Lightburst effect

since some people asked about the lightburst effect in my signature, I thought I'd post the tutorial for it. I didn't come up with the tutorial, I got it from a magazine awhile back. The results differ depending on the word you use. In my case I added another picture in a blending mode which gave it the eyes highlight and made the light effect considerably more impressive I think. Anyway, have fun.


Start with black type on a white background.
Render your type layer.
Make a selection of the text.
Save the selection.
Create another layer beneath the text layer and fill with white.
Merge down to combine the two layers.
Gaussian Blur with a suitable radius to create a soft edge to the type.
Run Solarize filter.
Run AutoLevels (to brighten it)
Duplicate this layer.
Run Polar Coordinates filter, "Polar to Rectangular".
Rotate canvas 90 degrees clockwise.
Invert image.
Run Wind filter, From the Left.
Run the filter 2 more times (3 times total).
Invert image again.
Run AutoLevels.
Run Wind filter 3 more times (this is what they suggested, I found it to be too much).
Rotate canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise.
Run Polar Coordinates filter, "Rectangular to Polar"
Change layer blend mode to Screen
Create a new layer (for the gradient fill).
Choose linear gradient tool, choose preset "Violet Orange".
Drag the gradient tool vertically across the type layer. (hold Shift to constrain angle).
Invert to make the gradient Green & Blue.
Change blend mode to Color.
Run radial blur filter. Choose Zoom blur, Amount 66.
Make original type layer active.
Load previous selection.
Set foreground color to black, fill selection with black.


That's it. Not too complicated really. You can experiment with doing the process differently to get different results.

okay.. or you can just find the "ray of light" tutorial on
psworkshop.net

then its just a matter of playing around with the gradients on a seperate layer on the "color" blend mode.


Snore

hey, cool. thanks for the link. It's a slightly different effect that looks cool too.

Ecccccks I tried this Lightburst effect tut, and mine don't look right??? I did a few different way but nothing came out like I wanted...seems my ray effects are going inward behind the text , rather than outward away from the text...at the link below u can view the results of my battle. I did add a lens flare to my end results...but not what I was looking for. I haven't tried the "Ray of Light" tut yet that one is next. Can u tell I am new to this hehe. Help can u tell What I am doing wrong here??? I did the steps just as u listed above maybe there is a common step here I don't know lol, I even tried doing the 3 extra wind steps uuuuugh. Did u add a light effect to the center of your signature tag? For an advanced psp'ers Photoshop sure has a way of making u feel like an ediot lol.:confused:



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