Explosion
Blow up your text with a fiery background.
This is a multiple page tutorial because there are multiple layers. |
| STEP 1 |
Start a new image and add your text, assuming white text on black background. Center the text and make sure you have a decent margin around it.
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| STEP 2 |
Add some quick noise grunge by using the Mezzotint filter set at course dots. Filter>Pixelate>Mezzotint... Accept that the layer will be rasterized. Apply the filter 2-5 times depending on how roughed up you want your text to look.
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| STEP 3 |
Lets add some depth now by punching the text using Filter>Distort>Pinch... I set the amount to -50 to bring the text out. The distortion will depend on your image's aspect ration (ration between width and height).
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| STEP 4 |
| Duplicate this layer 4 times. Hide the top two copies and continue to work on the bottom most layer. I've named my layers back1, back2, text, and lightthrough to help me in the next steps. |
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| STEP 5 |
Apply a motion blur to the bottom two layers. One at 45 and one at -45, each with 100 strength. Merge the layers together. It should resemble this...
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