07-15-2004, 04:23 PM
Simple Animated Glowing Text
1.Open new document, for this tutorial i used 420x120
2.Fill the document with black
3.Add the desired text
4.Right click the text layer and select blending options
![[Image: blend6.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/6833/blend6.jpg)
5.select outer glow and use the settings below
![[Image: glowop.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/8458/glowop.jpg)
6. Now take the document to image ready
7.Make 2 frames
![[Image: newframe.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/61/newframe.jpg)
with the first frame selected make the layers pallete look like so
![[Image: frame2.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/9467/frame2.jpg)
8.On the second frame
![[Image: frame3.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/5892/frame3.jpg)
9.On the animation pallete hit tween
![[Image: tween.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/4032/tween.jpg)
10.use these settings
![[Image: tweenset1.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/1757/tweenset1.jpg)
11.Hit tween again and use these settings
![[Image: tweenset2.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/7872/tweenset2.jpg)
12.File > Save Optimized As and make sure you save it as a .gif
13.Press play and add a delay if you wish
1.Open new document, for this tutorial i used 420x120
2.Fill the document with black
3.Add the desired text
4.Right click the text layer and select blending options
![[Image: blend6.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/6833/blend6.jpg)
5.select outer glow and use the settings below
![[Image: glowop.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/8458/glowop.jpg)
6. Now take the document to image ready
7.Make 2 frames
![[Image: newframe.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/61/newframe.jpg)
with the first frame selected make the layers pallete look like so
![[Image: frame2.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/9467/frame2.jpg)
8.On the second frame
![[Image: frame3.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/5892/frame3.jpg)
9.On the animation pallete hit tween
![[Image: tween.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/4032/tween.jpg)
10.use these settings
![[Image: tweenset1.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/1757/tweenset1.jpg)
11.Hit tween again and use these settings
![[Image: tweenset2.jpg]](http://img34.exs.cx/img34/7872/tweenset2.jpg)
12.File > Save Optimized As and make sure you save it as a .gif
13.Press play and add a delay if you wish
![[Image: text.gif]](http://img6.exs.cx/img6/2438/text.gif)