This is a tutorial on how to create a night vision-y text effect that looks similar to the MW2 or the Matrix title.
This is what it will actually look like:
PlugIns:
True Blur
HalfTone
Seismograph
(all are part of Ed Harvey's pack, get it here)
So, let's start! It may look long, but it's not too hard, believe me
Step #1:
Fill the background with solid black
.
Step #2:
Make a new layer
. Choose a font with the text tool and write the desired text in a dark green colour (the one I chose is called Good Times).I should be a bold font, font size about 70.
Step #3:
Duplicate your text layer
. Go to Adjustments -> Brightness / Contrast 
and set both values to 100. The text should now be white. Toggle the Layer Visibility off.
Step #4:
Go back to your green text layer. Apply Effects -> Photo -> Glow
with Radius 20, Brightness 90 and Contrast 60.
Step #5:
Apply Effects -> Blurs -> True Blur with a Radius of 21.
Step #6:
Reapply Glow
, this time with Contrast set to -100. A higher contrast will make it lose its green colour.
Step #7:
Duplicate
the layer and apply Effects -> Stylize -> Seismograph with Line Spacing 4, Line Width ~ 2.35, Segment Size 6 and Deflection 3.
Step #8:
Toggle the visibility of the white text layer back on. Set the Blending Mode of the Seismograph layer to Multiply.
Step #9:
Apply Effects -> Distort -> Crystalize
on the white text layer, Cell Size 2, Quality 5 (always highest quality!). This gives the text a grainy look.
Step #10:
Use Effects -> Blurs -> Motion Blur
on it. 0 angle, centered and Distance 5. (I used the GPU version, it gives a better result)
Step #11:
Apply Effects -> Noise -> Add Noise
with Intensity 40, Color Saturation 0 and Coverage 100. 
Step #12:
Set Layer Blending Mode to Reflect. Duplicate
it and set the Blending Mode to Color Dodge.
Step #13:
Select the Seismograph layer and use Add Noise
with the same settings as in step #11, but increase the Intensity to 45.
Step #14:
Duplicate
the Glow layer (the one under Seismograph) and use Effects -> Distort -> Frosted Glass 
with Maximum Scatter Radius set to 200, Minimum Scatter Radius set to 3 and Smoothness set to 8.
Step #15:
Use Effects -> Stylize -> Halftone with the Line Shape, Size 5, angle 0, Contrast -100, Brightness -25 and Quality, of course, 5. Voilà, you're done!
I hope you like the outcome, criticism, be it positive or negative, is always welcome!
ADJUSTMENTS
You'll find out that the text isn't exactly usable if you want to work it in another image
However, there is a surprisingly easy solution to this!
You will need this PlugIns:
Grim Color Reaper
Color Tint (already included in the pack of the great Ed Harvey)
First, open your flattened .png of the text:
http://a.imageshack.us/img693/1290/adjstep1.png
Now apply the Grim Color Reaper to the image, be sure that your primary colour is the same as the background colour of your image (in my case black)
http://a.imageshack.us/img693/498/adjstep2.png
Background gone! You can now create a new layer
under the text and fill it with whatever colour or image you want. Use Ed Harvey's Color Tint on the text layer to adjust its colour if you don't want it green.Will update this section with other ideas if someone has them
Edited by Frontcannon, 27 January 2011 - 02:50 PM.
