How can I create this little effect?

MA
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Michael_Albert
Feb 17, 2004
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I have a bit of text, about 30 pixels tall, that will be converted to an image when done. The text is "On The Move". How can I jazz it up a bit so that it conveys the idea of motion? I tried a few things, such as a right hand-pointing 3d-ish arrow, but it all came off looking rather amateurish, which I still consider myself to be! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, as well as good instructions.

Michael
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YrbkMgr
Feb 17, 2004
Uhm… I dunno, maybe skew it to the right? You know, Edit|Transform|Skew, then drag the upper right corner to the right?

Just a thought.

Maybe dashes to the left of it, like three of them… free association here.
JD
James_Dodge
Feb 17, 2004
Another guess is; Filter / Blur / Motion Blur
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YrbkMgr
Feb 17, 2004
Yeah, hard to tell because it depends on how it’s used: comical, or understated… all that.
TO
Tim_O_Leary
Feb 17, 2004
if it’s going to be on the web, animated gif might be cool
JM
John_Mensinger
Feb 17, 2004
Also check out Filter > Stylize > Wind…
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graffiti
Feb 17, 2004
I tend to use a combination of Yrbk and John M’s ideas.

First I use edit>Transform>Skew. Then I duplicate the layer. I then apply Filter>Stylize>Wind>Blast to the duplicated layer. Then I scooch the duplicated layer slightly to the left.
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Michael_Albert
Feb 19, 2004
Thanks for all your great suggestions! They were all extremely helpful!

Michael

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