| This Effect is easy to make but very Powerful! |
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| 1.) Open ImageReady. Create a New file. Go to File > New. Make it 400 X 100 pixels on a White Background, then click OK. Next, press D on the keyboard to set the Foreground color to Black. |
2.) Select the Type
tool |
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| Select a color or simply type in #FF0000 at the Bottom input box to select the color I used, then click OK to apply. |
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3.) Click on the work
area and Type your Text. Select the Move tool 
to Commit. Now, Drag Text to Center. Next, in the Layers
palette, Right-Click on Type layer and a pop-out menu will appear.
Select Rasterize Layer. |
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| 4.) Go to Layer > Duplicate Layer. Now, go to Select > Load Selection > Copy Transparency. (A Selection will appear to the Outer edges of Type.) Press Alt+Backspace to Fill Selection with Black. Now, use Ctrl+D to Deselect Selection. |
| The Layers palette should now look like this: |
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5.) I usually fuzz
the edges at this point. Click the Add a layer style button 
(located at the Bottom of the Layers palette) and
a pop-up menu will appear. Select Outer Glow. When
the Layer Style palette appears... Change the Blend
Mode to Normal, Spread to 3 and the Size to 11, then click the Color
well and the Color-Picker will appear. Change Color
to Red. Now, click OK on Both palettes to apply. |
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6.) In the Layers
palette... click the Next layer Down to Select. Now, repeat Step
5, but this time change the Color well to Black. When you
are finished, click the Eye icon 
to the Top layer to turn Off visibility to it's layer. |
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| The Layers palette should now look as below. (This sets up the First Frame of the Animation.) |
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7.) Go to the Animation
palette and click the Duplicate Frame button 
to generate Frame 2. |
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| 8.) Now, go to the
Layers palette and click Off the Eye icon
to the Red layer and On to the Black layer. |
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| Frame 2 will change accordingly... |
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9.) Animation is now
ready to play by hitting the play button. (For
a more precise animation speed) click the Preview in Browser
button  ,
to view in a browser. |
| 10.) Optimize and Save the file with File > Save Optimized As... Images Only (*.gif) |
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Go to the Options bar and Select the font. I used Arial
Black Regular 100 px Sharp. (You may have to manually
input 100 px for size.) Next, click on the Color well to the
Right to launch the Color-Picker.