Text effects - Sparkling Text

The DOWNLOAD file is the following file...

tt1040m_.ttf

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Download, unzip to your Windows fonts folder

Open a new file

Width: 400

Height: 200

Background Color: White

Pick Black for your foreground color. Click the text tool, this works better with a smaller font. I picked Amazon BT, Bold Italic, size 36. Make sure your text is in the middle. Click the layer palette button to bring up the Layer Palette. It will look like this...

Where it says Floating Selec...right click on that and click Promote To Layer. Go to EDIT>COPY. Go to EDIT>PASTE>AS NEW LAYER, 4 times. On the Layer Palette click on the layer that says Promoted Se...Like this...

Click the selection tool and draw a rectangle around the text and move the text until it lines up with the rest. It will look like this...

See you can't tell there's a bunch of them there it just looks like one. Now click the Replace Color button . Pick a color for your foreground color I picked a light purple. Now click the flood fill tool and flood fill each letter. You won't be able to see the change but it did I promise. On the Layer Palette click Layer2. Pick another color, I picked a light green. Click the Replace Color tool and flood fill this one. On the Layer Palette click Layer3. Pick another color I picked a light blue. Click the Replace Color tool and flood fill this one. On the Layer Palette click Layer4. Pick another color I picked a hot pink. Click the Replace Color tool and flood fill this one. Ok, select none. On the Layer Palette click the layer called Promoted Se. Go to IMAGE>BLUR>MOTION BLUR use these settings...

Deg. 0 Intensity: 30 Do that 2 times.

On the Layer Palette click the Layer2.

Go to IMAGE>BLUR>MOTION BLUR use these settings...

Deg. 90 Intensity: 30 Do that 2 times.

On the Layer Palette click the Layer3.

Go to IMAGE>BLUR>MOTION BLUR use these settings...

Deg. 45 Intensity: 30 Do that 2 times.

On the Layer Palette click the Layer4.

Go to IMAGE>BLUR>MOTION BLUR use these settings...

Deg. 315 Intensity: 30 Do that 2 times.

Click on Layer5. Pick white as your foreground color. Click the text tool and place the same text slightly offset. On the Layer Palette where it says Floating Selection like this...

Right click on that and click Promote To Layer.

Go to LAYERS>MERGE>MERGE ALL (FLATTEN).

Now crop and buttonize and it looks like this...

Here's one I did with a Black background and I used white on all the layers and black on the last text...

You just have to play around with the colors.

If you have any questions please just ask..