1.Start a new document. File | new…
Choose a suitable size and make sure you are in RGB mode and that the resolution is set to 72 dpi.
Create a new layer and type in a optional text.
2. Now click: Select | Load selection… | OK | Select | Save selection… | OK.
The saved selection will now be a new Channel, Alpha 1.
Make Alpha 1 active by clicking on it.
This is how it looks when the channel Alpha 1 is active:
Now choose: Filter | Blur | Guassian Blur…
Set the Radius to 2-3 pixels. This is how it looks now:
Switch over to layers, and make the ‘Text’ layer active and click Layer | Type | Render Layer
(imortant because otherwise one can’t access the filters)
Do also remove the selction by clicking Select | Deselect
(Not important)
And finally… click Filter | Render | Lightning EffectsNow you will get a dialog box with a lot of options. The most important is to choose Texture Channel, click on the drop-down-box and choose Alpha 1. The other options can you play a little with and see what’s good but these are my favorites.
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