How to Give Shapes a NEON GLOW in Illustrator
This tutorial will demonstrate how to apply a neon glow effect to shapes in Adobe Illustrator. This neon glow effect uses a combination of gradients and blending modes, specifically colour dodge, to influence how objects and light interact with each other.
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@ForeverDansky
Жыл бұрын
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@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
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Thank you so much for the tutorial! :D It helped me so much, also easy to follow, simple and clear. Love it!
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THIS IS SO COOL. Im gonna play with this for hours
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This is a very complex thing taught in a very small time. I liked it. Please make a tutorial of the animation that you did at the intro.
Woooww! So amazed about this! I haven't seem anything like that. Thank you very much, Dansky!
@ForeverDansky
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it Steven :)
This is so fun🤩thank you so much for sharing ❤️
So amazing! Thanks Mr Dansky!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome Azriel 😊
Very useful trick! Merci beaucoup Dan!
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@ForeverDansky
18 күн бұрын
Thank you very f-ing much 😜
amazing talent how you make complex things so easy follow !! thanks a ton.
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alaa! Ah it’s my more recent voiceover style of videos, that makes it super easy for me to explain things in more detail 🙏
Hi Dansky, super Tutorial. Looking forward to more good tips. Thank you for your support!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome Mark! 😀👍
It's so amazing .thank you
Wow, I've been searching for this, Thank You.
Looks awesome, thanks for sharing!!!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Totorus 😊
Amazing!!!
great tutorial man , thank you !
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Awesome thank you!
Great job, thank you
This is certainly mind-blowing! Thanx!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sheji 😊
Awesome Experience!
Oh damn, I’ve been doing neon logos recently by offsetting a path, then adding a blur and outer glow, super long winded. Thanks for this! Will save me loads of time
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Aha yea, there’s definitely a few ways to do neon/glows! I’m learning quite a bit from downloading vector stock assets, and then digging through the effects in the appearance panel 😊
@melvinchai7927
2 жыл бұрын
same goes to me, i never thought this kind of method even create better neon glow. i going to try it into after effect to create great neon animation effect!
Incredible and Super!👍
Awesome!
love it, amazing
@ForeverDansky
4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
Just wow i love it. I used the same concept and recreated it in CSS for my web project. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
@ForeverDansky
Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome ☺️
Super! Thank you!❤
@ForeverDansky
6 ай бұрын
You're welcome 😊
This man is incredible!!!
It's awesome!! Thank you very much!!!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you too! :)
Great tutorial
really amazing😇
this really good, ty for sharing these
@ForeverDansky
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
and here i was thinking i'd have to mess with blending modes and effects for hours. this was seriously a great tutorial, props!
Awesomeeee
thanks it was so quick and easy to master
Very helpful, and surprisingly therapeutic
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! :)
For those who doesn't work, change your document colour from CMYK to RGB.
@lugovoy1
8 ай бұрын
THANKOOOOOYYYYYUUUU
@dpsproservices
7 ай бұрын
woohoo thanks!@@lugovoy1
Your slogan is truly represented by your content. I’ll be putting this to practice. Thank you
Amazing 👏
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers, thank you!
Hi Dansky! Excellent tutorial, thank you. How can I play around with the offset path settings after the object's been made? And to apply this effect to text, do I just need to make text an object? Lastly, what if we wanted a complete black background - is that possible? Thank you!
This is so cool
Oh my god so good explained thank you!!!!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Roido! 👊
Very awesome
SUPER EASY TUTORIAL DUDE, YOU JUST MADE IT SO EASY,
I love Dansky
Superb
Awesome tutorial!!!! Can't wait to duplicate it! Thanks, mate!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! You’re welcome 👍
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@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome 😃
This is way better tool than multiple gaussian blur effect
That's such a amazing tutorial. Love🇵🇰
@ForeverDansky
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
thanks bro 👍
Perfect 👌
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ladalidi 😊
@LADALIDI
2 жыл бұрын
@@ForeverDansky I have also made a video with the same technique 11 months ago, and you have made it with a clearer explanation 👍
best for ever
Brilliant
You are awesome, I don’t have any other thing to say.
Hello. Great video. Question. The animation of the spot touching the circle was done in After effects?
perfect
Amazing one.. learnt something new and exciting does it work similar for other shapes ?
Is there a way to cut out the background and just have the neon circle by it's self with a transparent background?
Wow!
Thanks Mr Dansky
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
WOW! When you started to move the gradient from one side to the other, it completely left me shook. Can this effect be achieved in AfterEffects?
Cool 😎
Hi, fantastic work. I have one question, how do i put on black background without changing the effect? Thanks a lot for your work
Nice
For those who got stuck on the Expand part, I had to change my stroke for the object to "Align Stroke to Center" I originally had it set to "Align Stroke to Inside" and Expand was not available.
hi bro super and i have packaging design and some working tips bro thank you bro
tanks bro
Loved the tutorial! How do you do this for outlined text? When I copy the steps it doesn't blend it randomly copies the text.
First off, awesome video! But, I do have a problem. When copying what you did in the video, using a circle it works just fine. I do have an object comprised of several lines and arc shapes. Adding the outline path works, when using the blend tool it acts very strange and doesn't spread right and left of the line. It spreads in random directions with different intensities. Do you or anyone else have a solution for it, what am I doing wrong? Thank you!
@annapurnaseelam5324
3 ай бұрын
I have the same issue
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@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks 😂
@agentprudent
2 жыл бұрын
@@ForeverDansky 😃😃😃 you are a great teacher boss
I am trying to create this but with using a line shape that looks like a T with a extra two horizontal lines one line 3/4 way and the other halfway on the T shape, drawn with pen tool then merged, able to expand but blend tool just multiplies the lines instead of giving that blurred look where you used blend. I followed your tutorial and had success with using the circle shape. Would anyone know why it does not work with the shape I described? ...Thanks!
Oh god this is amazing it didn't work for me at first bcz I was working with cmyk colors
Hi, thank you for the tutorial. But I have a problem with it. Whenever I try to blend the expanded ring and the offset path (I tried Blend > Make option too) it doesn't come up blurry or glowy. It looks like a flat stroke in between both shapes. :( Any suggestion?
@annaj.6577
2 жыл бұрын
OK. I figured it out. Maybe it will help someone else. Go to Blend Options > change it from 'Smooth Color' to 'Specified Distance'.. It worked for me. And if there is no plus sign appearing go Object > Blend > Make
@jinyeh8593
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That did help me!
@annaj.6577
2 жыл бұрын
@@jinyeh8593 glad that it helped!
@gianxander
8 ай бұрын
for some reason the blend looks pixelated
Um, when I play around with the sliders, (3:05) the whole background rectangle changes color, not the ring. What am I doing wrong?
Hi, love the tutorial and intro music. Track name please? :)
Hey thanks! It's very useful. But when I saved mine, it doesn't save as it looks. Somehow, the neon brush looks more saturated 🥴 help!
QUESTION: How can you keep the integrity of the dark black background once you've edited the color palette sliders to the glow you want? I have a client that wants pure black background and can[t seem to achieve this.
photoshop: hi
Hi sir Sir I have a problem plz must reply when I pic colour blend tool the color fill box change into this mark option 👉? And when after blending when I click colour doge in transparency all colors gone in the background I mean don't show plz tell me about this I have seen many tutorial but I couldn't understand plz must reply
When is project glow stick coming out?
Hi Danksy, thanks for this. My "shape" keeps getting filled in when I blend, so it's blending on outside, but filling white in the middle. What am I doing wrong? Thank you!
@jameswang4655
Жыл бұрын
same to me, any help pls
is there any way to make this in illustrator with the laser being transparent?
wow
Hello Dansky! I have a question, right as I change the circle into color dodge. I'm not getting the glowy circle your getting, I'm getting a more thicker version of it, idk what happened, but I may need your help thanks!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Skye, if you follow the same steps, the glow intensity will be dependant on the size/thickness of the circles you create, and how much of a graduation there is outwards from white to black 😊
Yes we can move it around ✍️ *takes notes* forgets everything else
hey dansky first of all thanks for this nice tutorial. but how you animate that neon ball around circle?
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Create the gradient shapes (black and white) in Illustrator, export out as separate files and bring into After Effects. Change the blending mode to Colour Dodge for objects in After Effects, and animate each object’s position using keyframes 👍
im stuck at 2:46, when i change the opacity normal to color dodge the blue ring is very thick for me & not thin like in the vid
This is great! Major bummer though; it doesn't work in CMYK.
This was a super easy tutorial to follow, instant subscribe for me. My only issue is now that have my shapes created how to I use them so that my background isn't the color for the glow? do I just have to shrink that color box down to the same size as my object or what?
@ForeverDansky
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Group everything together including the background (Ctrl + G) and then change the blending mode to “Screen”. The background will blend over an image or photo for example 👍
@Kolddeth
Жыл бұрын
@@ForeverDansky awesome thank you!!
I guess you can do this even with types right? Amazing btw
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much anything black and white using colour dodge!
Would nice to see how to do this with text!
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Great idea! I’ve got a few neon tutorials for text already, but would definitely be fun to try and apply this technique to text 😊
Can I make this on illustrator 10 Version?
Hey Dansky, I keep running into an issue when trying this. I have followed step by step and whenever I try to use the blend tool I do not get the + option on my tool until I click on the object then I have to click on it again and it does not function properly. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
@ForeverDansky
2 жыл бұрын
Aha it can be very fiddly! You can also go to “Object -> Blend -> Make” instead 👍
@DeAndaMax
2 жыл бұрын
@@ForeverDansky Thanks so much! Last question, I promise, any suggestions on how to flatten the image/take the new object out without losing too many details? This is for a screen print so I am needing it without the background.
I have a problem on 2:06. I can not do 'expand'. I want to give my text the neon glow effect like in your video. Can you help me?