SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 in 24 Hours

Glows

Creating a glow is an easy special effect. It's essentially a drop shadow that isn't offset at all from the original object and is often in a color other than black. In Hour 17, “Adding Type to Pictures,” you learned how to use Photoshop's Glow layer style to apply a glow to lettering. Here's a different and easy way to put a glow around type or an object.

Try it Yourself Create a Glow Around an Object Let's create a basic glow around an object. I have an object that's practically screaming for a glow. It's a translucent trackball. You can download this from the book's web page. It's called trackball.jpg. When the main book page has loaded, click the Downloads link to get to the files, or use an example from your own collection. It's helpful ...