EMULATING TYPE EXPLODING IN SPACE
STEP : 1
Select File > New to open the New document dialog box. Under Preset choose Photo, set the width to 6 inches, the height to 3 inches, and click OK. Press D to reset the foreground and background colors, and then select Edit > Fill to fill the layer with the foreground color (Black).
STEP : 2
Press T to select the Type tool, and on the Character panel choose a thick display font such as Gill Sans Ultra Bold, 30 pt with a bright purple hex value of #791097. Now type in the words TRUST THE FORCE in all capital letters.
STEP : 3
Select the Background layer and press Shift+Ctrl+N/Swift+N to create a new layer above it. Grab the Lasso tool (L) and draw a wobbly cloud-shaped selection around the text, as illustrated in Figure 43-1.
Figure 43-1
Press the Refine Edge button on the Control bar, adjust the Edge Feather to 32 px in the dialog box and click OK. Now select Filter > Render > Clouds and press Ctrl+D/Ô+D to deselect. Rename Layer 1 Clouds.
STEP : 4
Duplicate (Ctrl+J/Ô+J) the Clouds layer and set the duplicate layer’s blending mode to Pin Light. Now duplicate the Pin Light Clouds layer, change the blending mode to Luminosity, set the opacity to 20%, and select Filter > Pixelate > Pointillize. Set the cell size to 5 and click OK. You now have a nice, white gaseous nebula cloud behind your text.
STEP : 5
Click the Levels icon on the Adjustments panel to create a new Levels adjustment layer. From the RGB menu, select Red and adjust the black histogram slider to about 87, so that the outer edges of your nebula cloud turn from white to a deep aquamarine blue. Cool.
STEP : 6
Select the Type layer and choose Layers > Rasterize > Type. To create the illusion of exploding text, you’re going to use your Lasso tool (L) to rope around different parts of the lettering and nudge them away from their starting points. Make an uneven selection around the top of a couple of letters, position your cursor inside the selection, and Ctrl+drag/Ô+drag the piece slightly away from the rest.
Repeat this process to blow up the letters as if they are bursting out or breaking up from the center of the image, as illustrated in Figure 43-2.
Figure 43-2
STEP : 7
Next, you explode the type. Duplicate (Ctrl+J/Ô+J) the type layer and select Filter > Blur > Radial Blur. In the dialog box, set the amount to 65, the method to Zoom, and the quality to Best, and then click OK. Duplicate this layer twice more.
Change the top text layer’s blending mode to Dissolve and lower the opacity to 50%.
In the Color panel, adjust the foreground color to a bright yellowish white with a hex value of #f5f5cc. Click the Lock Transparent Pixels icon on the Layers panel and select Edit > Fill to fill this layer with the foreground color.
STEP : 8
Select the text layer copy directly below the one you just edited. Set the foreground color to a bright orange with a hex value of #dda41a.
Click the Lock Transparent Pixels icon on the Layers panel and select Edit > Fill to fill this layer with the foreground color. Select the text layer directly below that and repeat the Lock and Fill process to fill the layer with a hex value of # 8d1878.
STEP : 9
Reposition the original text layer to the top of the Layers panel, choose Layer >Layer Style > Inner Shadow, and then set the blending mode to Multiply, the color to #000000, the distance to 6 px, and the size to 1 px. Add a Bevel and Emboss style and set the style to Inner Bevel, the technique to Chisel Hard, the depth to 200%, the size to 6 px, the angle to 120°, and the altitude to 30°. Click OK.
To amplify the explosion effect, use the Transform Scale tool to slightly enlarge the duplicate text layers.
STEP : 10
Last come some final lighting effects. Select the original text layer and choose Filter > Render > Lens Flare. Select the Movie Prime Lens type, set the brightness to 76%,and position the tiny + icon in the preview pane between the letter T and H in The. Press OK.
Create a new layer and position it directly beneath the original text layer. Set the blending mode to Dissolve and the opacity to 20%. Press D to reset the colors and D to put white in the foreground. Now press B to select the Brush tool, choose a large star-shaped brush, and set the size to about 900 px. Click a few times to set down clusters of scattered pixels.
Now select the Eraser tool, choose a large 900 px soft-edged brush and gently erase any solid clusters. Remember, you’re going for a spacey explody effect, so trust your instincts. If you like this effect, repeat on another layer using yellow instead of white. Figure 43-3 shows the finished product.
Figure 43-3
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