Matrix Effect Type

1.) Open Photoshop 7.0 and create a new file. Go to File > New. Make it 300 X 150 pixels on a white background at 72 dpi then hit OK.

2.) Press the letter D on the keyboard to set the foreground color to black. Now go to Edit > Fill. Set to 100% opacity and hit OK.

3.) Select color for text. In the Tool palette, click on the foreground color to activate the Color Picker. Type in #00FF00 for selection and hit OK.

4.) Now select the Text tool and type something large to fill the space.

Next, select the Move tool to center text.

Example of first text layer. In the Layers palette, right-click on text layer and go to Rasterize. (This step is necessary to run Photoshop's Filters, it turns the text to an object).

5.) Drag the text layer to the bottom of the Layers palette and drop it on the New Layer icon. (Duplicate layer will be generated).

6.) Now, go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Apply settings below and hit OK.

Text should now look similar to this:

7.) Next, Drag the "original" text layer to the bottom of the Layers palette and drop it on the New Layer icon once again.

8.) Now, go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Apply settings below and hit OK.

Text is now finished. Compare work to image at top of page.