sorry guys, I just found a ton of tutorials on the subject. Please forgive the inconvenience.
I’ve tried deleting this post, but it won’t let me. =(
Sorry again.
Kugar13,
Do not know which tutorials you found, but let me add a little tip for when you’ve finished creating the glow. If you are looking to mimic ‘neon" tubing, you might want to do a touch of shading on your letters (the "tube"), so that the edges are a tad darker, than the centerline. Also, at bends, etc., add a little white highlight to those points. I’d orient them to follow the centerline of your letter. They can be small, but with the little bit of shading, you can get a nice 3D effect. I also add a hint of noise in the shading.
Hunt
nice touches hunt. thanks for the tips!
As always, thanks Bill!!!!
You are most welcome. We used to have to do this in the darkroom in analog on registered 8×10 dupe film and a few dozen A – B lithmasks plus various soft-focus filters. Imagine my joy, when I first got PS!!!!
Hunt
"Imagine my joy, when I first got PS!!!!"
Oh how true, for so many of us
Q
I sort of miss the old darkroom on occasion.
It was a heroic battle in there – I could spend days, weeks on a single print. I came out with scars…
On second thought I still do that.
But the chair is better.
Yes, there were good days, and good nights, but I do not miss the frustration of getting a 20-step transparency through step 19 and messing something up.
I felt the same way when I first picked up Adobe Premiere, as I grew up doing film and recall those editing sessions. Trouble was, you really could not see what you were doing, until the lab got you a work-print of your A-B rolls, only to find out that something had slipped on the Moviola. Now, it’s all 1’s n 0’s and you can do things that one never thought possible way back when…
God, I love digital manipulation and editing!!!
Hunt
