photoshop tutorial:
Change your text into magic glowing sparkles
In this tutorial you learn how you can convert your normal text into magic glowing sparkles. Using stroke path and layer style it isn't so hard to get this texteffect
Get started, type the text and prepare it to release the sparkles.
Create a new document 400 x 300px and fill it will black.
Type the text in "Edwardian Script ITC", font-size 160 pt. Set the anti-aliasing method to Smooth, color doesn't matter as long as it is not the same as the background color.
Ctrl-click (mac: Cmd-click) in the layers palette on the layer miniature of the textlayer to make a selection of the text.
Go to the path palette and press the Make workpath from selection button.
Prepare the brush to make sparkles.
Now the text is a path it is posible to stroke it with the brush. But before that you need to change the brush options.
Activate the brush tool en press F5 to open the brushes palette.
Click on Brush tip size:
Shape Dynamics:
Scattering:
Now the brush is ready to stroke the text.
Go to the layer palette and delete de textlayer or make it invisable.
Make a new layer.
Set white as the forground color.
Go to the path palette and rightclick om the Work Path and choose Stroke path.
In the window that now appears choose for Brush and make sure Simulate pressure is not checked.
The stroke is a litte to hard to make this better:
Change in the brushes palette the following options:
Brush Tip Size: Diameter to 4px and Spacing to 130%.
Scattering: Scatter 600%
Stroke the path again but this time with the option Simulate pressure checked.
Click in the palette path on an emty spot. That way the path becomes inactive.
Make the sparkles glow.
Go to the layer palette and dubbelckick on the layer miniature of the sparkles layer to open the layer style window.
Go to Drop Shadow and change the values as shown below:
(don't forget to change the Blend Mode to Lighter.)
Go to Outer Glow and change the values as shown below:
(don't forget to change the Blend Mode to Lighter.)
The background.
To work easier it is best to turn of the sparkles layer.
Activate the backgroundlayer.
Change the forground color to #d5b19b and the background color to #3b0f05.
Activate the gradient tool, go to the option (above in the photoshop window) and set it so the gradient goes from forground color to background color , type Reflected Gradient.
Draw the gradient as shown below.
Create a new layer, change the gradienttype to Radial Gradient and draw the gradient as shown below.
Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay and make the sparkles layer visable again.
the finishing touch
Make sure the sparkles layer is active.
Create a new layer and fill it with black. Because the sparkles layer was active the new black layers stands above the sprankles.
Go to Filter > Render > Lens flare. Move the sun so it stands on the first letter and change Lenstype to 105mm.
Change the blend mode of this layer to Soft Light.
Duplicate the sparkles layers and place it above the sunlayer.
Comments.
on 03-10-2010 Kotisivut wrote this comment:
This is very cool. I like sparkels! =)
on 03-05-2010 ... wrote this comment:
this crap is bullshit,,,i just wasted my time..
on 02-11-2010 mister wrote this comment:
doesn\'t work for me
on 02-01-2010 lalitkashyap wrote this comment:
this is realy osm mam wat a work .good & keep it up thanx 4 ur knowledge thanx alot boss.
on 01-19-2010 Sondra wrote this comment:
Thanks for the TUT! Excellent!
on 01-05-2010 Missa wrote this comment:
i don't know what people are on about, but mine came out beautifully and I used different colours and a different font. :) Thank you for this!
on 12-26-2009 Robin wrote this comment:
No, this does NOT work. I have checked and re-checked - it doesn\'t look like the image at all. I have CS3 and I get really frustrated when I finally find the look I want and the author has left out crucial steps. I have no idea how anyone could make this work with the instructions as-is.
on 10-29-2009 LKap wrote this comment:
This really is a very useful tutorial and works great, thank you very much!
on 09-17-2009 kajal wrote this comment:
sparkling effect........try out!!!
on 09-02-2009 vivek shakya wrote this comment:
very nice
on 08-11-2009 tom Hughes wrote this comment:
This tutorial is useless, I have CS4 and know the basics well and have wasted half hour of my life on absolute crap.
on 08-07-2009 yadagiri wrote this comment:
pl send software for glittering text
on 08-04-2009 s wrote this comment:
bb
on 07-29-2009 Tan wrote this comment:
Its a real beauty.
on 07-25-2009 milind thakur wrote this comment:
Very good
on 07-10-2009 photoshopgirl wrote this comment:
won\'t work.... got stuck on step 2 =(
on 07-03-2009 Rigved wrote this comment:
Stroke path doesn't work :(
on 03-26-2009 Rae wrote this comment:
I had tried this tutorial, and there are things on here that aren't exactly right for my photoshop. The background changing doesn't work either.
on 03-21-2009 ash wrote this comment:
great tut. i wouldn't know about all the font probs, because i used edwardian script itc. turned out pretty well for me. :)
on 03-17-2009 lynn wrote this comment:
the golden sparkle doesnt work :s i dont know what i do wrong :s ...
on 03-15-2009 Dipayan Paul wrote this comment:
Cool!
I tried out that effect thousands of times and it never failed to satisfy my with any type of font I used. It is not necessary to choose the font Edwardian Script ITC. Mine works best for Bradley Hand ITC. Hope there are many others.
Thannx a lot.
Don't forget to send me a reply mail
on 02-12-2009 sebastian wrote this comment:
Admin: i\'ve a problem with the smooth...
i\'m from argentina and all my photoshop is in spanish.. can you explein me step by step where have i got to click..only that part.. anymore
thx!
seba
on 02-04-2009 maria wrote this comment:
i dont understan it doesnt let me make a path
on 01-24-2009 سكرابز wrote this comment:
goood
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on 01-22-2009 Jaala wrote this comment:
Thank you very much, it worked great.
I think the problem people might be having is when they make the first new layer they may be filling it with white as opposed to simply making sure white is selected as the foreground colour. I made the mistake of doing that the first time I tried this tutorial and obviously it did not work. They new layer needs to be transparent, so don\'t use a fill!
:)
on 01-10-2009 Tutorialvault wrote this comment:
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on 12-22-2008 omar wrote this comment:
I got my Christmas style
on 12-19-2008 Me wrote this comment:
Worked brilliant for me
on 12-19-2008 hahahaha wrote this comment:
this is ok and the guy who said it was guy shut upcause this is a great tutoriel
on 12-18-2008 Thijsssie wrote this comment:
Nice,.. I got my Christmas style for this year! :)
on 12-18-2008 AcTiiVe wrote this comment:
I don\\\'t know what you guys are complaining about, it works for me :D
on 12-17-2008 psaddict wrote this comment:
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on 12-17-2008 Admin wrote this comment:
I've had a look at the tutorial again to see if I made a mistake as some visitors had some problems with the tutorial. And yes I forgot to mention that you need to set the "Set the anti-aliasing method" to Smooth before you type the text. Smooth makes the text slimmer than the other options.
I also added a few screenshots and made some small changed. I hope it helps. If not please let me know.
on 12-17-2008 justam wrote this comment:
Great share Dude
on 12-17-2008 Leslie wrote this comment:
its k:)
on 12-17-2008 tuggers wrote this comment:
SHould be good but pretty sure you've got something wrong as the instructions don't seem to make it look like the picture at all?
on 12-17-2008 thatonechick wrote this comment:
This isn't working for me. =/
on 12-17-2008 Irena wrote this comment:
eee it\'s not good, i folow the steps and it\'s not working for me :(
on 12-16-2008 Yeti wrote this comment:
Nicely done! one for the bookmarks for sure :)
on 12-16-2008 thisguy wrote this comment:
this is gay
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