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Electric Text Effect

Added: Mar 14, 2006 Level: Experienced Software: Photoshop  
Author: Head Nerd More by this author

Make a new document, let's say 800x800 pixels and fill it with black.

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Write a large text with white. I've chosen "Electric" with impact font, size 120 pts.

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Go to Layer > Rasterize > Type to the layer with the text on it. Right click on the rasterized layer and choose "duplicate layer" and hit OK. Then, hide it by clicking on the eye next to it. Don't worry, we will need it later.

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Right click on the "Electric" layer and choose "merge visible".

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Go Image>Rotate Canvas> 90 CW. Your image should look like this:

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Go to Filters>Stylize>Wind. Choose "wind" and "from the right". Press CTRL+F (Command+F on Mac) another 2 times to repeat the filter. After that, go again to Filters>Stylize>Wind and repeat the procedure, but this time with "from the left" option. Again, with 2 times CTRL+F.

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Go Image>Rotate Canvas> 90 CCW. Your image should look like this:

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Go again to Filters>Stylize>Wind and repeat the procedure, from the right and from the left, but with only one Ctrl+F each. Go to Filters>Distort>Ripple. Select the amount desired. I've chosen Amount 200% and Size "medium".

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Go to mage>Adjustments> Hue/Saturation or hit CTRL+U (Command+U on Macintosh).

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In the menu that will appear, choose "colorize" and move the "Hue" slider until you reach your desired color.

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Your image should look like this:

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Now, with the CTRL key (Command key on Macintosh) pressed, click on the thumbnail next to the "Electric copy" layer. You'll notice the selection appeared. With the selection activated, go to Select>Modify>Contract and choose 4 pixels. Hit OK.

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Now go to Edit>Fill and in the menu choose Foreground (or background color, whatever is black) than hit OK. Your final image should look like this:

Electric Text Effect



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comments AJ June 11, 2010 says:
This is really cool but... How would I do this in CS4? Please!
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comments lala182 April 14, 2007 says:
I did not obtain to finish this tutorial one, it am very confused, still more for me that I am beginning, in the part of the effect, must have photos in sequence of what it is fact, the first effect that appears I already did not obtain to make due not to find it, please, they try to facilitate for we (inexperienced) the Tutorials, and if possible they bring up to date this Tutorials, I found it very interesting. They forgive me for the missed words, my English is not of the best ones.
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comments johnsmithcareer June 01, 2006 says:
This screetshots is wrong. i guess it is different pics.
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