light Burst Tutorial

step 1: set your foregound color black.Type your text.Raterize your type layer.Put a selection around your text.Go under the select menu and choose save selection.


step 2: deselect your type.S witch your foreground color to withe.Under the edit menu choose fill.C hange the mode to multiply Go under filter menu,under blur,choose gaussian blur.Enter 2.5 pixels.

step 3:Go under the filter menu, under stylizze and choose soloarize.press shift +appple + l to run the auto levels.Duplicate layer.

step 4: filter menu, under distort,choose polar coordinates.choose polar to rectangular.

step 5: Go under the image menu,under rotate canvas,coose 90'cw.Invert your image(Apple+I).Filter menu, choose stylize,choose wind.

step 6:In wind dialog box choose wind for mthod and from the right for direction.Run this filter 2 more times by pressimg apple+f twice.


step 7:invert your image.Run auto levels.Run the wind filter 3 more times.rotate canvas 90' ccw.filter menu,Distort,choose polar coordinates.


step 8:In polar coordinates choose to rectangular to polar.Change the layer Blend Mode from normal to screen.

step 9:create a new layer.choose a gradient.Drag your gradient through this layer.change the blend mode to color.

step 10:click on your text layer copy.Filter menu,under Blur,choose radialBlur.In dialog box choose zoom.Increase.The amount to 66.Click your original text layer.Select menu, load selection.Choose alpha 1.Change your foreground color to black.Deselect your text.