Glow Text Photoshop Tutorial
Start off with a gradient background, medium gray
to black. Type your text in large font towards the
center.

Now lets add something to inlay your text into. Create
a new layer below your text layer and make another
gradient. Make sure that the direction of light to
dark is opposite of the gradient in your background.

No create a new layer above your text layer, and
Ctrl click your text layer to get the selection. Fill
your new selection with a gradient of light blue to
dark blue, making sure that the light portion is towards
the bottom.

Now we are going to make it look like the text is
sitting inside your gray gradient. Choose Layer >
Layer Style > Bevel and Emboss. Use the following
settings.

You should have something like this

Now we are going to add a little reflection to the
text. Create a new layer above all the others, Ctrl
click your text layer again to get a selection. Choose
Modify > Contract and contract your selection by
2 pixels. Next take your circular selection tool,
and while holding alt, delete the bottom portion as
illustrated below.

We are going to fill this selection with a gradient.
On your color palette, make your foreground color
white. Click the gradient tool, and on the options
towards the top of your screen, choose the "foreground
to transparent" gradient.

Fill your selection with the gradient, and you should
have something like this.

Now we are going to add a little glow. Go back to
your text gradient layer, the layer with the light
blue - dark blue gradient over your text selection.
Duplicate this layer by choosing Layer > Duplicate
Layer. While on the duplicated layer, choose Filter
> Blue > Radial Blur and choose an amount that
suits you. Make sure the blur method is "zoom"
and the quality is "best." Once you have
blurred your layer, lower the opacity of the layer
until your text looks something like mine.

We are going to add one more gradient now, to further
embed your text into your background. Create a new
layer below both of your text layers, but above both
of your background layers. Control click your text
once more to make the selection, then choose Modify
> Expand. And expand your text selection by 4 pixels.
Make your foreground color dark gray and your background
color light gray, and fill your gradient from top
to bottom, making sure the dark gray is towards the
top.

You should have something like this.

I just added a few small details to my background,
here is how mine turned out!
