distortion : freebies : photoshop tutorials : glow effect

		Start with a new RGB image. The size doesn't matter. Fill it with a darkish colour. I used blue. Click on the type tool and in a darker blue type your text. Render the text layer (if you are using PhotoShop 5).
		Click back on to the background layer and create a new layer CTRL+click on to the text layer to get a marquee. Choose Select > Feather and change it to 15. Don't worry if it tells you nothing with be visible. Press OK Select red as you foreground and hold down alt and press backspace (not DEL) four times
		Once again create a new layer above the red one and CTRL+Click on the text layer. Change the feather to 8 this time Change the foreground to yellow hold down alt and press backspace three times
		And again create a new layer above the yellow one and CTRL+Click on the text layer. Change the feather to 2 this time Change the foreground to white hold down alt and press backspace once
		That's it.... If you hide your text layer (click on the eye) the text underneath with glow To get a better effect right click on the text layer and choose layer options From the mode list select Colour Burn.

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