Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Powerful, Cinematic, Back-lit, Sci-fi Title

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create a

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powerful sci-fi graphic a backlit text

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floating in deep space create a new

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document by pressing ctrl + on windows

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or command n on a Mac name it whatever

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you'd like make its width 1550 pixels

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its height 870 pixels and the resolution

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150 pixels per inch the color mode is

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RGB and 8 bits per channel then click OK

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or press Enter or return

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if your foreground and background colors

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aren't white and black respectively

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press D on your keyboard and then X to

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invert them we'll fill the document with

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black and since black is the background

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color press ctrl or command + delete

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open your horizontal type tool

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and open your list of fonts choose a

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font you like I'm using Aldo the Apache

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regular if you'd like to use it I

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provided its link in my video's

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description or project files I'll make

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it sighs 183 points sharp and center

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alignment click on your document and

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type out your text to increase or

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decrease the space between characters

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highlight them and press and hold alt or

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option + the right or left arrows on

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your keyboard

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to send to your text on your document

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open your move tool and press ctrl or

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command a to select it all and click the

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align horizontal centers icon

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to deselect it press ctrl or command D

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to slide your text down or up press the

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down or up arrows on your keyboard

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ctrl-click or command click on the large

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t to make a selection of your texts

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shape

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ctrl-click or command click on the new

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layer icon to make a new layer below the

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active layer

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go to select modify and border

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make the width 25 pixels and click OK

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we'll fill it with white and since white

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is the foreground color press alt or

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option + delete then deselect it

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double-click the large T to highlight

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the text and click the color box to open

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the color picker pick black and click OK

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open your move tool and go to layer

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rasterize and type we're rasterizing the

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text so we can apply certain effects and

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filters to it

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make layer 1 active and change its blend

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mode to dissolve

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we want to keep the dissolve effect but

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make the layers blend mode normal to do

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this click the new layer icon to make a

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new layer

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shift-click on layer 1 to make it active

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as well then merge the two layers by

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pressing ctrl or command e now we still

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have the dissolve effect but its blend

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mode is normal name it radial blur

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go to filter blur and radial blur

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make the amount a hundred percent the

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blur method zoom and the quality good

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drag the crosshair to a location that

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approximates the location of the top

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center of your text then click OK

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your first few tries may not be accurate

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so just press ctrl or command Z to undo

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the last step and try again until you're

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happy with the blurs location increase

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the blur effect by pressing ctrl or

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command F a few times

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notice the subtle striations in the blur

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this is because the layer that we

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applied the radio blur to was originally

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stippled by the dissolve blend mode to

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slightly lower or raise the location of

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the blur press your down or up arrow on

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your keyboard

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next will brighten and colorize our

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image make your top layer active and

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click the adjustment layer icon click

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hue/saturation

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check colorize and drag the hue slider

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to a color you like

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I'll increase the saturation to a

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hundred percent

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we'll make a copy of the text first make

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a layer active and then press ctrl or

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command J

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copy below the original text and named

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it shadow

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go to edit

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transform and flip vertical

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press and hold shift

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Oh down until it's flush with the bottom

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of the top text

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go to edit transform and perspective

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go to a bottom corner

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get out until the shadows perspective

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angle matches the perspective angle of

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the radial blur then press Enter or

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return

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press the down arrow on your keyboard to

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lower the shadow until its top edges are

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aligned to the bottom of the top text

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next we'll make the shadow gradually

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blur and fade out make a copy of the

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shadow

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and click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask next to the copy press and

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hold alt or option as you drag a copy of

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the layer mask next to the original

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shadow make the Shadow Copy layer active

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and go to filter blur and Gaussian blur

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make the radius 1 pixel and click okay

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make the original shadow active go back

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to filter blur and Gaussian blur

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this time blur it eight pixels then

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click OK or press Enter or return

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click the layer mask to make it active

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open your gradient tool

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and gradient picker click the black to

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transparent gradient

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and the linear gradient icon

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go to the bottom of your shadow and

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press and hold shift as you drag up the

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gradient line to approximately here then

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release to sharpen the top part of the

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shadow make the top layer mask active

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place your cursor approximately

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three-quarters of the way up the shadow

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and press and hold shift as you drag up

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the gradient line to the top of the

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shadow

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next we'll add a glow around the rim of

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the text

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make your text layer active and click

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the FX icon click outer glow

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if your version of Photoshop is earlier

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than CC 2015 your layer style window

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will look a bit different make the blend

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mode color dodge the opacity thirty-five

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percent and the size 10 pixels then

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click OK

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next we'll hit a small bright flare at

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the source of the radial blur

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer name it source light

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open your elliptical marquee tool

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center of the source of the radial blur

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press and hold alt or option + shift as

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you drag out a circle approximately this

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size

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go to select modify and feather feather

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it 50 pixels and click OK or press Enter

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or return

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open your gradient tool

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and click the radial gradient icon go to

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the center of the circle and press and

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hold shift as you drag the gradient line

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across approximately twice the distance

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of the diameter of the circle then

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release to deselect it press ctrl or

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command D to slide the flare up or down

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press the up or down arrows on your

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keyboard

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next we'll add a lens flare make a

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composite snapshot of your image by

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first making the top layer active and

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then pressing ctrl shift alt e on

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windows or command shift option e on a

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mac

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go to filter render and lens flare

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the brightness is a hundred percent and

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the lens type is 50 to 300 millimeters

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zoom

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drag the lens flare over the center of

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the glow and click okay because the

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preview window is so small you may have

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to reposition it a few times to get it

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over the center lastly we'll add stars

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to the background since the text is

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blocking the radial blur from shining

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through it will block the stars from

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shining through it as well click the new

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layer icon to make a new layer fill the

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empty layer with black and since black

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is the background color press ctrl or

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command + delete

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go to filter noise and add noise make

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the amount 100% gaussian and

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monochromatic then click OK or press

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Enter or return

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go to filter blur and Gaussian blur make

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the radius point three pixels and click

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OK or press Enter or return press ctrl

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or command L to open your levels window

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drag the input black slider to

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approximately 170 and click OK

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change the blend mode to color dodge

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ctrl-click or command click on the text

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to make a selection of it

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask of the selection next to the

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Stars layer right now the stars are

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showing through the text but not the

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background so to reverse the effect will

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invert the layer mask to do this press

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ctrl a command I this is Marty from Blue

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Lightning TV thanks for watching