Using Photoshop to make 2014 color light silk font effect

Final effect

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1, create a new 1024 * 700 pixel file, background filled with black. First save the text in the image below, then open with PS, file in PNG format, drag directly into the new file, text color can be arbitrary.

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2, press CTRL click on the image layer of the text thumbnail load text selection, the following figure.

3, keep the selection, create a new layer, select menu: Edit > Stroke, Width 1, color is white as shown in Figure 3. When you are sure to cancel the selection, and then hide the original text layer, the effect is shown in Figure 4.

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4, press CTRL + J to duplicate the stroke layer, the opacity of the copy layer to: 50%, the effect of the following figure.

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5. Merge the stroke layer and the copy layer into a layer, as shown below.

6. Lock the pixel area of the merged layer.

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7, select the Gradient tool, in the form of radial gradient, color set to 8, and then from the middle to the corner to pull out of the soil 9 of the gradual discoloration

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8, the layer of opacity to: 60%, the effect of the following figure.

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9, press CTRL + J to copy the current layer layer, with the mobile tool to move the distance slightly away, the effect of the following figure.

10, duplicate a layer, the same use mobile tool to move the position, the following figure.

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11, continue to replicate, to make a dense beam effect, the following figure.

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12. Create a new group and move all the copied layers to the group. Add a layer mask to the group and erase some unwanted parts with a black brush, as shown below.

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13. Hide the background layer, create a new layer on top of the layer, press CTRL + ALT + Shift + E-stamped layer, as shown below.

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14, show the background layer, back to the stamped layer, the blending mode to "color Dodge", install the ALT key to add layer mask, with a white brush to increase the need to add highlights of the part of the brush, the brushes opacity is about 10%.

15. Reload the text selection, create a new layer on top of the layer, select the Gradient tool, and set the color as Figure 17, pulling out the radial gradient shown in the soil 18.

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16, with a pen along the edge of the desired high light area, such as Figure 19, feather 1 pixels and press CTRL + J to copy to the new layer, as shown in Figure 20.

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17, the same method and more copies of some high light, the effect of the following figure.

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18, adjust the color of the text, the effect of the following figure.

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19, a new layer, stamped layer, execution: filter > Sharpening > USM Sharpening, the numerical custom, after the determination of the use of fuzzy tools do not need a clear part of the fuzzy processing.

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20, a new layer, stamped layer, execution: filter > Blur > Gaussian blur, the value of 5, to determine the blending mode to "soft light", the effect of the following figure.

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Finally, adjust the details and finish the final result.