Guides - Intermediate - Glowing Text

Step 1

Make a new document with these settings:

Step 2

Set your foreground color to a dark purple like this. #0a000f

This is how your document should turn out:

Step 3

Create a new layer. CTRL + SHIFT + N
Click on the gradiant tool. (Hotkey: G)
Click on the second gradiant, change the foreground color to white.
Click and drag the gradiant from the bottom up as indicated below.

Step 4

Once you've created the gradiant that's half way through the document
Grab the Type tool (Hotkey T)
Set the font to Century Gothic
Type out a different letter on each individual layer.
I typed out PHOTOGRAPHY
Click the thumbnail of your first letter layer to get a selection.
SHIFT click the layer above, NOT the thumbnail, but the layer.
Then SHIFT click the very top layer.
Then click on the Align bottom edges icon as indicated above in the image.
This will align all the letters together.
Next, is to touch up the letters and put the words together.
Overlap them together just like this.

Step 5

Now we're going to use the letters as the "cookie cutter"
CTRL + CLICK the gradiant layer.
Next, select the first letter and hit CTRL + C, then hit CTRL + V
Continue to do this for every letter.
Once done group all of the original letters together to free up workspace on you layer pallete.
You should get a little something like this.

Step 6

Next, is to add very bright vibrant colors to each letter.

Step 7

Once done, SHIFT + CLICK the first letter, then SHIFT + CLICK the top last layer.
CTRL + E to merge the layers together.

Step 8

Now, duplicate the layer (Hotkey CTRL + J)
Select the original layer or the layer on the bottom, and go the Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Set the radial blur to about 3 - 5.3 px. Click ok.
Duplicate the layer you've just blurred (Hotkey CTRL + J)
Click CTRL + F to blur the image once again and set the blend mode to Overlay
Now set the blend mode of the very top layer that you haven't blur to Screen
CTRL + CLICK both the Orginial layer and the just above it
CTRL + E to merge them

Step 9

Select the gradiant layer and hold down CTRL
Next, click the Create New Layer at the bottom right hand corner.
This should create a new layer underneath the gradiant layer.

Step 10

Grab the retangular maraquee tool (Hotkey M)
Draw out a retangle just under the typed text.
Grab the Gradiant tool (Hotkey G)
Click on the Gradiant Settings at the top of the page to bring up the dialog.
Set the left sides color to black.
Set the right sides color to #0a000f

Step 11

CTRL + CLICK both the typed layers and duplicate them. (Right click > Duplicate)
Next, CTRL + E to merge the two new layers together.

Step 12

CTRL + T to transform the image.
Right click > Flip Vertical
Drag the image directly under the text to create a mirror effect.
Right click > Perspective
Hold SHIFT and drag the lower right point outwards
Right click > Free Transform
Drag the bottom anchor upwards.
Hit enter.
Now click on the icon to add a layer mask.
Grab the Gradiant tool (Hotkey G)
Make sure the mask layer is selected
Now Drag from bottom up.

Voila!

Extra

You can also add a motion blur effect similar to this.
Filter > Blur > Motion Blur