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3.
Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool make a perfectly-rounded small selection inside of the F at the top.

Make a new layer and fill this selection with white (#ffffff.)
Move the selection to the left so theres about 5 pixels space between the two, fill with white again.

Repeat this until you’ve filled up all of the F, then merge all of your light layers together.

After merging your layers together, apply this Drop Shadow.

4.
Repeat the last step with the other letters. Just make the selection, fill with white, move selection, fill with white, repeat.
Letter A:

Letter M:

Letter O:

Letter U:

Letter S:

5.
Lastly I added a few post-effects to the image. Since the orange I used came out really bright, I lowered the contrast a little (Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast) and also applied Filter > Noise > Add Noise to give it a cool, old-style effect.

If you want you can download the PSD file for this tutorial from here.
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Good but you should really put an outer glow on all the little dots you have there. That way it actually is light and bright.
Comment by LurkerPatrol — March 6, 2007
Hmm yes, it’s just that that didn’t look very good. I used what looked best
Comment by eli — March 8, 2007
heh, it is soooo easy
and easy is nice
Comment by smeagol.gollum — March 8, 2007
Excelent tutorial
Comment by Celeste — April 18, 2007
Nice! I love it!
Comment by Sydney — April 22, 2007