The Matrix Effect Inside Photoshop

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Im sure you have seen the movie The Matrix sometime in your life. Ever wonder how to create your own Matrix code effect? This tutorial will teach you how to.

Note- You can play with your settings at any step and you will get a different appearance each time.
This is a tutorial on how to create a cool animated matrix effect. The tutorial will divided by 2 parts, first how to make matrix effect, second how to animated that. To create the Matrix Effect(Basic):
Create new project. I used 400×150 for this project, I find that if you plan on animating the matrix effect it looks better smaller.
Press “D” to reset your colors, then select: Filter > Texture > Grain
Change your settings to: Intensity- 100, Contrast- 75-100, Grain Type: Vertical

Now select: Filter > Artistic > Neon Glow
Change your settings to: Glow Size- 5, Glow Brightness- 15, Glow Color: Green

Finally, select: Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges
Change settings to: Edge Width- 1, Edge Brightness- 8, Smoothness- 1

Now your done, you can either leave it like this or animate it.

Your Matrix Effect should look different each time.
To animate(Intermediate):
1. Duplicate the layer twice- Title them Background, Layer 1 and Layer 2.
2. Jump to ImageReady.
3. While in the first animation frame, selct the move tool and move Layer 1 (the top layer) all the way to the top of the frame. Out of sight.
4. Now add a second animation frame.
5. Highlite the second frame. Now using the move tool, move Layer 1 back to its original location.
6. In the same animation frame. Using the move tool, you now move Layer 2 (the middle layer) to the bottom of the fram, out of sight.
7. Make sure you keep all the Matrix code lines lined up as you move the two layers.
8. Set your timing to 0.1 if you want the code to move slower, you can also use “No Delay” if you want the code to move faster. Play with the timing settings to see what you like.
9. Then select Tween, and add 5 frames.
10. Delete frame #7 and your done! Enjoy!