In this tutorial you will learn how to make a highlighted text that have a dynamic look into it. If you cannot imagine it, just scroll to the bottom to see the result of this tutorial.

First of all you need a text.. just go to the news pages such as CNN, BBC etc. I got this text: They are receiving support from counterparts in south-eastern France, who had threatened to disrupt the flow of traffic along one of the main routes into Spain.

Now CTRL+N (new document). Make it 300px wide and 300px height. Make sure you have default colors selected (or simply press D key) and hit CTRL+BACKSPACE in case you do not have white background.

Select Text tool(or press T) and make a rectangle with it and copy and paste the text you chose to this rectangle. You can scale it a little bit with Free Transform tool (CTRL + T). After you are satisfied with what you made, hit Enter to apply the changes.

I got this:

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Duplicate this layer (Layer -> Duplicate) and hide it. We will need it later.

Now select former layer (the one that is visible). Use Radial Blur (Filters -> Blur -> Radial Blur) as on the picture below. Do not forget to set Blur Center. It is quite important.

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For now we should have something quite similar to this:

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Now make the hidden layer visible. Select Rectangular marquee tool (m) and select text you want to highlight (should be the one very near Blur Centre (mentioned earlier))

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Now use Edit -> Copy. Now delete this entire layer. Paste copied rectangle. If it is not in original position, just move it with Move Tool (Hotkey V)

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As you can see, it is starting to look reeeally interesting. Now we just add blending options to the top layer and that is just about it. To do it, go to Layer -> Layer Style -> Blending Options. Once, that e are here, we need to adjust Outer Glow and Color Overlay. Outer Glow:

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Color Overlay:

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That is all! My result? Here it is:

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