Neon Text Effect - GIMP tutorial Video Lecture | A GIMP 2.8 Tutorial for Beginners - Design Softwares

hi in this video I'm going to show you
how to create a neon text effect using
GIMP first let's go to file new and here
I'll type in 1600 pixels for width and
I'm going to leave the height to 900 and
click OK then go to edit fill with
foreground color next I'll grab the text
tool and type text effect then can show
a to select the text and type here 200
pixels change the size then bolt and
also change the color to white from here
for now then with the move tool I'm
going to position this text
that zoomin
now next I'll go to layer layer to image
size and next thing I'll do is go alpha
to selection and the text layer next go
to border type in 3 pixels click OK
and go to select again invert now go to
select again feather and type just 2
pixels this time click OK again and then
I'll grab the eraser tool and crease the
size of the brush and choose this for
the brush and I'm going to start erasing
the inside of the text leaving only the
outline next thing I'll go to select
invert again and I'll grab the brush
tool click here and I'm going to
position this dialog over here and also
choose this fuzzier brush I'm going to
need later also and then select this
bright yellow color and start using the
brush tool then let's change the color
to like blue again bright color
let's move this over here
and change the color to this red
next let's select the green color
next I'm going to select this pink color
and finish this text now let's close
this and then ctrl shift a to deselect
then go to filters blur Gaussian blur
and I'll use this radius 4 pixels click
OK next I'm going to duplicate the layer
from this option go to filters we show
Gaussian blur and type 40 pixels this
time click enter and then click OK now
the next thing I want to do is go to the
color picker to select sample merged and
go back to the background here so I'm
going to be painting with the brush tool
on the background with 10 opacity and
also 250 size but when I click here and
hold down the control key I'll get the
color picker tool and I can click on the
text and select the yellow color and
start using this color now I'm going to
continue so by changing the option
sample merged on the color picker tool
you can pick ours from the text layer
but you can paint on the background so
this is something useful to know
next thing I'll do is go grab another
brush here to create more interesting
background
I'm still searching for the one that I
would like to use and I think I'm going
to use this one here and you see you can
paint with that but first let's go here
to this pink
and paint with the brush tool then I can
hold down the control key again and
change the color on the color picker to
this green and continue painting then
I'll change it to this red and also
let's switch to another brush
let's go ahead and select the blue this
time
let's pick the color again I pick the
wrong color and paint with this yellow
and this creates interesting effect on
the background
so that's basically it for this tutorial
I hope you like this text effect and if
you want see the image on higher quality
you can visit the Facebook page link is
in the description
and if you want to learn the basics of
GIMP you can watch my beginner's guide
videos you can find them in my channel
and that's pretty much for this to you
that's it for now bye