they trying to say is copy the layer style from the gradient layer and paste it on your letter.
Flag as inappropriatetks it’s useful
Flag as inappropriatethanks
Flag as inappropriatei luvvvv this tutorial but i got stuck at step 4 :[ i really wanted to finish it thou.
Flag as inappropriateYeah i get stuck on there too. When i cut it, it cuts out plain white, and not the color of the gradient. If any one can help me please contact me on perfect4ever@hotmail.co.uk thanks, i really need this text for my school work >.>
Flag as inappropriateI have the samen problem :(
Flag as inappropriateHow do you fix this?
Great tutorial!
Flag as inappropriateGreat, however i got stuck on step 4. It would be great if you can expand on that. Im new to photoshop.
Flag as inappropriateI really appreciate this tutorial, but I have a problem with Step 7. I can’t apply the blur I don’t know why. Every time I try to do it, nothing happens with the text. Would you help me, please? :)
Flag as inappropriateCan you give us a tutorial how to create this good looking template design?
Flag as inappropriateNice tutorial..and your great looking website design..I like it
Flag as inappropriateHi!
Flag as inappropriateI’m having some troublw with step 4! For some reason I can’t copy the gradient or text layers! Can anyone maybe help?
Awesome. I tried it and it worked perfect. :)
Flag as inappropriateGlad you shared this with us
this is wonderful tutorial .. i read it 3 times and get a fantastic results and sure i put a
Flag as inappropriatecopy of this lesson on my site here
I don’t know why but my gaussian blur isn’t affecting the “ghost” layer.
Flag as inappropriateSomeone who can design a set “cuviline” thanks
Flag as inappropriateThis is nice, but you could do it in an easier way.
Flag as inappropriateThis is a fantastic tutorial!!. Your site is about the best sites for learning inovative techniques on the internet
Flag as inappropriatehey guys, for step 4.
Flag as inappropriateI think it’s best if you unclick the “eye” icon for the letter’s layer. and use the steps the creator has said. it works.
Ctrl + Click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette). Now, Select the Gradient Layer (By “Select”, I mean click the layer – do not select the layer contents. We want the selection of the first letter to remain) at this stage just make sure only the “Gradient layer” is selected only. i’m not sure how to explain but keep trying! you will get it for sure! BTW, love your tutorials! :)
Hey, i like this tutorial a lot,
but sometimes it’s a bit unclear:(
for example at step 5!! could someone please send me a detailed explenation to this e-mail: daviddoesburg@hotmail.com
thanks,
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hi! i can´t add color to the letters please help … ty
Flag as inappropriatei learned from this website i’m tel to thanks
Flag as inappropriatei need learn more pls help me
Hello, great tutorial made this:
http://i44.tinypic.com/28cmvyw.jpg
thanks
Flag as inappropriateHelp me please! I’m stuck on the 4th step. I can’t seem to figure it out. If anyone can help I would love you forever!
Flag as inappropriateemail me at squidger555@yahoo.com or post here
Thanks so much!
Awesome Tutorial… Keep up the good work :)
Flag as inappropriatehave a nice day
thx alot my friend
can i know the name of this tut FONT!!!!?? plz im waiting u
Flag as inappropriatehey thanks great tutorial but can someone help me on step 3!
Flag as inappropriatei dont understand where it says ‘fill in the work area so that the Gradient is not TOO OPAQUE, or TOO TRANSPARENT where it overlaps with the text, but fades nicely in that area’
step 3 is messing me up and i cant seem to figure out what to do
can somebody help me step by step with this
thanks
email me or post here
weird121@gmail.com
ok ok ok this is gnna sound cliche but; I’m new to Photoshop (im fresh from Fireworks) and i dont know this interface at alll >,<
#4 is my main problem; I know the gradient layer needs to be selected but this is what i do:
I select the Gradient Layer, then i hit CTRL+Click on the thumbnail of the letter which then starts the marquee around the letter; I hit CTRL+C and the CTRL+V and then it paste’s the letter, but its not transparent
thank you !
Flag as inappropriate“on 7 I can’t quite get the gaussian blur thing, it just appears when i duplicated like whiter or with more color but I can’t really appreciate any glow Idk what Im doing wrong”
I am experiencing exactly the same problem, anyone knowns how to solve this?
Flag as inappropriatethis is exciting! However, I am stuck with step 3 !!!! Could anyone pls help me to do this!!!!Many thanksssss!
Flag as inappropriateI just stumbled this tutorial, thanks for sharing I’ll give it a try :)
Flag as inappropriatehey awsome tut! just one question though…
on steps 6 and 7
on 6, I see the gradient layers and merge them just fine but when I made the selection and painted it, the letters just added to the new layer above my gradient letters, so I can’t really merge the color layer because it is already merged.
on 7 I can’t quite get the gaussian blur thing, it just appears when i duplicated like whiter or with more color but I can’t really appreciate any glow Idk what Im doing wrong
i hope you can help me out with this cause I am really looking forward using this effect!
Flag as inappropriatethanks!
I’m having trouble with Step 5. What do you color in? the Gradients you cut out or the letters you typed? Can you explain Step 5 in a bit more simpler terms?
Flag as inappropriate@EPGFX: Thank you soo much for helping explain step 4! I could just kiss you! I’ve been trying to figure out that step for hours!
Flag as inappropriateThnx a lot for this excellent work. I use it for my wordpress project :)
Flag as inappropriatethank you.
Flag as inappropriateI’ve used it and it worked just fine!:)
How come for step 4, after I’ve cut out the letters with the gradient and I put them together, they don’t look like the image there. – It doesn’t have the.. transparent thing or whatever when they overlap the other letters..
Please help?
Flag as inappropriatethanks very much. it’s cool,and i will try it!
Flag as inappropriatewow! that’s very clever! thanks
Flag as inappropriateHelp! i got stuck at step 3!
Flag as inappropriatehow do i create a white to transparent gradient?
do i need to use layer masks?
help!!
I am working on the colorful glowing text tutorial 9 and im stuck on step four…i cant seem to do it…not sure what i am missing…can anyone help
Flag as inappropriateBeautiful
Flag as inappropriateThis tutorial was really easy to follow unlike some others. I made a sweet Birthday card! Thank you.
Flag as inappropriateSelection step -
1. make sure the move tool arrow thingy button in the left hand tools is on.
Flag as inappropriate2. click on the layer with the letter you want in the layers pallet on the right.
3. control + click on the letter T in the same layer / same pallet
4. click on the top / gradient layer
5. edit > copy, edit > paste
I love your tutorials, there simple yet so useful!
Flag as inappropriateThe PSD doesn’t work.. And I am having troubles… HELP please!!!
Flag as inappropriateI have trouble with step 5, it doesn’t give me the same result. The white part of the gradient stays white and the transparent one turn red… I don’t know what to do to resolve this.
Thanks
Flag as inappropriatethats a lovely little effect indeed. Thanks. Peace Out
Flag as inappropriateI recently hit Tutorial9.net via google searching for vista-tutorials & was amazed to see the standard of tuorials . . .And I bookmarked it on first sight . .
Theres nothing i can request to you because it has tutorials on every happening modern teqhniques !!
I have never seen such glamorous tutorials anywhere on net & may this one … my second tutorial on tutorial9 … i think was amazing . . .
thanx tutorial9. . .rock on
Flag as inappropriateHey great tut. but i am stuck on part 4 :/…please can someone explain it again..
Flag as inappropriateGreat!
Flag as inappropriateSimple and beaultiful!
“Ctrl + Click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette”
What kind of PS are you using? When I click on layer thumbnail, it shows me short menu. How can I select more than one layer? I got stucked at step 4 (I made letters in line manually).
Flag as inappropriateHi David! I just discovered your blog and I’m loving it! Tricks and tutorials like these are just great to polish style!
Flag as inappropriateI have do have one nitpick about this tutorial, though: I don’t quite agree with the way you’re using ‘align bottom edges’ to get your type straight. It’s no problem as long as you’re using ALLCAPS, but any lowercase just doesn’t sit right. Actually, in your examples you can see that both the ‘O’ and the ’9′ stick out just that little bit. In a good font, round chars like these are just a little higher than the average capital in order to look as large as the rest.
A better way would be to draw a guide: the characters will snap to this guide at the right height, including those nightmares like C’s, Q’s and, worst of all, lowercase G’s…
I got stuck at the part where you blur the parts, help!
Flag as inappropriatehay mayn !
Flag as inappropriateim stuck at 5 , 6 and 7 ….
plz help , thankx (:
Hey can someone teach me how to add the colors? The way its taught is not clear enough to me. I’ve also read thru the guide posted by david. Because each time i add the colour, its more of like always white, or almost no difference…Help pls? stuck at step 5
Flag as inappropriateI used this to create a new blog header for myself as well as a visual for our church’s last series – they loved it!
Flag as inappropriatewow
Flag as inappropriatethis tutorial is great
thank you!!!!!! :D
Nice tutorial and nice designer ;)
Flag as inappropriateyeah im having exactly the same problem and its quite frustratin!:(
im doing exactly what u said, but none of the gradients overlap. is the blending mode set to normal on the copied gradient fonts (whats the opacity and fill at?).
after i filled in the colour to the letters too and set the mode to screen, the letters just go white. any suggestions? :P
Flag as inappropriateSo freaken weird… my colors don’t overlap the gradient over the pic
Flag as inappropriategood one, will try that, keep on posting such nice ones
Flag as inappropriatethis is mine, i hope it’s good
Flag as inappropriatehttp://img229.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abdelhakpm1.jpg
hi
Flag as inappropriategreat tut, but i want to ask one question, the purple colour behind the text, how can you do that
@EPGFX: EPGFX, if you’re having trouble with Photoshop Basics, I highly suggest you go and take a look at our School of Photoshop.
I’ve went back and added links to tutorials from our School of Photoshop to areas that might require extra knowledge. There were some before, but I tend to only link to them once, and then stop linking to them after that step (assuming it’s then known how to be used).
If you’re still having trouble, I’ve answered many of these questions already in the comments. Just look for the black comment box.
Flag as inappropriateCan someone please explain step 5 in detail please asap. Thanks.
Flag as inappropriateOne more thing. Do you make a gradient layer before or after you form it into the shape of the letters? If so, could you please explain the method.
Reasons for asking is because I’ve done what you said however Im looking for the exact look as shown in the screenshot in Step 4, or does that matter?
Flag as inappropriateThese tutorials would go a long way if the author would explain the steps in more detail. Not everyone is on the same level as one another.
Flag as inappropriateNever mind, I done it. Thanks for the help!
Flag as inappropriateOkay. So is the thumbnail the ‘eye’ to hide the layer? Explain in more detail on that, if possible.
Flag as inappropriateThanks for the tip! My work turned out great because of this tip!
Flag as inappropriateEPGFX this is how I think it goes, or at least it worked for me:
1. Ctrl + left click the Layer Thumbnail of your first letter in the Layers Palette. (The letter will now be highlighted with a dotted line around it’s edge.)
2. Left click the Gradient Layer.
3. Hit Ctrl + C.
4. Now Paste the letter (Ctrl + V) and a new gradient version of the letter will appear in the same place as the original letter however it will be in a new layer.
If you’re doing this and struggling to see them hide other layers by clicking on the little eye icon in the Layer’s Paletter (it is by the Layer’s thumbnail to it’s left.)
I hope that helps. If not the author will surely reply soon and explain it better than myself.
Flag as inappropriateHmm… I’m stuck on ”stage.4 – cutting out the letters” Could you perhaps go into more detail and explain the method of forming the gradient into the shape of the letter please. I cant get my head around it, I’d really appreciate the help. Thanks
Flag as inappropriateThe technique seemed a bit too difficult for me. I guess my gradient was wrong as the colours were too faded when I was colouring them in. At that point I quit as starting from scratch would take me a long time. :(
It looks nice … I’m just dissapointed about the gradient. I feel you need to explain it a bit better than “till it fades in nice” as I everyone’s opinions vary. I tried to use yours as a reference but it didn’t seem to work.
Flag as inappropriate@CARLYS: Click on the the “Gradient” first and hold Ctrl (or what ever it is on MAC), then click the actual “box” to the left of where your layers are and should make the “lins” around where the letters are. Then just press Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V and you should have it!
Flag as inappropriateHi, thanks in advance to post this!
I’m a Photoshop CS 3 for mac user….The step 4 is just impossible to apply…could U explain this for mac users too?……Hugs!
Flag as inappropriate@Fuel: Anytime mate — took me a while to come up with a easier way to explain that.
We just posted another tutorial :) We’ve always got new ones on the backburner. Be sure to subscribe if you want all the latest updates!
Flag as inappropriate@David Leggett:
Flag as inappropriateThanks for the quick reply, and I finally got it working a-ok. Love the site- and the tutorials; I hope you have some more on the way!
@Fuel: Be sure you are:
Flag as inappropriate1. Creating a selection of the type first.
2. In the layer palette, click on the gradient layer (do not hold Ctrl)
— You know have a dashed selection of the type, but you have the gradient layer selected in the layers palette —
3. Ctrl + C (Copy Current Layer)
4. Paste (Ctrl + V)
I am also having trouble with step 4, I’m using CS3 Extended, and I select both layers (gradient and the 1st layer) but when I press ctrl+c it doesn’t do anything. Help Please!
-Thanks
Flag as inappropriatenice blog man! yesterday read your interview, decided to watch tutorials – cool.
Flag as inappropriatecan give you a hand in flash/AS3.0 to make something interactive.
i wanted this to work, but it didn’t :’(
i am using Photoshop 7, and i couldn’t do half of things.. such as, i couldn’t select all layers to align them like in the beginning…
and, i couldn’t for the life of me figure out step 5 when you color them.. i tried everything, and nothing worked right. i eventually THOUGHT i had it ok when i went to blending options and used a color overlay, and that still didn’t work once i tried to merge everything…
help please?! nickjk@ymail.com
Flag as inappropriateI stucked at step 4. Could you upload video tutorial and post link here? Thanks.
Flag as inappropriateLoved again…
Nice color and amazing and simple effect.
That’s why I like this blog.
my result:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30010412@N06/2829147395/sizes/o/
Thanks
Flag as inappropriateHi! I like your result, my question is, what font did you use? :)
Flag as inappropriatei love this tutorial but im having trouble aligning the bottom edges in step 2. i cant understand what i am doing wrong.. email me please piinksnowdz@live.com
Flag as inappropriateHeya David,
Flag as inappropriateyour tuts are a great way to improve skillz…
Thanx for sharing your knowledge!
Keep it up!
thankyou, I’ve got it.
Flag as inappropriateHow do you? Create a selection of your first gradient-letter
I can created a duplicate layer of it, but how do I color it?
Flag as inappropriateThanks!! I’ve got it now!
Flag as inappropriate@Pickerd: The only reason you need to select the letters again is to color them in with the Paint Bucket Tool. To make additional copies, you right click the layer, then click Duplicate Layer ;)
When you make selections, areas that are less than 50% opaque will not be shown as part of the selection. However, THERE IS A SELECTION THERE. It’s just not shown. Filling in the selection with color should be no problem.
Flag as inappropriateMy prob seems to be unique. When selecting the letters (ctrl-click the layer) copying from the gradient layer and pasting, thats fine. But for some reason, the copied layers, the new letters, you can only select a small portion. The top half. I also notice, when using the move tool on the gradient layer, the box doesnt go around the whole window. I know this is the cause, but dont know how to get around it. This creates the prob of not being able to copy the letters again for the colouring. Using the magic wnd is a work around, but it leaves the letters very aliased.
Ideas?
Flag as inappropriateHELP!!! I can’t get the color to look right. I’ve followed the directions but I’m missing something in this part of the tutorial. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong! I’d really appreciate some help with this amazing effect!!
Flag as inappropriateStriking !!!! 2 thumbs up !!!!!
Flag as inappropriateGreat effect, the way you break things down make these seem simple to create. Thanks again.
Flag as inappropriatehey david!
Flag as inappropriatenice tutorial but difficult to handle for me :/
i’m from germany and my ap is also in german…so there are some steps I don’t understand..perhaps you can help me. it would be very nice! the 4th step is my problem.
maybe you could write me?
thanks a lot. jaykind
Thanks for the great tutorial! it’s really nice.
I just had 1 question on step 5. When i add the color and change the blending option to screen on the new layer, it keeps a similar solid color and looks no way near as transparent as yours. Any idea what i’ve done wrong?
Thanks!
Flag as inappropriateAwesome tutorial..great job man!
Flag as inappropriateExcellent as always, David!
Flag as inappropriate@David Leggett:
Flag as inappropriateThanks for the quick reply:) I think i found my mistake…I added a White to black gradient…While i should have added White to transparent…
I am getting stuck at #4 as well . . . anyone have any ideas?
Flag as inappropriate@maubilli: Try lowering the opacity of your gradient before cutting from it if you’re still having trouble. It just means that you’re gradient is too opaque to begin with ;)
@Nicky: You need to select the Gradient layer before copying. Otherwise, you will copy the contents of the text layer.
Flag as inappropriate@David Leggett:
Flag as inappropriateHi David, can u pls help me?
I really like ur tutorial, and was trying to make it… but at one point, something is not working. Im ready until step4, but when i put the cut letters next to each other…they dont look like urs – at the meeting of ur letters, they became brighter, but at the meeting of my letters, they r totally opaque.
Thankssss!!!!!!!!!
wesummmmmmmmm…trying it now…
Flag as inappropriateI got stuck with step 4. When I copied and pasted I only got the letter, not the gradient mask. Help me please, what am I doing wrong?
Flag as inappropriateI don’t get step 4. Can someone please help me? My e-mail is ell-aa@hotmail.com. I really want to do this tutorial!
Flag as inappropriateThis one’s for you guys: BLUEnergy Hope y’all like it!
Flag as inappropriateAmazing tutorial…THX!
Inspired by @Ember mix with the “Energize” tutorial i’ve decided to create a image using both tutorials too… and it turned out really good i think and in a “unique” way…
Flag as inappropriatehttp://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5078/brennofinalom2.png
Greate.
Flag as inappropriateVery good effect !! I love Tutorial9′s tutorial =)
Flag as inappropriatethanks for this..took me 2 days to do..haha..
Flag as inappropriatefound step 5 hard to do..
im new to photoshop you see..do most of my work on FW
thanks
Late response but just wanted to say I love this tut. Keep them coming^^
Flag as inappropriateWow! I love this effect! Will definately use this. Ooohh and im finally back Hahaha was on vacation for a few weeks :) Glad to be back.
Hope to see more soon.
Flag as inappropriatehats off work ………………….
Flag as inappropriatevery nice tutorial :) Thanx a bunch!
Flag as inappropriateyes!! i know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!disable!!!!!!!!!!!
Flag as inappropriateI love this text effect.
It is my friend’s birthday in about a week, so I made her a picture using this and another one of the tutorials on Tutorial9.
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8066/kattysbirthdaykw4.png
Thanks for uploading all these tuts, dude. I’ve learnt heaps.
Flag as inappropriateWow it’s very cool, what kind of texture and other effects did you use? Contact me at:
Jordycoolcat@hotmail.com
thanks!
Flag as inappropriatesuperb tuts………
Flag as inappropriatesimple & creative….
step4:paste—-ctrl+v?? But the layer is copied ,not the effect…
Flag as inappropriateVery Great & Simple
Flag as inappropriateOops never mind. I guess I am not that big of an idiot after all lol
Flag as inappropriateJust got photoshop so I am a total newbie. This effect is awesome, but once I get to the gradient part of the tutorial I am having trouble b/c I have never used the gradient tool before and when I try to use it; it covers the letters I made. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Sweet site.
Flag as inappropriateWonderful tutorial. Thank you very much for this little gem.
Flag as inappropriateQuite gorgeous. Brevity is always good in tutorials, and its good to see you captured such a complex effect in only 10 steps.
Flag as inappropriatehmmm…..now where should I use it?
Flag as inappropriateI was actually planning on posting a similar tutorial to this, but won’t bother now as everything has been captured so well here! Great tutorial, keep up the awesome posts :)
Flag as inappropriateUau! Thaks for all David!
i like the way you understand design!
u are helping a lot of people showing ur way!
Design like style of life!
if u need some just sendme mail or writme!!
sorry all for my bad english :P
Flag as inappropriategreat!!!simple yet effective:)thanks for sharing your knowledge
Flag as inappropriateOMG – this is incredible.
Flag as inappropriateThanks folks. Be sure to pay drasik a visit as well if you get a chance, as he definitely deserves most of the credit for this effect. He’s got a blog, though his primary language is not English.
Flag as inappropriateGreat effect. Love the colours! :)
Flag as inappropriatea pretty simple tut…. but gr8 effect…
ur type tuts are really good…
thanx a lot….. :)
Flag as inappropriateCredit where credit is due, this is truly a great tut. Really good stuff.
Flag as inappropriateThats a really cool effect, i can see me using some thing like that for presenting work etc on portfolios, i like how you layered the PSD file as well.
Good Stuff Max
Flag as inappropriateGreat tut dude! simple but wonderful outcome!
Flag as inappropriatei cant copy and paste to get the effect either and i have a mac help
Flag as inappropriateSelect the gradient layer. Then, while holding down the apple/command key, select the square in the letter layer (don’t select the entire layer). Any time a tutorial says to use “ctrl,” you use the apple/command key on a Mac.
I’m stuck on step 5…I can’t get a selection of the letter. I get part of the letter selected, but that’s it…
Flag as inappropriatekk i got it once and i cant figure out how, could you explain in a little more detail katie?
Flag as inappropriateits simple try once again, but still u fail i ll help
Flag as inappropriatehello did you find any solution for step 5?
Flag as inappropriateStill, even if you have part of your letter selected, copy it and paste it in the new layer …
Flag as inappropriateIt works…however =)
I can not do step 4!!!
Flag as inappropriateI found the solution!!… just make double click in the little white box of the layer you want, then hold CTRL and click on gradiant layer.. then paste on the layer of the letter yo want.
Flag as inappropriatewhere is gradient layer position ?
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