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Photoshop Tutorial: Magic Hat Light Effect (detailed version) - page 1 of 4
I recreated this tutorial from an existing, rather crude tutorial, which was not detailed or easy enough for novice Photoshop user to follow. Here’s a step-by-step, detailed version on how to create this simple glowing and warped text effects in Photoshop. You can apply this glow effect to any text, image, or shape, which is very dramatic against a dark background.
It may seem like there are a ton of steps but I created this so that novice Photoshop users could attempt this tutorial while experienced users should just fly through this.
This tutorial should take about 35 minutes. Below is an image of the end result.
Step 1: Create a new image about 1280 pixels wide x 1024 pixels high; make sure the colour mode is set to RGB. Click OK.
Step 2: In the layers palette, double click “Background” and name the layer “gradient bg” and click OK. This will be our background (“bg”) layer which we will add a “Layer Style” to for the gradient.
Step 3: Add a “Gradient Overlay” by clicking on the icon “Add a layer style” at the bottom of the layer palette.
Step 4: Type in the settings shown below.
To edit the gradient colours, click on the gradient colour bar and double-click again on each gradient slider (the coloured squares below the gradient), to change the colours. I used hex code #234f46 for the green left slider, and hex code #030012 for the black right slider. (See below for where to find the hex code #). Click OK, and with the “Layer Style” window (see above image) still open, you can select the actual gradient on the art board and move it around. I placed mine off to the bottom left side. Click OK.
Step 5: Next, create a new layer named “hat” and add a magician’s hat icon or any other object you wish to use with this effect such as a trash can or coffee mug. (I used a hat downloaded from the Crystal Clear Everaldo Icons pack, and I edited out the magic wand using the Clone Stamp Tool).
Step 6: Create a new layer “text 1”, then click the Type Tool  , and type some text in white. I used Courier font, size: 24 points. I didn’t use too many words for each line - 8 to 14 should be good.
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