Glowing Streak Through Text

Hi! This photoshop newb from helpwithphotoshop. Today I will be showing you how to create a glowing streak in and around text.

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**WRITTEN TUTORIAL**

* Background, filled with black.
* Type out your text in a suitable font
* New layer
* Create a curve with your pen tool, with the option set on paths.
* Make sure your foreground colour is set to white.
* Right click on the path, in the paths tabs.
* Click "Stroke Path"
* Make sure you select brush and simulate pressure
* Click OK
* Delete the path by right clicking the path and clicking delete
* Add some layer styles by double clicking on the layer
* Right click this layer and select "Copy Layer Styles"
* Right click your text layer and choose "Paste Layer Styles"
* Edit the outer glow options
* Add a Gradient overlay
* Ctrl + Click text layer while working on streak
* Get your rectangular marquee tool, set to remove from selection
* Remove any of the selection you want over the text, Keep the selection over the parts you want to be 'behind' the text
* Hit Delete and you are finished.

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OUTER GLOW - STREAK

colour - 99ff
technique - softer
size - 18

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INNER GLOW

colour - 99ff
blend mode - normal

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OUTER GLOW - TEXT

colour - 99ff
technique - softer
size - 21
spread - 6

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INNER GLOW - TEXT

colour - 99ff
blend mode - normal
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GRADIENT OVERLAY - TEXT

Colour 1 - 99ff
Colour 2 - FFFFFF
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[pupetmaster35]

i cant click on stroke path can you help me?

[HelpWithPhotoshop]

Could you elaborate on how you can't? Is it greyed out or... what?

[jjharris457]

my path lines are just thick all the way through?

[HelpWithPhotoshop]

You need to make sure "Simulate Pressure" is ticked, and also make sure your brush thickness is small compared to your text.

[Daahnoobshow]

when i do it, it fills in with a color. what am i doing wrong?

[HelpWithPhotoshop]

You may be making the wrong selection.

You make the path, then go to the paths window.

Right Click.

Stroke Path.

Brush, Simulate Pressure.

[Source17th]

Pns ha hahahahaha tabaksplantages

[bassyboy189]

i heard you fart, hehe

[CTanner94]

dude thanks! your the man i couldnt find out why it didnt fade out at the end! EVERYONE SUBSCRIBE!!!!!!!

[DanishHll]

3:40 ctrl-click and what?

[rwaxzy]

FIRST OFF!! STOP CHEATING IN CS 1.6 .. FUCK OFF: nap

[nOxenhns]

First off!! tell people what to do when u do it.. Talk slower. And learn englisH!!!!!!!!

[nOxenhns]

RETARD TURTORIAL!! amature

[jonasxx100]

killasaurusarcade01 u realy need to learn english??!

[mansooraqil]

its very easy, thanks

[TeamNiBiC]

my. Stroke thing. just make 1 line without making it thin.

its just a ugly line?. how to fix it?

i got simulate pressure on?