the glow effect in the photoshop

Today we well make a lesson to learn the way to use the glow effect
this is important lesson because it give you more experience in the blending option of the layer so i hope that you don't miss it





at first open a new with (800*650).
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then select the color like this:
Foreground colour - #922f00
Background colour - #000000
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select the Gradient tool

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make the background with the gradient (from the center) and make sure that the option are just like appear in the picture

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duplicate the background layer with clicking on (Ctrl+J) and put the the value like the picture

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add new layer
layer>New>Layer...(Ctrl+Shift+N)
and set the colors as appear in the picture
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set the clouds filter
Filter>Render>Clouds
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after that put the layer options like appear in the picture

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now select the brush tool(or click B) and click right and select the Hard Round 5 Pixles just like the pic :


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now add new layer and select the pen tool and try to draw the S letter just like the pic

after that click right and click select Stroke Path and follow the picture :

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after that click right again in the work zone and click delete path...
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now Click right on layer2 and select Blending Options...

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do just appear in the pics

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Then select the Outer Glow and put the :
blend mode :Color Dodge
Opacity: 85
Color: white
Size: 6

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now you have just to select the color overlay and follow the pic:

and after that click OK and you now finished the magic Glow layer
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this is the result right now



now you can any thing to the layer to be cool,
" you and your imagination "
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I finish it with my way and you can finish with any method you like



i stay writing this lesson about 3 hours and i like to see your comments :)