Light Burst Text
This light burst text is created by using motion blur and polar coordinates in photoshop. There is a gradient fill on the text, but it isn't very visible since it's just a black and white gradient. After adjusting the polar coordinates so the blur effect would look like it was stretching out from the center of the page, a black fill copy of the text was put on top to make it look like the blur (light) was coming from behind the text.
All the same principles from above were applied here, only using a different color gradient and text. Both pictures serve as the background channel art for my YouTube channel.