Light and glow effect

Overlay Text

Picture 4. Overlay text.

Next we'll create some text on top of the smoke. Use Type Tool to create some text. Change the Blending mode of the text layer to Overlay. Now your image should look similar to picture 4.

Light Trail Effect in Photoshop

Picture 5. Brush stroke along path produces a light motion trail.

Next we'll create light motion trails with the help of a Pen Tool. The Pen Tool can be tricky if you don't have previous experience with it. You'll probably need the following tools found from the Pen Tool flyout button:

Pen Tool - Use this tool to draw the curve in the first place. You can click and drag to create curves on the fly. Don't worry if the curve is not perfect, you can modify it later.

Add Anchor Point Tool - Use this tool if you want to add an anchor point to an existing curve

Remove Anchor Point Tool - Use this tool if you want to remove an anchor point from an existing curve

Convert Point Tool - Use this tool to convert and move anchor points and to control their handles:

- Click on any smooth point to convert it to a corner point.

- Click and drag on any corner point to convert it to a smooth point.

- By pressing CTRL in keyboard you can move anchor points.

- Click on the curve to control handles associated with the clicked segment

When you are comfortable with the Pen Tool, draw some smooth curve for example like in picture 5. At this point it is just a path. Next we are going to create a light trail out of it.

Create a new empty layer on top of the text layer and select it.

Select Brush Tool. Right-click anywhere on the image and set Master Diameter to 3px and Hardness to 100%. Select white as foreground color.

Select Pen Tool and right-click anywhere on the image and select Stroke Path... from the menu. Make sure that Simulate Pressure is checked and click Ok. Now there is a brush stroke along the path. Let's hide the path.

Hide the path by unselecting it:

Open Paths window (Window > Paths)

Click on Paths window below the path to unselect it.

Let's add some glow to the stroke. Right-click on the layer and select Blending Options... from the menu. Turn Outer Glow on and change the color to #16b5e5. Now your image should look similar to picture 5.