Who doesn’t like the effect of neons? It looks amazing and you can have a similar effect in Photoshop too. And this also takes a couple of minutes to be done. Just remember, this isn’t the original neon glow but Odd Neon Glow as mentioned in title.

Final Image :

Steps :

1. Open Photoshop and create a new custom sized canvas of 800*100 px.

2. Create a new layer and make the background Black.

3. Create a new layer and give your text in it. Use fonts that are bold and have a good character spacing so that you can get the effects properly. Now right click on Layer and select Rasterize Type.

4. Select the layer which has the text and go to Filter > Distorts > Polar Cordinates. Set it as Convert from Polar to Rectangle.

5. Now you must have got an odd shape as I have got above. Don’t worry, just click Edit > Rotate Canvas > 90 CW. We have to do this because the wind we apply in the next step just moves from left or right.

6. Now go to Filter > Stylize > Wind. Select the method as Wind and give the Direction as Right.

7. Again go to Image > Rotate Canvas > 90 CW. Do this until you get the below image.

8. Apply Filter > Distort > Polar Cordinates and convert from Rectangular to Polar. Here, again add Wind as in Step 6.  (I just gave Wind from both sides you can also give from one).

9. Now navigate to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance and use the details given below.

10. Done. Here are the examples of the creativity I did with this tutorial. You do your own.

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