Making Text Neon

STEP 1

Create a new document 400x400, Fill it with black paint.

Using white as your text colour, type your words of choice. This works for most fonts, I used Lucida Calligraphy. I set the font size to 100pt

STEP 2

Click the (f) in the layers pallet down bottom and click blending options. Set the fill opacity to 0, like pictured.

STEP 3

In the blending options window, Click outer glow and apply the settings pictured.
and then click stroke and apply the settings as pictured.
For gradient example see next step

STEP 4

Your final image should look very much like mine. (You can use pretty much any colour you like, Just modify the gradient to match.)