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How to create Neon Happy New Year 2012 in photoshop!
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In this tutorial by secondary, we are going to design a simple but elegant New Year illustration with neon digits in Photoshop CS5. I hope you enjoy this tutorial and that it inspires you to create your own illustration for New Year! Layered PSD file included. Lets get started! - All credit to here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] I am just sharing!

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Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1900px by 1200px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
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Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
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Weve got the next background:
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Create a new layer and select the Soft Round brush from Brush Tool (B)
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Click in the canvas and type 2012. Press Enter to apply the text.
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Set Fill to 0% for this layer and click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel to select Outer Glow.
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Add Inner Glow:
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Apply Stroke:
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Weve got the next result:
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Rasterize the texts layer by creating a new layer above the digits one and then select both layers in Layers panel by holding Ctrl button. Then press CTRL+E to Merge Down.
Insert the mask on the layer by choosing Add layer mask on the bottom part of the Layers panel and choose the Soft Round brush of black color (set Opacity to 80% in Options bar).
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Paint in the mask using this brush to change the opacity of the digits as shown.
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Paint with the same Soft Round brush on the mask, but of a smaller Brush Size and using this time white color to give back the brightness on several zones on the same digits, to get the same result as the one from below:
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Weve got the next result:
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Create a new layer and select the Soft Round brush of white color (brush Opacity 10%).
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Use this brush to paint certain places on the digits.
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Create the next new layer and select again the Soft Round brush.
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Using the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command, we can stretch the dot horizontally to get the same result as on the next picture. Set Fill to 50% for this layer.
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Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Outer Glow.
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Apply the above described method on a new layer (Create a new layer) and get a line by stretching it out of the dot. The brush remains the same.
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Set Fill to 46% for this layer and change the Blending mode to Overlay.
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Make a copy of the last made layer and select the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command to stretch down the copys layer.
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Make a copy of this last made layer:
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Make a copy of the last represented layer and select the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command to place the copys layer between the top horizontal line and the bottom one.
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Create a new layer and select the Soft Round brush of white color (brush Opacity 10%).
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Use this brush to represent the shining effect under the digits on the central part of the canvas.
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Set the Blending mode for this layer to Lighter Color.
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Create a new layer and select here the Soft Round brush of white color.
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Use this brush to represent a dot on the right part of the digits
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Using the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command, its possible to stretch out the dot horizontally to get the same result as below
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Set Fill to 25% for this layer and change the Blending mode to Overlay
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Make a copy of the recently made layer and select the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command to place the copys layer on the digits left side as on the next picture it is demonstrated:
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Click Create new fill or adjustment layer from bottom part of the Layers panel and click to Curves to adjust the curve shape as shown to make a little color corrections
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Weve got the next result:
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Congratz, Hope you like the end result! Thank the topic!All credit goes to here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] - Secondary <3


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That's a great first topic on the site. Perfect for the new year. :p
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wow. thats alot of work man

could possibly be a sticky imo
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You should add spoils. It'll look SO much better! (:
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:facepalm:


Don't copy and paste for your first post...
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food wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]


:facepalm:


Don't copy and paste for your first post...


I was wondering why it was so good looking for a first post!
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Khrayola wrote
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:facepalm:


Don't copy and paste for your first post...


I was wondering why it was so good looking for a first post!


Same here so I just looked at the image location and say it was from there.
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I have given proper credit,I am just sharing the tutorail. I was busy fixing up the topic, and then I was going to add credit! But the proper credit is in there
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