Neon+Inscription+(GIMP)

[|GIMP tricks: Neon inscription]
[ Sunday, 13 May 2007, [|michuk] ] //Author: [|noss]// The effect we should get after going through this tutorial is show on picture 1: //Pic.1 This is what we want to achieve//
 * In this tutorial we are going to show how to prepare a Neon inscription in GIMP (based on [|this example]). The article is meant for beginners, but you should know at least the basics of using GIMP in order to succeed.**

//Pic.2 Outcome after step 2// //Pic.3 Now you should get this set of layers// //Pic.4 Now you have your neon inscription.// //Pic.5 The same, but with a bigger blur (top layer: 3, middle: 8, bottom: 15)// And here you are! If you would like to read more articles in the [|GIMP Tricks] series on PolishLinux.org, please feel free to suggest new topics on our forum in subject: [|New series: GIMP tricks]. // This work is licensed under a [|Creative Commons License]//
 * 1) First, create a new image, size 420×300px with black background.
 * 2) Next, type your inscription, using a big font (for example Orange LET Ultra-Light) 135px-sized. This font can be downloaded from [|here].
 * 1) Now, duplicate the layer with the text, and change its color to #1757AE.
 * 2) After that, duplicate the layer with #1757AE color, so you get 2 layers with the same color.
 * 3) Create 2 new layers and put them between the layers with text.
 * 4) Fill the lower one with color #888888, and the higher one with #CDCDCD.
 * 5) For both these layers change Mode to Dodge.
 * 1) Right-click on every layer with text, and set “Layer to Image Size”.
 * 2) Now, duplicate the lower layer with text, move to the top, and don’t touch it any more.
 * 3) Next, use Gaussian Blur (Filters->Blur->Gaussian Blur): for the second layer from top, set Radius to 2, for the middle one set it to 5, and for the bottom one – 10.