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Light explosion text  Photoshop

step 1

Open a new white canvas,
Use the type tool to put some text in the middle, make sure to leave some space around the text.

step 2

right click on the text layer and choose rasterize type
Hold Ctrl and click on the image of the text layer in the layer menu:
this will select only the text in that layer

step 3

We need to save this selection so we can use it later.
Go to select > Save selection..
In the window that opened click OK
click Ctrl+D to Deselect

step 4

Merge the two layers together:
Go to Layer > Merge visable

step 5

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur
And set the radius to about 2.5 Px to get a nice blur like this:


go to Filter > Stylize > Solarize
Then go to Image > adjustments > Auto levels
The result should look like this:

step 6

Choose Polar to Rectangular

step 7

Rotate the canvas:
Go to Image > Rotate canvas > 90 CW
Then go to Filter > Stylize > wind
Choose the settings below:

step 8

Repeat the wind effect again by pressing Ctrl+F twice.
press Ctrl+i to invert the colors.
press Ctrl+F two more times.
press Crtl+i again.
in the end you'll get something very distorted like that:

step 9

Now we'll get the picture back to normal
Go to Image > Rotate canvas > 90 CCW
then Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates
and choose Rectangular to Polar

step 10

Make a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N)
Set the layer's blend mode to color burn
Use the gradient tool and fill the layer.

step 11

Now we'll add the text back
Make another layer (Ctrl+Shift+N)
go to select > Load selection
Change the channel to Alpha 1


you'll get the selection of the text you made before
Fill it with black, by going Edit > Fill
change the layer's blend mode to Overlay

step 12

we're almost done, just need to add some glow:
Right click on the text layer and pick Blending options
pick outer glow and change the settings as seen below
change the size and spread to get the amount of glow that you want.


we're all done, that's the end result