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Design Challenge 2018: Photoshop Neon Lights

My 2018 Challenge to follow 365 Days of Creativity by Yes I’m a Designer.

Martin’s 1 minute video:

Resources

Example

Notes

  • He used premium fonts
  • Baseline shift (Opt up/down arrow)
  • Kerning (Opt left/right arrow) to get ‘it’ to slide together
    • Effects

    • Bevel & Emboss
    • Outer Glow
    • Drop Shadow
  • Use Screen mode
  • Alt/Option drag from fx to copy style
  • Use Timeline to add keyframe for styles

Example with Timeline

Notes

  • Click stopwatch in Timeline Panel to enable. Then change style.

Downloads

My files are on Github.