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Creating a glitter effect

Start by creating a heart shape using custom shape tool.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

Create a circular selection using elliptical marquee tool. Create a new layer and apply a black to white gradient in linear mode.

Change the layer mode to screen.

Using eraser tool with feather brush setting erase some of the bottom portion of this layer.

Duplicate the layer for the other side.

Select heart shape layer. From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Now select the stroke layer from the resulting layers. From filter menu select noise>>add noise. Apply settings as shown.

Except the stroke layer, select and merge all other heart layers. Press Ctrl+F to reapply noise filter on the resulting merged layer.

Press Q to enable quick mask. From filter menu select pixelate>>mezzotint. Apply settings as shown.

Press Q to disable quick mask.

Create a new layer and fill it with white color.

Ctrl+Click the stroke layer thumbnail to get the selection. Press Ctrl+Shift+I to inverse the selection. Press delete to remove the glitter outside the heart shape. Create two more glitter layers with random settings.

Apply the same technique over the text layer.

Open animation window. For the first frame keep the original glitter layer visible. Hide the other two glitter layers.

Duplicate frame. Hide the first glitter layer and unhide the second one.

Duplicate frame. Hide the first second layer and unhide the third one.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to save an optimized animated GIF.

Creating a glitter effect