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Glow Text

  1. New with any background texture or color.
  2. Make a new layer.
  3. On a new layer (layer 1), type the text.
  4. Make a copy of layer 1; "layer 1 copy".
  5. On a "layer 1", Edit > Stroke for the enlarged text, and apply Gaussian Blur.
  6. On a "layer 1 copy", fill the text with the desired color with the transparency checked on.
  7. I applied Alien Skin's Inner Bevel filter for a touch.
  8. Voila!