New Premium Tutorial – How to Make 3D Neon Light Typography
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This is a new addition to the Psdtuts+ Premium section. This is a super creative tutorial with a professional results. Learn how to create dynamic 3D Neon lettering with a hefty dose of Photoshop techniques and a dash of Illustrator know-how. Learn more at the jump!
New Exclusive Premium Tutorial Glowing with Creativity
This new Premium Tutorial is titled "How to Make 3D Neon Light Typography," by Alex Beltechi. He is a digital artist and illustrator who has written tutorials for us before and created Premium material, such as a unique artistic brush set. You can find him on Behance here.
This tutorial will take you through how to create a unique piece of digital artwork. You learn how to compose the 3D type and then add effects and imagery to achieve the final results. The great thing about this technique is the fact that it is very easy to apply to all sorts of neon lights. You can choose to make 3D typography, as in this tutorial, or stylized neon tubes in abstract compositions.
Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! The preview of the final illustration is below, multiple views are shown. You can view the large version here.
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This tutorial takes this technique and adds levels of realism, like making the neon tubing glass looked aged, or adding shadows, textured background, graffiti, and more. Sign up for Premium today and get access to this awesome new tutorial. Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now!
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Looks fantastic! I ll check this out now =P already a plus member!
Wow, another nice tutorial. Unfortunately I don’t have the plus account :(
every good tut is in plus ! … why ? :(
Can anyone tell me what programs this is using? I’d love to see how this is done but don’t have any 3D software in my roster at the moment! This would probably get me to sign up just for this awesome effect.
:(
@Vader
So it entices you to join. :P
:)
Thanks for nothing, join now?
Looks pretty good. Maybe I should ask for membership for Christmas =]
~Josh
YOU KNOW WHAT AM TALKIN BOUT!!!!! THIS! IS! AN EXTRA PLUUUUS TUT!!! :)
Again a plus.
Very nice tut I think ;).
This is fantastic, I love the fact that is is “plugged” in. That makes all the difference on the realism.
Nice effect.
Good Stuff! I looked quickly through the tut and it looks like this one is only using photoshop…no 3D programs.
@Ben Reid – Illustrator is used to position the text 3D, but Photoshop is used to bring out all the glows and rich details that make it neon.
very cool. Too bad i dont have a plus.
INSIC YOUR BEAUTIFUL
Damnn another tutorial for plus users !
this site is mad Boring….
why dont u just make it plus for everything asnd we dont have to lose our time ….
Seriously ……… =/
i sign under it!!!
Brilliant tutorial.
@Bryan Grajales: I would recommend you to buy a PLUS account, it would definitely be worth the money!
Collin – the full size image is not working.
404 Page Not Found error.
Damn! I need to join Plus xD
Good stuff – I hope all the plus readers enjoy it.
seem to be great tutorial, but its behind membership area ;) time to get one
Looks like such a great text tut.
looks good! but that don’t interest me right now so i will keep off for xmas and then join for one month. i should support this website because i learn so much from this and that in itself is worth it!
I fixed the larger image link. Thx.
I’d love to hear if anyone has tried this tut yet. I’m still stuck at Step 2. No matter what I do I cant get the same results even though this is one of the simplest parts of the design and I’m using exactly the same settings.
I’m sure that there must be something missing here :(
I also plugged in the same extrude and bevel settings, same size text, and the result was whack. In order to get anything like it, I had to forget about roundness bevel and extrude depth and just angled it with the perspective settings only. Anyone else have that problem? And know why?
That Neon looks so realistic… Im contemplating joining up for the tut alone..
Good work guys!
http://www.icomcreative.com
another plus onE!..
oh man… you should think on wath you are doing couse you could take non-plus members away from the site..
enjoy
good outcome….
Wow, I don’t want to download the original PSD. I NEVER do it.
I only want to study the tutorial. A shame it’s only for downloading the original psd file. This site used to be cooler. Now it’s only about the money.
Probably because of the financial crisis!
Anyone having problems with the illustrator 3D extrude and bevel type settings they are giving you in the tutorial? The second step…ha
@Daniel – What? It’s a tutorial and you can download the PSD if you want to.
Got it thanks
Very cool! Thanks for the tutorial! I guess it’s time for me to spend some money ;)
Great tutorial. I wish i had this a few weeks ago.
And guys – $9 is not alot of money to study with some master photoshop gurus. Especially since it is about using an app that costs $700. Besides they need to keep the site going on something.
@Sean Hodge – Thanks for getting back. If it only uses Illustrator then I’ll be signing up at the weekend!
:)
Nice effect!
i hate plus.
Very awesome, I really love here. this is nice nice nice.
I’ve just signed up to ‘plus’ to get this and the tutorial is fantasic!
Even the first few steps made me gasp. Worth the sign up just for this!
Hats of to you Alex.
Cinema 4D
@ Chris:
They have advertising to keep the site going. And besides that, most of the visitors are amateurs looking for nice effects and probably stimulants to work with Photoshop. I assume most of us have trials. Owning a software that expensive it’s not justified unless you work with it, and if that’s the case you know what you’re doing and don’t visit tutorial sites. Of course there are pirate versions for free, but that’s not fair either.
@ Alex Beltechi:
Pacat fratioare, mi-ar fi placut sa pot sa-l fac. Nu atat pentru tehnica eu fiind amator si probabil nu voi trai niciodata din asta. Ci doar pentru frumusetea efectului si satisfactia de a-mi creea poate un wallpaper personalizat extrem de spectaculos.
It looks like an excellent tut anyway. Whoever gets it, enjoy! Whoever doesn’t, move on! Best of luck to you all. Including the author.
Guys do you remember the 3D transformation filter back in photoshop 7 that helped us create 3D shapes easily?
Yes, 3D Transform.8BF
Missing the photoshop file for making 3d stuff? My pleasure to give you the link where I’ve posted the file ;)
http://www.sanjaym.com.np/1.html
CHEERS, Keep sharing..
Thanks guys, I’m glad you like it! :)
@cristi
i work with photoshop, not so much, mostly InDesign, but i think even many who do work with photoshop they come here also to se what is going on and to get inspiration. i know i do!
nice effect, but i’m not a plus member. :/
@cristi
Actually, I have used photoshop since 4.5 and use it every day in my professional career. As much as I know I always realize there is more to learn. I get into habits where I do things the same way and love to see how others solve similar problems.
With all the realistic lighting going on it seems the cables coming off the neon tubes have avoided any lighting effect!
I added a nice soft ‘bluey’ glow to the cables where they first connect to the tubing, just adds that extra little bit of realism.
Sorry to nit pick!
:D
Looks very nice !
http://afrix99.deviantart.com/
I’m also having problems with step 2. When I apply the rounded bevel with the settings shown, I get a warning: “bevel self intersection may have occurred” and the letter is a weird (if interesting) mess! Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
nice
What’s that font?
This looks awesome – definitely an effect I want to try to learn. I’m going to bite the bullet and sign up for Plus.
To all you whingeing kids out there moaning about actually having to pay for something – How about you spend years learning Photoshop and web design, build a website, pay for the hosting, then spend all of your spare time keeping the site fresh and updated.
Then give it all away for free so that it ends up costing you a load of money just so that some snot nosed kid with a pirated version of CS4 can pretend to be as cool as you are.
It’s $9 ffs! That’ll barely buy you lunch these days.