colorfullight

In this tutorial, we will create a nice bright colorful light text effect.

The Final Result:

colorful light

Notes:

* the software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
* the size of the final result image is 1024 * 768
* you might want to check the Basix Page to see some useful topics on dealing with Photoshop basics, such as loading palettes and some shortcuts.

Resources:

* Sparkle Brushes by ~Scully7491.

Step 1:

- Fill the Background with Black. Create your text with the color #fff43e. The font used is ThickDeco and the size is 250px. If you want to arrange the words separately, create each one on a separate layer, then group them and call the group “original text”.

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- Now click and drag the group to the “New Layer” icon to duplicate it. Then, right click on the copy, and choose Merge Group.

colorful light step 1

Step 2:

Go back to the “original text” group, and double click on any of the layers to apply the following styles:

- Outer Glow: Change the color to #fff43e, and increase the Range to 100. This will soften the glow a bit.

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- Inner Glow: Change the color to #fff43e, the Size to 10, and increase the Range to 60.

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- Click OK, then change the layer’s Fill value to 0.

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- Now, we want to copy the style to the other layers in the group. So right click on the layer to which you applied the styles, and choose Copy Layer Style. Shift + Click all the remaining layers in the group, then right click on any one of them and choose Paste Layer Style.

colorful light step 2

This is what you should get. (You will need to remove the eye icon next to the merged group layer on top of the “original text” group in order to see the changes, but don’t forget to click it back so that it’s visible again.)

colorful light step 2

Step 3:

Double click on the “original text copy” layer to apply the following styles as well:

- Inner Glow: Leave the values as they are by default.

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- Bevel and Emboss: Change the Depth to 225, the Size to 2, and the Gloss Contour to Valley – Low. Also, check the Anti – aliased box for a smoother result.

colorful light step 3

- Contour: Just check the Anti – aliased box.

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- When you hit OK, change the “original text copy” layer’s Fill value to 0.

colorful light step 3

Step 4:

- Set the Foreground color to White, create a new layer and call it “Sparkles”.

Download the Sparkle Brushes by ~Scully7491, and choose the brush shown below. Change the brush Size as you like, here, it is something around 35px. Start drawing some sparkles randomly, but don’t overdo it, keep it simple.

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- Once you’re done drawing the sparkles, create two duplicates of the “Sparkles” layer, and rename them to “Vertical Blur”, and “Horizontal blur”.

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- Select the “Vertical Blur” layer, then go to Filter -> Blur -> Motion Blur, change the Angle to 90, and the Distance to 135px.

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- Now, select the “Horizontal Blur” layer, and again, go to Filter -> Blur -> Motion Blur, but this time, change the Angle to 0, and keep Distance set to 135px.

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Step 5:

The final step is adding the colors. Create a new layer on top of all layers and call it “color”, and change its Blend Mode to Color. Then, choose a soft brush and change its Size to something around 250px. You can use the ‘[' to increase its size and ']‘ to decrease it while you’re adding the colors if needed.

colorful light step 5

Pick some bright vivid colors and start clicking inside your document to add different color spots everywhere, until the whole text is covered.

Also, you can switch between the “Normal” and “Color” Blend Modes to see what you’re doing.

colorful light step 5

Once you’re done coloring, change the Blend Mode to Color, and you’re done!

colorful light

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» 90 Comments

  1. Moai says:
    January 10, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Nice work!..Thanks..^^

    Reply
  2. RoGina says:
    January 11, 2011 at 4:33 am

    Brilliant! Great idea!

    Reply
  3. Moai says:
    January 11, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    I learned to use many photoshop skills.Thanks..^^
    please recomend another Tutorial site.
    and I’ll wait your tutorial.
    Was late but, Happy new year.

    Reply
  4. Mata says:
    January 12, 2011 at 4:05 am

    love it! thanks so much

    Reply
  5. vivek says:
    January 13, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    really useful…thanks

    Reply
  6. Stol says:
    January 13, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    Muito show, fiz também e postarei em breve no meu blog.
    http://www.artesdostol.blogspot.com.
    Paz e sucesso, sempre.
    Abç.

    Reply
  7. chapola says:
    January 16, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    otimo e simples jsuashas

    Reply
  8. Lilly says:
    January 26, 2011 at 12:46 am

    As always I love your text tutorials. The instructions are easy to follow because of all the detail that you add. Todah/Thank you for sharing! Shalom Tehillah

    Reply
  9. Usman says:
    January 27, 2011 at 6:50 am

    Nice On3…….
    I like it……!!!!!!

    Reply
  10. Andie says:
    February 7, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Love it! It was easy to follow and looks really pretty. Thanks!

    Reply
  11. lola says:
    February 27, 2011 at 2:48 am

    hi
    nice very nice thanxx

    Reply
  12. zizi05015 says:
    February 28, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    you got amazing skills with layer styles… i haven’t notice that layer styles can do all that until now… and thanks for the tutorials..

    Reply
  13. Susananana says:
    March 8, 2011 at 3:36 am

    Very awesome! Loved seeing it develop. Thank you for your creative talent and for sharing!

    Reply
  14. Sarah says:
    March 18, 2011 at 8:05 am

    OMYGOSH! THANKS! this is so nice ;) and it works!

    Reply
  15. Tyler says:
    March 26, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    How would you be able to do this with a transparent background, as in for a t-shirt design. When i hide the background and save as .png it comes out completely different.

    Reply
  16. php forms says:
    June 6, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    Great tutorial

    Reply
  17. Kyerra says:
    June 15, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    thank you so much this has helpe me majorly

    Reply
  18. Junior Ramos says:
    June 29, 2011 at 4:54 am

    Ual… muito interessante esse efeito, parabéns

    Reply
  19. echoesfading says:
    July 31, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    fun! tried this out and i really like it. thanks for sharing :)

    Reply
  20. Nyana Krähe says:
    August 1, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Very nice, i loved it :D

    Reply
  21. Suhail Ahmad says:
    August 4, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    your tutorial its awesome. I followed your step and done my text..Thank you so much..

    Reply
  22. Muhamad Tarek says:
    September 16, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    Nice tutorial I love it but I Think the ver. and horz. blur need to look a little softer ,, Just sayin’ :D
    That’s my result
    http://i56.tinypic.com/21cxq3d.jpg

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    • textuts says:
      September 16, 2011 at 7:39 pm

      Thanks!
      I kinda went for an extra bright effect, but you can always adjust the values as you like.
      Great outcome by the way :)
      Thanks once again

      Reply
  23. Tobin says:
    September 23, 2011 at 6:05 am

    This was soooo much fun! And found at the right time ;)

    Reply
  24. rjsocial says:
    September 29, 2011 at 10:34 am

    what version of photoshop are you using? i have PS 9.0/cs2 will your tutorial work. of course I have not tried yet.

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    • textuts says:
      September 29, 2011 at 3:20 pm

      I’m using CS5 extended, but if you have all the layer styles applied you should be able to create this in CS2.
      If you have any questions when using your version you can leave another comment and I’ll try my best to help.

      Reply
  25. MARLON PESSOA says:
    October 10, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    Amazing tutorial!!
    i love the effect,its so easy!!
    thanks for it!

    Reply
  26. Rashmi says:
    October 14, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Thank you very much. I had a great time following this tutorial. This tutorial have easy steps so anyone can easily catch it.

    Reply
  27. Olivia Rose says:
    October 29, 2011 at 1:49 am

    Wonderfully written tutorial. I love how you used screenshots to back up your written directions. I tried it and will be modifying now to fit a header.
    Thank you so much for all the work you put into these tuts you publish.

    Reply
  28. Redjan says:
    November 26, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    Hey there! I thought I should congratulate you on your excellent work, not that you haven’t been told already of course. :D
    But I must say that you do the best tutorials by far, and I’ve learnt a lot of new photo-shopping skills by doing them. Maybe one day I can be as good as you. :D
    It’s clear that you put in a lot of time and effort and It has certainly paid off, s well done!
    You also take the time to reply to every comment showing you put your visitors before yourself, it really is heart-warming to see there is still humanity in this world. :)

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    • textuts says:
      November 27, 2011 at 12:58 pm

      Hello Redjan,

      Thank you so very much for your amazing, and really special, comment. I definitely appreciate it, and it sure means a lot to know that you like the tutorials, and that you take the time to leave such a nice comment.
      Thanks once again for the support.

      Best regards,
      Rose

      Reply
  29. Ramon says:
    November 28, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    Thank you soo much!!
    Very good job!

    Reply
  30. Adithya says:
    November 29, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    Wooo…. That was awesome….. I have succesfully Completed it to a great effect…. U rock man…… Thanks a ton man…….. :)

    Reply
  31. Nokkispokkis says:
    February 21, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Thank you so much! It worked!

    Reply
  32. Arul Sam says:
    February 27, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Your tutorial is very helpful, but i am having a problem with motion blur.i can’t get the same one as yours.The blur is spreading and its not narrow.

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    • textuts says:
      February 28, 2012 at 7:34 pm

      Hello Arul,
      Did you make sure that you are using the Motion Blur not the Gaussian Blur? Also, please check the values you are using once again.
      If the problem still exists, please feel free to add a reply with more details.

      Thanks a lot for the comment.

      Reply
      • Arul Sam says:
        March 6, 2012 at 7:14 pm

        First of all thank you very much for your reply, only in the psd file it is spreading, but when i extract it in jpg format its ok.Once again thank you very much for such a wonderful tutorial.

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        • textuts says:
          March 7, 2012 at 11:11 pm

          No problem :)
          Are you working in the CMYK mode? This might be the cause of the problem, so try working in RGB instead.
          Thanks a lot for the nice words :)

          Reply
  33. Jan says:
    April 3, 2012 at 9:40 am

    Waw! Very Good tut! really i liked it ! Keep going !

    Reply
  34. valentina says:
    April 5, 2012 at 12:48 am

    loved this tutorial greetings form argentina!!

    Reply
  35. elexander says:
    May 10, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    i cant merge group :(

    Reply
  36. wayan ariana says:
    August 21, 2012 at 7:12 am

    awesome,, thank lot
    i will try .,.
    i want be design, ok by the way have you tutor or anythink to learn english conversation,

    Reply
    • textuts says:
      August 22, 2012 at 10:57 am

      Glad you will :)
      I do not have links for English tutoring unfortunately, but you can always use Google for help ;)

      Good luck and thank you for the comment.

      Reply
  37. Kauthar says:
    January 1, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    Great Tutorial :D
    *Thanks for sharing :) (Y)

    Reply
  38. kaleem abdin says:
    May 22, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    i’m impress for this text design

    Reply

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