The GRADIENT BLUR Trick for Creating GLOWING Text Effects in Photoshop



This Photoshop glow effect has a cool retro vibe with its colourful gradient halos and blurry outlines, especially when combined with grainy textures to enhance the low-fi look. In this tutorial, Iโ€™ll show you how to make it in Photoshop and provide links to the free assets you need from my Spoon Graphics website.

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00:00 Introduction
00:17 Create a new document
00:39 Add your text
00:54 Blur effect
01:45 Adding colour
02:22 Gradient map trick
03:04 Alternative blur effects
03:26 Add textures
04:43 Editing the Smart Object

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