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Jagged Glow Effect in Photoshop
Written by: yourcinderella | Learn how you can make a nice jagged glow effect on any raster using Adobe Photoshop.
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This tutorial will teach you on how to make a text glow effect on a plain text. I used ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS on this one. This is very easy so give it a try :)

STEP 1
Start with a simple text like this one below. I used plain black for the background and white for the text. Remember to put enough space for the effect.


STEP 2
Select the text layer and apply Polar Coordinates. [ Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates ] Click YES to rasterize the layer. Select the Polar to Rectangular radio button.


STEP 3
Rotate the image. [ Image > Rotate Canvas > 90CW ]


STEP 4
Apply Wind [ Filter > Stylize > Wind ( Method Wind ) ] Direction from the right. Click Okay and apply it again, this time, Direction from the left.


STEP 5
Rotate back like in step 3 and apply the Wind filter again in both directions.


STEP 6
Apply [ Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates ] this time, select the Rectangular to Polar radio button.


STEP 7
Add a color balance [ Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance ] Play with the color balance to achieve the desired color.


STEP 8
This is what you get:


EXTRA STEP
This is one is optional. You may add some motion blur for added effect. [ Filter > Blur > Motion Blur ]


And there you have it! Achieve this text effect by following 8 easy steps!

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| Written by: yourcinderella | Added: Sep 17 2009 | Last Modified: Dec 21 2009 | Views: 2,919 | (Log in to rate) |

User Comments

Zaphiie of roguecity.netSeptember 18 2009, 12:14 am PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
Wow That's really cool ^^ I'll certainly use this, thankyou   
Puffs of ipawd.netSeptember 18 2009, 5:49 am PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
That's a cool effect!
Jenny of windymill.skyne...September 18 2009, 12:12 pm PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
Cool effect although I don't know where I'd use it.
Fox of anime-designs.so-...September 18 2009, 6:20 pm PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
Nice effect.

The finished product looks really cool.
yourcinderellaSeptember 20 2009, 9:20 am PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
Thanks guys!
chubbytiger2September 20 2009, 7:08 pm PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
thats ok.. i guess maybe you should make a racing logo or something with it "shrugs"
Haily of icecaves.netSeptember 28 2009, 3:17 pm PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
5/5
That's a really clever way to go about adding that effect. Nice
Thomas of icecaves.netSeptember 28 2009, 7:58 pm PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
5/5
That's a really cool effect.
francine_October 1 2009, 5:57 pm PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
4.5/5
Awesome text effect.   
LillieDecember 4 2009, 1:56 am PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
wow thats really cool. But mine was a bit different actually it was really bad.
oh well. better luck next time.
Zaphiie of roguecity.netDecember 4 2009, 1:17 pm PST - Karma: 0 - Quote - Link -
Lillie said:
wow thats really cool. But mine was a bit different actually it was really bad.
oh well. better luck next time.


Lillie stop putting yourself down D;  

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