How to add a Neon shape to your artwork
27/10/2021

Written by Kerry

I am a curious, intuitive brand + web designer providing eco-visionary genius’ who are ready for mindful, sustainable and eco-friendly solutions that illuminate their eco-conscious values with functional innovation.  When I’m not  drowning my plants with love, my curious imagination is finding ways to make your brand sparkle, with a clear design strategy, illustration and website design solution that innovate.

How to add neon effects to shape elements in photoshop in 5 super simple steps!

Ever wondered how designers always seem to put cool neon graphic elements into photographs?

It’s actually rather simple and quick if you know how!

  1. Open your photograph in photoshop, and create a new layer.
  2. Using the pen tool draw a shape or element on that layer.
  3. With that layer selected click layer style and choose outer glow. Play with which colours would suit your brand and adjust the blend mode for maximum result. Click inner glow and do the same.
  4. With the same layer selected right-click and choose convert to smart object, and add a mask to this layer.
  5. With the mask layer selected and the set the brush tool to black and mask the neon line where you want it to appear in your photograph.

Sit back and bask in your new found skills!

PS. Tag me @abeckercreation in what you create I’m always interested to see how these tips work for people! Follow for more designer tips and tricks!

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