Blast Text Effect


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This is an intermediate to advanced level tutorial and assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP...but that is not to say that a beginner can't do it.   If you are a beginner try it, you might surprize yourself!

This tutorial is based on a Photoshop tutorial found at Weborum.   I do not claim that this is my original idea, I just adapted it for use in PSP.

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Let's get started

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  1. Open a new image 800px x 300px, black, raster background, res 72, 16 mil colors
  2. Set your background color to any bright color, I chose #05ff05.
  3. Select a medium to wide font, I used fontdinerdotcom luvable, at 72pt and apply it to the center of the canvas floating.
  4. Go to Selections->Load/Save Selection->Save Selection to Alpha Channel.   There is no need to name it so just hit save.
  5. Select none.
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  1. Go to Effects->Distortion Effects->Polar Coordinates and choose Polar to Rectangle
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  1. Go to Effects->DBS Flux->Blast. Set the percentage to 56.   You are going to give it 5 "blasts" so set the direction in this order: down down up up down.
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  1. Go to Effects->Distortion Effects->Polar Coordinates and choose Rectangle to Polar
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  1. Go to Adjust->Blur->Gaussian Blur radius 2.50.
  2. Add new raster layer.
  3. Go to Selections->Load/Save Selection->Load Selection from Alpha Channel and load your selection.
  4. Go to Selections->Modify->Expand by 3.
  5. Get the flood fill tool and fill the selection with the color you started with, in my case #05ff05.
  6. Select none.   Then give it a gaussian blur radius 2.  Lower the opacity of the layer to 62.
  7. Add a new raster layer.
  8. Load your selection from the alpha channel again.   Flood fill it with black.   Select none.
  9. Duplicate the black text layer.   Go to Image->Flip.   Get the Mover tool and move the selection down.
  10. Get the deform tool and deform it to make it look like a shadow.  Lower the opacity to 72.
  11. Merge all layers (flatten).   Resize 50% and your done.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow.   If you have any comments or questions please feel free to .



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