LED Photoshop
To create a LED text effect you can use a cool Photoshop action from GraphicRiver. Check out the tutorial below where I will show you how to create an LED effect from scratch.
TV Screen Effect Photoshop Tutorial
While writing another tutorial about how to edit text in image using Photoshop, I started thinking about making a tutorial on how to transform a text to a LCD screen text effect.
So, in this tutorial you will learn how to create a computer screen LED text effect in Photoshop using a screen texture. You will see that it's really easy to simulate a computer screen in Adobe Photoshop. The Photoshop computer screen effect comes with a free PSD file for you to download.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tv-screen-display-LED-text-photoshop-tutorial.jpg)
Open a new PSD file, 72 dpi, RGB color mode, 8 bit. Create a layer called Computer Monitor Texture and fill it with color #3b3b3b which is a dark gray.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut1.jpg)
Add and Inner Glow with color black to create a vignette around the TV screen.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut2.jpg)
Computer Screen Textures & Patterns
Download this computer monitor seamless texture PAT file. Then, install the PAT pattern file in Photoshop to be able to use the pattern.
Add a Pattern Overlay layer style to the background layer using the tv screen texture pattern.
![TV Screen Texture](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tv-screen-texture.jpg)
You can also use these computer screen textures insted: LCD Screen Monitor Texture and RGB LED Screen Texture that are free for personal and commercial use.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut3.jpg)
Create the LED Screen Text
Create a new layer called Computer Monitor Text I will type something. Use color white for the text and as for the font type I will use Intro font because it has simple geometric lines and it is a sans-serif font.
See this tutorial to learn how to install fonts in Photoshop. In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, san serif or simply sans typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut4.jpg)
Add an Outer Glow style for the Computer Monitor Text and convert the layer into a smart object. Right-click and choose Conver to Smart Object.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut5.jpg)
Your screen effect Photoshop text font should now look like this.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut6.jpg)
Time to add a layer style for this new smart object. Add a Pattern Overlay using the same computer monitor seamless texture that you downloaded in the previous step.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut7.jpg)
Next we'll add some smart filters. The smart filters are regular Photoshop filters that are applied for a smart object becoming smart filters; that means they can be edited and have a non-destructive effect. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut8.jpg)
Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and make these settings.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut9.jpg)
Go to Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic and make these settings. You will obtain a soft pixelate effect.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut10.jpg)
Let's add a Gradient Fill adjustment to create a screen reflection for the computer monitor. Blend mode is set to Normal, opacity 6% .
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut11.jpg)
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut12.jpg)
Add a Selective Color adjustment to slightly change the color tones.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut13.jpg)
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tut14.jpg)
For the final touches I also added a Vibrance adjustment (Vibrance +35 and Saturation +100). Select all the visible layers and convert them to one smart object. Use the Edit > Transform > Distort to change the display screen peerspective. So here is the final result for the computer screen text effect made in Photoshop.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/tv-screen-display-LED-text-photoshop-tutorial.jpg)
You can make combinations of color to create other cool LED text effects. For example you can add a Gradient adjustment with blend mode Color and choose a gradient or a monotone. See some LED screen text effect examples below.
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/screen-LED-text-photoshop-tutorial.jpg)
![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/LED-text-photoshop-tutorial.jpg)
Photoshop Screen Effect FREE DOWNLOAD
I have made this led screen effect PSD file that will help you create a LED screen font more easily. The LED screen effect mockup psd works for text, shapes, logos. So, if you are looking for a lcd screen effect, you are in the right place. The LED screen photoshop effect works for photos too and other illustratins, graphics, etc.
![LED Screen Effect](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/led-screen-effect.jpg)
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![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/LED-text-photoshop-style.jpg)
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![Screen Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/led-text-effect-photoshop-action.jpg)
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![LED Effect Photoshop](/tutorials/how-to-create-a-computer-screen-led-text-effect-in-photoshop/led-effect-photoshop.jpg)
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