Part 1. A drop-down menu will open with several options. A pop-up will appear with several options you can configure for your new Photoshop file. Enter the name of your new Photoshop file into the Name field.
Set the image size to pixels. This will improve the quality of the image when printed. This will save the file as PNG automatically. A transparent background is great for many reasons: flexibility on the use of the 3D text and ability to overlap layers on top of one another, to name a few.
Change the background color. If you opted to use the default white background color, you can change it now. To do this, click the paint bucket Paint icon in the toolbar at the left. Change the color of the first box between two square boxes present at the bottom left side of the toolbar by clicking on it and selecting the preferred color.
Now drag the paint bucket and click any area on the white image. The document will be filled with the color you have chosen. Open an image optional. In case you want to place the 3D text on a specific image, you should load the image into Photoshop first.
A file browser will open; navigate through your folders to the image file you want to use. Part 2. Select the Text tool. After creating a new image file or loading an image, go to toolbar at the left. After clicking this tool, the toolbar at the top of the screen will change to display the different Text Options. Choose the font. Next thing you need to do is select the font to use for your 3D text. After selecting the Text tool, go to the top of the screen to the Text Options toolbar.
You can also opt to have your texts in bold or italics by selecting the option next to the font styles box. Change the font size. Click the down arrow button beside the box with the numbers on it in the Text Options toolbar. Bonus ; free resources included too! Are you ready to master creating a neon effect in Photoshop?
Table of Contents. Pro Tip: You can improve the readability of your text by adjusting the letter spacing. Line Two of Text For our second line of text, I will change the font type, color, and size.
Glowing Neon. Organize Your Layers. Step 3: Create a Neon Sign. Locate the tool via the toolbar and set the colors as follows;.
Three More Shapes. Using the Pen Tool. Glowing Neon Sign. This can be done by using your Move Tool V to move them into position. Warp Your Neon Sign. Step 5: Enhance the Neon Effect. Next, open the Layer Style panel again and adjust the Bevel and Emboss settings as follow;. Now What? Like this article? If so, please share! A year photography pro with a desire to help you achieve your creative vision!
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Free Photoshop Actions. Prev Previous. All you need to do is type your text in the smart layer and save the changes. A new 3D text effect with a subtle fade out style well suited for posters, advertisements or other design project.
A typographic text effect you can use to achieve the same result for your vintage poster design. The effect uses textures and subtle 3D depth on the text to illustrate your poster or flyer design, or card design for instance.
Just simply drag and drop your typographic design and save. You can change the colors of the text, 3D depth and background to suit your need. This is a vector collection of cartoon letters for you to create a striking 3D text effect. Mix them and create your own version with ease. The text effect is ideal for your apps, logos, titles, comics, headers or banners. You can even create a great typographic piece for your poster or greeting card design.
Double click the smart object layer in the PSD file and type your own text or add symbol and save to get the effect. You can easily change the entire color profile in the text. A super realistic neon glow text effect on a bricks wall background PSD file.
Use the smart-object layer to create your own neon text within seconds. I'm just going to use the x preset size. You can use whichever size you like for your width and height, and then click OK to create your new Photoshop document:.
Follow along with the video for this tutorial on YouTube! Press D on your keyboard to quickly reset Photoshop's foreground and background colors, which sets black as your foreground color. Press X on your keyboard to swap your foreground and background colors so white becomes your foreground color.
Select your Type tool from the Tools palette or by pressing T on your keyboard. Choose a font from the Options Bar at the top of the screen, then click inside the Document Window and enter your text.
I'm using "Times New Roman Bold" here to keep things simple if you want to follow along. I'll enter the word "GOLD":. You should now have three layers in your Layers palette:. With the text copy layer selected, click on the Layer Styles icon at the bottom of the Layers palette:. We're going to set the colors for our gradient, so click directly on the gradient preview area circled in red above to bring up the Gradient Editor. When the Gradient Editor appears, click on the left color marker to select it, and then click on the Color swatch to choose a color for the left side of the gradient:.
This brings up Photoshop's Color Picker. You can use whichever gold colors you prefer, but if you want to follow along, I've entered a color of R, G, B which gives us a light gold color I cheated and sampled the color from a photo of a gold coin :. Click OK to accept the color and exit out of the Color Picker. Then, back in the Gradient Editor, click on the right color marker to select it, and then click back on the Color swatch :.
When the Color Picker comes back up, enter R, G, B to give us a darker gold color also sampled from the gold coin :. Back in the Gradient Overlay options in the Layer Style dialog box, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word "Linear" and change the Style of the gradient to Reflected :. This will add the darker gold color to both the top and bottom of the text, leaving the lighter color in the middle:. Click directly on the words "Bevel and Emboss" in the layer styles menu along the left of the Layer Style dialog box to switch to the Bevel and Emboss options.
Make sure you click directly on the words themselves, not just in the little box beside them, otherwise the options won't appear:. In the Bevel and Emboss Structure options in the middle of the Layer Style dialog box, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word "Smooth" and change the Technique to Chisel Hard :.
In the Shading options below the Structure options, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word "Gloss Contour" and select Ring - Double , which is on the bottom row, third from the left:.
Select the Anti-Aliased option as well to prevent our text from getting the "jaggies". Go back up to the Structure options at the top of the Layers styles dialog box and drag the Size slider bar to the right until you've closed up the open spaces inside the letters.
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