This is my first Adobe Photoshop tutorial just play with blending modes to create Cool light effects on dark background. I used adobe photoshop CS5.

 

Step01

Lets begin create a file with size 1600px*1000px and set black background “#000000” and type mameara the font used is Oomix

Step01 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step02

Create new layer “colors” then select the brush tool with Size:400px and the hardness:0%, choose dark colors for the brush I use this colors: Color 01: #2c0033Color 02:#002c33Color 03:#313300Color 04:#330100

Step02 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step03

Open the Layer Style of mameara layer and put the properties as showing here:

Step03 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

Step04 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

Step05Glow - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

Step05 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step04

Duplicate mameara Layer and marge it with empty layer.

Step06 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step05

Keep selecting the duplicated layer and select Filter > Blur > Motion Blur.

Step07 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step06

Transform the duplicated layer keep selecting the layer and hit (Ctrl + T) to transform.

Step08 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step07

Change the Blend mode to divide

Step09 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step08

Open Filter > Distort > Twirl , and make the Angle 100.

Step10 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Step09

Transform the shape hit (Ctrl+T) then right click select wrap.

Step11 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

Step10

Duplicate the shape many times.

Step12 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

 

Step11

Marge all the duplicated layers.

Step13 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Final

Change the Blend mode to Divide and then duplicated in the same place also duplicate it again and reflect it to the bottom of mameara word.

Step14 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

 

Result

Step15 - Cool light effects on dark background tutorial

Download the PSD file (7.26 MB)

  • AWESOME!! I TRIED THIS AND JUST WOW LOOKS COOOOL…..

  • It’s missing the Outter Glow values! plz help

  • Hi
    Nice Tutorial

  • Dang, Cs3 doesn’t have a divide option. Sadface 🙁

  • Yes it doesn’t!

  • Hi pls i cant make the Twirl step couse when i want tto go Filter>Disort is in grey and i cant use it . Any help pls ?

  • I can’t get what you exactly want to do!

  • What a very good explaned tut, thank you very much

  • it worked… i love it..:)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Hello, my name is Mahmoud Ameara the owner and founder of mameara.com it is a blog that I share web and graphic design, resources tutorials, and freebies.

mameara © 2010 – 2020