Glow Effect, Krita Tutorial

Published: 26 August 2025
on channel: Virtual Curiosities
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In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create a non-destructive glowing effect in Krita, which can be used to create a glowing text effect or added to illustration in digital art. We'll learn to do this using various filters, clone layers, and the addition blend mode.

Previous rainbow text tutorial:    • Rainbow Text Effect, Krita Tutorial  

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0:00 Introduction
0:08 Creating a clone layer with gaussian blur
1:17 Understanding the addition blend mode
3:02 Changing the source of the clone layer
3:41 Switching to16 bit, wide gamut linear color
4:59 Using the levels filter to change the gamma of the alpha gradient
6:08 Using the color adjustment filter to create glowing rings
6:24 Making the glow effect stronger by duplicating it
7:18 Using a cross-channel color adjustment filter to increase the brightness near the center
8:14 Using HSL/HSV adjustment filter to make the text actually white
8:49 Adding glow to brush paint and outro

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