Open a transparent canvas 400px x 400px (We will crop later)
Set your fill to your chosen gradient and your stroke to a complimentary colour.
Font size I've used 100 but each font will vary, stroke width 0 - create as vector.
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Type your text on the canvas, adjust the size using the vector nodes if necessary.
Layers - Convert to Raster
Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat - You should now have marching ants around your text.
Selections - Modify - Expand 2px.
On your layer palette click on the bottom blank layer (Raster 1)
Flood fill with your complimentary colour.
You should now have something like this.
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Deselect
In your layer palette select raster 2.
Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat - You should now have marching ants around your text.
Layers - Duplicate
Do this twice.
Select the top layer and go to Effects - Plugins - Xero - Sparkles
Use these settings.
Next select 2nd layer down (copy of raster 2)
Effects - Plugins - Xero - Sparkles
Change the density to 10 - ok
Then select the third layer (Raster 2)
Change the Density to 11 - ok
Selections - Deselect
Select Raster 1 in your layer palette - Layers Duplicate twice.
You should now have 6 layers, 3 gradient and 3 backgrounds.
Drag the layers till they are in this order.
Copy (2) Raster 2
Copy (2) Raster 1
Copy Raster 2
Copy Raster 1
Raster 2
Raster 1
When you have then in this order click on the layers I've marked red in turn and go to layers - merge down.
Add a drop shadow to each layer.
I've used
V = 2
H = 2
Opacity = 50
Blur = 5
Colour = Black
Crop and save as a pspimage file.
Open in Animation Shop and save as a .gif.
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