Neon Text Effect

To create the ‘Green Neon Text’ follow the tutorial below and you
should end up with the same as my result or as near as depending on the
color you choose 

First of all create a Document about 100 pixels x 100 pixels and type a single letter in ‘Bold’ ( I chose the letter ‘V’ )

Select you ‘Text Tool’ > Right click and choose ‘Rasterize Type’.

Hold
your control key (CTRL) and click on your text layer which is situated
on your ‘Layer Pallet’ this will select the outline of you text

After
you have done the above instruction take out your ‘Gradient Tool’ and
make you foreground a light grey and you background slightly Darker than
you foreground, fill your letter like the image below;

Now go to Edit > Stroke and use the settings below;

Now go to Select > Modify > Contract and use the settins below;

Now
change you Background and Foreground color from your light grey and
dark grey to light and dark green, now fill your selecting with the
gradient once again, this time with darker green towards the top.

Now go to Edit > Stroke and use the settings below;

Now
make a new layer. Go to Layer > New layer and take out your gradient
tool once again. This time set your foreground color to white and from
the drop down menu at the top of the screen choose the gradient type
circled in the image below;

Now
use your gradient tool to fill your selection about half way. Next take
out your circle tool and delete the bottom half by selecting the
opposite of what you want deleted and choose Select > Inverse

Now just add a drop shadow of your choice and you done  Cheesy !!!!!!!

Result at top

Please post your results following this Tutorial

 

Thanks to : Ŵraps

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