How can I create this little effect?

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

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.

Another guess is; Filter / Blur / Motion Blur

Yeah, hard to tell because it depends on how it's used: comical, or understated... all that.

if it's going to be on the web, animated gif might be cool

Also check out Filter > Stylize > Wind...

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.

Thanks for all your great suggestions! They were all extremely helpful!

Michael

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2 17th November 17:48 yrbkmgr External User Posts: 1	How can I create this little effect? 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.

3 17th November 17:49 james_dodge External User Posts: 1	How can I create this little effect? Another guess is; Filter / Blur / Motion Blur

4 17th November 17:49 yrbkmgr External User Posts: 1	How can I create this little effect? Yeah, hard to tell because it depends on how it's used: comical, or understated... all that.

5 17th November 17:50 tim_o_leary External User Posts: 1	How can I create this little effect? if it's going to be on the web, animated gif might be cool

6 17th November 17:52 john_mensinger External User Posts: 1	How can I create this little effect? Also check out Filter > Stylize > Wind...

7 18th November 18:18 graffiti External User Posts: 1	How can I create this little effect? 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.

8 22nd November 05:22 michael_albert External User Posts: 1	How can I create this little effect? Thanks for all your great suggestions! They were all extremely helpful! Michael