Aura around Text and objects

1. Create a new file

• 500 wide
• 500 high
• RGB mode
• 72
• white.

2. Create some text with the type tool.

• 48 pt
• color black.
• The  font can be any of your choice

The longer the text line, the more blur you will have to do.  To keep it simple type in the word Explode with caps and lower case.

3. Rasterize. Right click on your text layer and select rasterize. This will switch your text layer from vector to pixel.

4. Create a new working layer. Click Layer->Duplicate Layer.

5. Select the new layer on your layer panel as your current editing layer.

6. Set your foreground color to white and click Edit->Fill.

• Use: forground
• Mode: Multiply
• Opacity: 100%

7. Blur your pixels: Select the menu Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur.  setting: 5.2

8. Changing your coordinate scale actually interprets that your pixel points have been in a
polar graph and regraphs them in a rectangular graph which is the normal graph most are familiar with. (if you took advvanced math in hs you may remember the polar graph) What we are doing is changing the way the pixels are oriented, applying an effect to them in that new state, then will change the graphing method back.

 Select Filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates.

• Options: Polar to Rectangular

9. Rotate your canvas to get your wind to orient correctly.  Image->Rotate Canvas->90 CW.

10. Apply a wind to your active layer. Filter->Stylize->Wind.

• default settings

11. Apply wind a second time. Filter->Stylize->Wind again.

12. Adust the levelsby clicking Image->Adjust->Auto Levels.

13. Click Image->Adjust->Invert.

14. Apply wind for the 3rd time: Filter->Stylize->Wind.

15. Apply wind yet again for the 4th and final time. Filter->Stylize->Wind again.

16. Rotate your canvas back to normal by clicking Image->Rotate Canvas->90 CCW.

17. Change your coordinates back by clicking Filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates.

• Options: Rectangular to Polar.

18. On the layer panel  Set Layer Mode to Hard Light.

19. Now it is time to colorize your image. Click Image->Adjust->Hue/Saturation.

• Check the "Colorize" checkbox and play with the settings of
• Set saturations up to the top
• Select the Hue of choice
• set your saturation down to the level you want .

Examples