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Paths To Neon Glow Layer Effect

neon-glow

Four different widths of stroked paths this image is in many ways too nice for the following layer effect.

grayscale grayscale-blur

It Needs Two 'Effect Layers'

Two gray layers of the stroked path image. One Gaussian blurred. Both are set with mode of Grain Extract.

The Layers in this effect

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The layers dialog here should explain what I did.

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