Glitter Tutorial

This is how I create glitter in PS and PSE.

1. Open a new document with white background.
2. Create a new layer.
3. You may add a custom shape, text or just a letter to the new layer. Text or letters need to be simplified (rasterized).
4. Filter>Distort>Diffuse glow and play with the settings until you get something you like. I used: Grainness 6, Glow amount 10 and clear amount 15.
5. Layer>new adjustment layer>hue and saturation. Click colorize and change the setting to get the color you want. (I usually first go to the color palette and find a color I like, then I copy its HSB numbers. Then Hue and saturation/colorize and type the numbers and make changes until I get something I like.)
6. If saving as a png, first delete the white background layer.

Please leave comments or suggestions.

Anonymous,

Thanks for letting me know. I fixed it yesterday, but forgot to upload it. It is now fixed.

Happy New Year to all!