How to: make matrix code from scratch

Ok, fairly simple.

1) open Adobe Photoshop!
2) make a new image 800x800
3) fill your new image with white, then press d.
4) go to Filter > Texture > Grain and use these settings

5) then go to filter > artistic > Neon Glow and use these settings

6) then use filter > stylize > glowing edges and use these settings

to go from this -                                     (nothing)
















to this -

This gives you the basic code that you can add to an image of your choosing, I will add it to this image with it being under the bridge

7) you then move the code over onto the image, to the desired point and screen it, then rotate it so the code flows in the desired way, and then use the Image > Transform > perspective to get the code to the correct angle. afterwards, you should have something that looks like this.

 you then delete away the rest of the code so it's left on the bridge

9) play around with the sliders in Enhance > adjust Brightness/Contrast > Brightness/Contrast so that the bridge light isn't different from the rest of the light anywhere else and then just cut out bits of the code to show in which direction it's flowing.

and thats about it, the best advice I can give people is not to follow these guidelines to the full but to experiment with them! otherwise you will always rely on tutorials.

It's not the most aesthetically pleasing code though, to be honest.

this method of making code from scratch was never meant to be used in the way most people think it was, it was meant to be used to show code in images overlaying it on an image using the screen blend and using the burn tool to get rid of the white bits, I'll modify to show that tommorow but this is how it's meant to be used

It's not the most aesthetically pleasing code though, to be honest.

It is usable, but I think it would be easier just to get an existing picture of matrix code and use that instead of making your own.

I've got a selecton of 3 different pictures of code that are saved and can be used accordingly.  I use 3 for variaty and for whichever one best fits the picture I'm trying to use it on.

But, still, thanks for the tip.  I definitely did not know how to do this.  Plus, this can be used if I'm working on a different computer without saved code pictures or with no access to the internet. 

The more we know, the more we can do...

Thanks for sharing

Ew ew ew, I always hated this tutorial that's floating around the net. Just get a picture of Matrix code, there are several floating around, and edit it how you need it. You could even get the Matrix code font that was in the MXO fan kit and make your own streams.

Fan kit, you say?  Matrix code font?

Link, please???