Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
Electric Glow Text
Step 1
Open a new RGB document (I made it 300*200px) and type your text in white on a black background.
Use Filter --> Stylize --> Wind on the text, once from the left and once from the right.
Rotate the image bei 90 degree (Image --> Rotate Canvas) and apply Wind again once from the left and once from the right.
Rotate the image back and it will look something like this:
Step 2
Click Filter --> Blur --> Radial Blur
Set Amount to about 15, Blur Method to Zoom and Quality to Best.
Step 3
Go to the background layer and make it whit.
Inverse the texts color (CTRL-I)
Step 4
Use Filter --> Stylize --> Find Edges
Invert the text again (CTRL-I)
Make the background black again
Step 5
Hit CTRL-U and pick a color for your text
Go to the Blending Options of your text layer.
Select Outer Glow and apply these settings:
Choose a Glow color similar to the color you chose for your text.
That's it, there's your electric glow effect:
