©1997 Russell G. Taber

Create a new image and add a layer of type. Layer>Duplicate Layer:<return> Fill the layer with the background color using the Multiply blend mode. Edit>Fill: Use:White, Mode: Mulitply.
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur: Radius 2
Filter>Stylize>Solarize Image>Adjust>Auto Levels (<cmd/shift-L> or <ctrl/shift-L>) Layer>Duplicate Layer:<return>
Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates: polar to rect.
Image>Rotate Canvas>90° CW
Image>Adjust>Invert (<cmd-I> or <ctrl-I>)
Filter>Stylize>Wind: wind, left Filter again (<cmd-F> or <ctrl-F>) Filter again (<cmd-F> or <ctrl-F>) Image>Adjust>Auto Levels (<cmd/shift-L> or <ctrl/shift-L>)
Image>Adjust>Invert (<cmd-I> or <ctrl-I>)
Filter again (<cmd-F> or <ctrl-F>) Filter again (<cmd-F> or <ctrl-F>) Filter again (<cmd-F> or <ctrl-F>)
Image>Rotate Canvas>90° CCW
Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates: rect. to polar
Image>Mode>RGB color mode (in case you started in grayscale) Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation: check Colorize Hue: 45, Sat.: 100, Lightness: 0 (<cmd-U> or <ctrl-U> )
Move "Layer 1 copy" up one layer Click and hold on the layer in the Layers Pallette and drag it to just above "Layers 1 copy 2" and release the mouse button.
Set "Layer 1 copy" blend mode to Overlay and Opacity to 75. Or apply the following action.
EXPLOSIVE TYPE Action explosiv.atn.hqx 3k EXPLOSIV.ZIP 1k To apply the action, you need to first start with a layer of black text. Apply the action. The action is a little different than the tick due to some work arounds of some of the limits of actions. Thanks to Jake Lodwick for tidying up my action.

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