This was two attempts to perform the "Neon" text idea in Shake. Yes, again there are tuts in PS and AE!
Instead of the basic tut with lots of words, I will use lots of pics and very little words.
Pretty much look at the pics (pics will show numbers to dial in) and connect the nodes
The left side of the tree is like the "Clone" tut where it uses AutoAlign.
Based on pgs. 788-793 of the Shake 4 User Manual. It can still be found here https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/0/MA88/en_US/Shake_4_User_Manual.pdf
The Quick paint node is used to reveal the dark brick wall and leaves the clouds bright
In Pics 1-18 the node that is highlighted has it's specs below and the effect in that pic
In Pics 1-9 the node that is highlighted ha it's specs below but the pics remain the same. I did not select each node to show the specific pic in this section. ( The 2nd Neon Pics 1-9)