Effects-"wow neon"

[lpete]

so if i apply this effect - hoping to frame the picture with a neon frame - it appears to erase to picture inside the frame!

[riversidema]

Try adding a new layer, giving it a stroke or square marquee, and then apply that effect to that layer.

Or wait for somebody smarter than me.


Shouldn't take long.....

[lpete]

no, the problem would be that i'm not smart enough to follow your instructions! "giving it a stroke or square marquee"?

[ken1]

I have PEv3, and for me WOW neon shows up under Layer styles, but it is there. It appears that it has to be applied to a layer other than the background:


Duplicate background layer
Double click the WOW neon selection
One can apply shadow to suit via double clicking the f icon on the layer to bring up a dialog with sliders
Here is a print screen of the layer structure:

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1eDa3M4vvwBjt10e9uPkOAhtKyQJ9o1

HTH

[lpete]

THAT did it! THX!

[cats4jan]

Interesting how this layer style works. I stroked the photo first (edit> stroke) with an extra wide stroke and then I used Wow> Neon on that stroke and the stroke disappeared and a double row of neon remained. The neon stroked the outside and inside of my border stroke and created this double effect.

I find a lot of layer styles work better if you make a border for the photo on it's own layer

select the photo by double clicking on the thumbnail of the photo in the layer's palette - open a new layer - stay on the new layer - and then use edit> stroke - then control> d (deselect)

Add your layer styles to the stroke layer.

Keeping your stroke on it's own layer allows you to delete that stroke at a later time without effecting your photo.