Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop – Screencast

1 Mar 2010

Last year I wrote a tutorial showing how to create a neon effect, it was the Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop and it was inspired by a neon sign I saw outside of a pub. So in this post we have a screencast of that tutorial provided by our friedn Ash Davies from Photoguides.net

Neons were invented by accident over 300 years ago when a scientist shook a test tube. At the time though, their discovery was useless because they had no understanding of electricity. It took another 200 years for the concept to be rediscovered, and they called their invention ‘The New Gas’, or, as it was known in Greek, ‘Neon’.

Regardless of how many times I see this image, its realism still amazes me. Neon’s are a great way to feature a title, logo or any other text, and in this tutorial we learn how to transform a simple piece of text into an unbelievable glowing neon, complete with wall mounts and a brick wall to hold it up.

Screencast

For more information visit Photoguide.net or if check out the original tutorial at http://abduzeedo.com/super-easy-neon-style-photoshop

About the author

My name is Fabio Sasso, I’m a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I’m the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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Tags: Brick Wall, graphic web designer, information tips, neon effect, neon sign, neons, porto alegre brazil, sasso, title logo

11 Responses to Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop – Screencast

Dani

March 5th, 2010 at 2:15 am

I tried searching and I think that font might be custom made and unavailable.

You can always take a screenshot of the font, post it here and wait for an answer.

I Am Willy Wonka

March 5th, 2010 at 11:13 am

Here is a video tutorial that is exactly on point. It will give you all of the considerations and Photoshop techniques to light the sign.

http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/tubes

Bo Aung Din

March 8th, 2010 at 5:28 pm

It's actually called an inverted image. Just press CTRL+I when you have the image opened up in Photoshop.

rusted_gut

March 8th, 2010 at 10:25 pm

You didnt give enough info. O wait you did i just cant remember.

The formulae is Wavelspeed=frequency x wavelengh

So it would be (speed of light)=4.74 x Y

(speed of light) x 4.74 = Y

Sorry i just dont know the speed of light

terrizziaharris323

March 11th, 2010 at 10:12 am

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March 11th, 2010 at 11:27 am

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Dr.A

March 24th, 2010 at 3:47 am

2.5 cm = 0.25 dm
5.5 m = 55 dm
V = 3.14 x ( 0.125)^2 x 55 =2.70 dm^3
T = 31 + 273 = 304 K
n = pV / RT = 1.77 x 2.70 / 0.0821 x 304 = 0.192 moles
Mass = 20.1797 g/mol x 0.192 mol =3.87 g

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