Photoshop action: Neon glow

Photoshop action "Neon glow": shimmering light reflections for your photos

A glowing spectacle! As if you had set the disco ball spinning, turned up the neon tubes to maximum power and reactivated the look of the 70s: Download a feverish dance of lights with this Photoshop action that automatically makes your photos glow neon!

Photoshop action Neon glow: Add brightly glowing light reflections to your photos.
If you wish, add your own text that is bursting with color and brilliance.
Adjust the image result by changing the light and background colors, among other things.
Invite to the dance of lights - easily applicable from Photoshop CS6.

Select your motif, start the action and create a trance-like glow of lights with a dazzlingly beguiling effect! - Download now and use directly.

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Usable with:
content: 1 asset/template
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use

Examples of use

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Example: Click the inimitable disco look of the 70s into your photos.

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Example: Create an intoxicating, passionate glow with the action.

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Example: Adjust the size, position and font of the text as required.

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Example: Simply gorgeous! The mood created by the glow effect also depends on your motif.

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Example: Use numerous options to customize the look to your wishes.

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Example: Ideally suited for dreamy, surreal, fairytale looks.

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Video tutorial: How to create a -neon glow- with the Photoshop action

With the Photoshop action "Neon glow", you can create a sea of glowing lights in your photos. Double-click to load the action into the program, select your subject, copy it to a new layer and start the action. Shortly afterwards, your motif will appear in a frame, with dozens of light particles passing in front of it. You can also add your own text, which will also glow in color. Matthias Petri explains how to proceed and what other editing options the action offers you in this video tutorial.

Photoshop action "Neon Glow": luminous light reflections for your photos.

Photoshop action "Neon glow": glowing light reflections for your photos

Create a spectacular dance of lights in your photos. The Photoshop action takes the motifs you have selected and blends them with the traces of shimmering luminous particles. Afterwards, you can attenuate the effect locally, add a vignette, change the colors of the lights and the background gradient and make your original image glow dimly from the background. You also have the option of adding text, which you can freely adjust in size, position and font and which fits perfectly into the overall image thanks to its own glow. You will receive the Photoshop action "Neon glow" in the form of an ATN file, which you can use from Photoshop CS6 onwards. Dance the glowing dance of lights with your photos!

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Your subjects in the midst of glowing colors and glistening lights
With the Photoshop action "Neon glow" , all the tension in your photos is discharged in a pulsating fire of light. Small colored luminous particles twitch past on unpredictable paths, and their traces burn into the image like a long exposure. An action that makes your photos stand out and euphorizes the viewer!

Disco, party, birthday or two passionate hearts coming together

The look that results from the Photoshop action is reminiscent of the dance floor, disco fever and perhaps even the 70s with its glowing play of colors . Use it for a bright and eye-catching birthday card, for example. Use it on flyers and posters to announce the next party. This spectacular flicker is also recommended for a CD cover or a social media image that is sure to cause a stir. Show the flickering of passion in photos of couples in love. Or transport your subjects into a fairytale-like, glowing, colorful world . The action creates the effect - and you decide what to make of it.

Start the action, let the glow flare up and customize the look

Once you have loaded the action into Photoshop, select your motif and place the selection on a new layer. Then all it takes is one click and dozens of image processing steps run automatically . Finally, your motif is in a frame, the colored glow is set and an editable, also glowing lettering is waiting for your text in front of it all.

Basically, you can further customize the image result in various ways:

Bring your subject back into the picture by toning down the effect strength locally.
Set a vignette to enhance the effect of the glow in the overall image.
Change the text content, size, position and font of the lettering.
Adjust the colors of the shimmering lights and the color gradient of the background.
Make your entire original image shine out of the background.

The corresponding layers are already available for all these edits. Using tools such as brushes or functions such as opacity and the color picker, you can easily make your changes. Dance the dance of the shimmering lights - exactly to your beat!