Colorful Shining Text Effect in Photoshop

In this short tutorial i will show you how to create shining text effect in adobe photoshop with simple background, i hope you will learn something new from this tutorial.

here is my final Result of this text effect:

adobe photoshop shining text effect tutorial

Step 1

Create a new document, use the size you want, it doesn’t matter, (I have used 500×300) and fill it with dark gray color, #222222

shining text effect in photoshop

Step 2

Now create new layer and name it “Text”  place your text in this layer,

photoshop shining text effect

Step 3

right click on this layer now and choose blending options > Gradient overlay and use colors setting which are given below,

photoshop image shining text effect

Step4

Duplicate this Layer and name it “Dupliacted Text”

now choose “Dupliacted Text” layer and goto Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set radius to 31.7
you will get something like this

shining text effect in photoshop

Step5

Now choose the layer “Text”, right click on it and then goto blending options , tick on inner glow and press ok,

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

Step 6

choose the background layer (which you have filled with dark gray color, #222222) and goto Filter > Render > clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds,

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

Step 7

working on the same background layer, goto Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set Radius to 30.0,

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

after setting Gaussian Blur effect, goto Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges and choose this setting,

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

now you will get something like this,

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

Step 8

Now goto Filter > Texture > Craquelure and use this setting

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

Now your Result will be like this,

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

Step 9

Now working on the same background layer goto Filter > Render > Lense Flare , Choose 50-300mm zoom and set brightness to 77%,

if you want to create a shadow for it then simply choose the layer “Text” and duplicate it again, flip it vertically and decrease its opacity,

create shining text effect in adobe photoshop

if you like my tutorial then simply leave a comment or if you want to ask a question then you can simply ask it here,

Added on July 7, 2008 in Adobe Photoshop Tutorials | | Total Views: 2215
  1. Sahana ( July 8th, 2008 - 5:10 am )

    hh

  2. mayuree ( July 8th, 2008 - 7:55 am )

    please forward photoshop workshop material

  3. Anmo ( July 8th, 2008 - 9:29 am )

    do you mean PSD?

  4. Paul ( July 18th, 2008 - 3:09 pm )

    I loike the tutorial especially the way you show the steps with the result at each stage so we can see what effect the different functions have. I would never have thought of adding effects in this sequential way I tend to change all the settings at once. Thank you for your tutorial.

    Paul
    webmaster @ http://www.hostersuk.com

  5. GAURAV ( July 21st, 2008 - 12:17 pm )

    I LOVE U

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