: How to replicate this text scattering effect in Adobe Photoshop? In the following picture (by /u/Your_Post_As_A_Movie on Reddit), how would one create the effect of the symbol scattering? Does

@Murphy569

Create Brush with symbols you want shown
Select brush you created and edit its settings





Edit the brush tip shape, add spacing, change the angle





Edit shape dynamics. Make the size jitter, put min amount of size. Also make the angle jitter.





Make sure it scatters (on both axis). That way on one click you get lots of the symbols in random places.





Play with these settings until you achieve the look you want. The trick is to look at the original image and determine what is randomized (angle jitter, size, scattering). Play with the settings until it looks like you want it to look.
Don't worry about the transparency randomness. You can control that by creating two layers. One with bigger size symbols, the other with smaller. then the layer that is supposed to be "behind", you give it transparency.


(I know the image is not exactly the same, I pretty much left the settings as default.)



Hope it helps.

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