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Create cool neon effects

Wednesday 16 Apr 2008

Photoshop expert Tony Ariawan shows you how to use warping, layer masks and simple colour tweaking for a high-tech look that’s out of this world.



Whether it’s the speeded-up glow of car headlights in a night-time city scene, an alien spacecraft or a deep-sea jellyfish you’re recreating, this far-out neon look is a highly useful trick to master. It conveys a sense of movement and energy, and the colours can be tweaked to give a surprising range of effects.

In this tutorial, Tony Ariawan provides a step-by-step guide to creating this look, using simple resources and Photoshop tools. He shows that you don’t need particularly advanced tools to create a high-tech look: sometimes the simpler tools, applied with care and skill, can have far more impact.


01. In Photoshop, open girl_portrait. jpg from the cover CD. Create a new adjustment layer, and select the Levels (Cmd/ Ctrl + L). Set the Output Level white to 130.

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Who: Tony Ariawan is a freelance graphic designer based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He works for clients around the world, providing graphic design solutions including 2D and 3D illustrations, logos, motion graphics and Web design services. He also produces personal projects, which are showcased on his Web site.
Contact: www.area105.com
Software: Adobe Photoshop
Time to complete: 7 hours
Download: All files for this tutorial can be downloaded here or are available on the cover CD.