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ASCII Stamp

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1. Open up a new canvas like the one below. My canvas is 500 x 500PX. Get out your Text tool (T) and type on the canvas with a standard font. Do this a couple of times.

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2. Alternate the text layers to the position you want, quite close together :

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3. Rasterize all the text layers and then from the top layer of the palette, press CTRL + E and then stop just before the Background layer, in other words don't merge onto the Background layer. Once you've done that, Duplicate the layer.

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4. Go to Filter>Blur>Radial Blur and input these settings :

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5. After you have done that, add the Outer Glow layer style to the layer you didn't Blur.

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6. The effect is now complete!

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7. Now you can add the stamp to signature or other graphics :

ASCII Stamp