Starburst Text Animation - by Spacific Designs.com

STARBURST TEXT ANIMATION

This Rare phenomenon is Captured here as the StarBurst Effect!

1.) Open ImageReady. Press D, then X on the keyboard to set the Background color to Black. Create a New file. Go to File > New. Make it 400 X 125 pixels on Background color, then click OK.

2.) Next, go to Layer > New > Layer. When the dialog box appears, name this layer Starburst, then click OK to Create.

Now, press Ctrl+Backspace to Fill this layer with Black.

3.) Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare. Set Brightness to 100% and Select the 105mm Lens, then click the Center of the Preview window to generate Starburst. Click OK to apply.

This is the appearance we are looking for:

4.) You could use this Starburst as is, however, we will change it's color to show you how this can be done. Press Ctrl+U to bring up the Hue/Saturation palette. (Working from the Bottom Up) Select Colorize, adjust Saturation to 40 and Hue to 300, then click OK to apply.

Here is our Colored Starburst.

In the Layers palette... click the Eye icon

to the Starburst layer to turn Off it's visibility. The palette should now look like this:

5.) Select the Type tool

. Go to the Options bar and choose the font. I used Matisse ITC 100 px Smooth. (You may have to type in manualy 100 px at the input box for Size.) Also click the Color well to the Right and change to White if needed.

Now, click on the work area and type your Text. Select the Move tool

to Commit and Drag Type to Center. Next, go to Layer > Rasterize > Type.

6.) Go to the Layers palette and click the blue arrow

(located Top Right of palette). A pop-up menu will appear. Select Duplicate Layer. Repeat this 3 more times. (A Total of 4 "Copy" layers will be generated.)

Let's take a moment now to Rename All of the Type layers. Double-Click the Top layer to highlight it's name. Enter S, then Double-Click the Next layer Down to Select and Rename it's layer to P. Continue with process until All Type layers are Renamed and spell SPACE. Press Enter on the keyboard to apply the Last layer.

Now, click the Eye icons to the Top 4 Type layers to turn Off visibility to these layers.

7.) Select the Erasure tool

. Carry the erasure over the work area and Right-Click to Open the Brush Library. Select the Hard Round 19 brush, then click Enter on the keyboard to close.

(If the library is different than the one shown, click the blue arrow

at the Top Right and a pop-up menu will appear. Select Reset Brushes. A dialog box will appear, just click OK and the correct library will load.)

Now, erase everything but the Last letter.

Click the Eye icon

now, to turn Off this layers visibility. Click the Next layer Up to Select and turn On it's visibility. Click on the work area and erase eyerything except the letter named for this layer. Repeat process until All layers only have One letter to Each.

8.) Leave On the visibility to the Top layer, now click the Starburst layer to Select and turn On it's visibility.

9.) Using the keyboard... press V to Select the Move tool. Hold Down the Left arrow to nudge the Starburst Behind the First letter.

10.) Next, go to the Layers palette and Turn Off visibility to the S layer. (This will be the First Frame of the Animation.)

11.) In the Animation palette, click the Duplicate Frame button

to Create the Next Frame. Change visibility in the Layers palette to reflect image in Frame 2 below:

12.) Click the Duplicate Frame button

to Create Next Frame. Change visibility in the Layers palette to reflect image below:

Hold Down the Right arrow to nudge the Starburst behind the second layer.

Now, turn Off visibility to the P layer. This is Frame 3.

13.) Continue adding Frames, adjusting visibility and (nudging the Starburst layer on all Odd numbered Frames) for a Total of 10 Frames. Below All Frames are displayed to set up the Animation.

14.) Last of all, we need to Delay the timing to Frame 10. Click the 0 at the Bottom of the Frame and set to 1 Sec. as shown above.

15.) 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.

16.) Optimize and Save the file with File > Save Optimized As... Images Only (*.gif)