Make neon text

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Kugar13
Jul 29, 2008
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Does anyone know of any good tutorials on how to make neon signs/text using photoshop?

Thanks!!!!!!!!

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Kugar13
Jul 29, 2008
sorry guys, I just found a ton of tutorials on the subject. Please forgive the inconvenience.
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Kugar13
Jul 29, 2008
I’ve tried deleting this post, but it won’t let me. =(
Sorry again.
BH
BILL_HUNT
Jul 29, 2008
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
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dave_milbut
Jul 29, 2008
nice touches hunt. thanks for the tips!
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Kugar13
Jul 29, 2008
As always, thanks Bill!!!!
BH
BILL_HUNT
Jul 30, 2008
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
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Q_Photo
Jul 31, 2008
"Imagine my joy, when I first got PS!!!!"
Oh how true, for so many of usÂ…
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Freeagent
Jul 31, 2008
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…
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Freeagent
Jul 31, 2008
On second thought I still do that.

But the chair is better.
BH
BILL_HUNT
Jul 31, 2008
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

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