Make a beautiful 2013 snake color neon word with Photoshop

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1, create a new 1024 * 768 pixel file, background filled with black.

2, open the material picture, unlock and drag in, lock transparent pixel after filling white, the following figure.

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3, first to make the first part, a new group, with a pen to check out the outline of the head, into the selection after the group to add a layer mask, the following figure.

4, create a new layer in the group, select the Gradient tool, color settings such as Figure 4, pull out the linear gradient shown in Figure 5, the effect is shown in Figure 6.

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5, with a pen to check out the top edge of the selection, such as Figure 7, Feather 4 pixels, press CTRL + J to copy to the new layer, the background layer hidden, the effect is as Figure 8.

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6, back to the background layer, with a pen to check out the top edge of the selection, such as Figure 9, feather 1 pixels, press CTRL + J to copy a layer, move to the top of the current group, blending mode to "color Dodge", the effect is as shown in Figure 10.

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7, back to the background layer, with a pen to check the top of the selection, feather 5 pixels and press CTRL + J to copy to the new layer, the following figure.

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8, back to the background layer, with a pen to check out the bottom edge of the selection, feather 4 pixels and press CTRL + J copy to the new layer, the effect of the following figure.

9, back to the background layer, with a pen to check out the bottom edge of the selection, feather 1 pixels, press CTRL + J copy to the new layer, move to the top of the current group, blending mode to "color Dodge", the effect of the following figure.

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10, a new group, with a pen to check out the second paragraph outline, into a selection after the group to add layer mask, the following figure.

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11, make a good background layer copy in, the effect of the following figure.

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12, the same method of making edge of high light, the effect of the following figure.

13, the third and fourth paragraphs of the same method of production, the effect of the figure 17,18.

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14, create a new layer, hide the background layer, press CTRL + ALT + Shift + E-stamp layer, hide the other layer, and display the background layer. Back to the stamped layer, press CTRL + T slightly larger, and then use the fuzzy tool to blur the edge of the part of the fuzzy processing, the effect of the following figure.

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15, a new layer, stamped layer, blending mode to "overlay", hold down the ALT key to add a layer mask, with a white brush to the need to strengthen the part of the painting, the effect of the following figure.

16, create brightness/Contrast adjustment layer, the appropriate increase of contrast, parameters and effects of the following figure.

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Finally, adjust the details and finish the final result.