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Fireworks

This is more or less the same technique as before, but in this instance, used in a blend to create a firework effect. This is something I've been experimenting with every now and then for a while. I'm still exploring this effect to try to improve on it, but this is what I have so far. (Created with Never Smooth set to Off).

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Step 1. First of all draw a plain black rectangle or you can set your page colour (Ctrl and drag from the colour line) so you can see the effect.

Using the Ellipse Tool, draw a circle (hold down Ctrl to make a circle) and set it's colour to magenta (in Standard Colour Line - RGB: 255, 0, 255). Make the size 94 pixels x 94 pixels.

The transparency settings are a little different, but again the next bits are the same technique as in the Sparkly Text tutorial - Steps 3 to 4.

Apply culttext.jpg (Misc folder) as a transparency and then copy this circle to the clipboard (Ctrl C).

 

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Step 2. Change the starting transparency to 100% and the end transparency to 0%. Set transparency dpi resolution to 286 and set the transparency profiles sliders to -1 in the top box and to -1 in the bottom box .

 

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Step 3. Paste in place (Shift Ctrl V) the magenta circle and change the color to white.

With the white circle still selected, click on the Selector Tool (F2) and find the Width of Selection box (make sure Lock Aspect Ratio is enabled). Type in 17 in this text entry box and press Return (or Enter) to reduce overall size to 17 pixels.

Select the Transparency Tool and in the Transparency Infobar, set the dpi of this white circle to 207. Set the starting transparency to 93.5% and end transparency to 0%.

Finally click on the transparency profile icon to open the Profile dialog, and type -0.7 in the top profile box and -0.68 in the bottom box and press Return (or Enter) to apply the changes.

 

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