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Hello and welcome to PSG.

Create a text layer and place a guide line where you want the smudges to go...

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Create a new layer and highlight.

Make a selection of the text by Command/Control + clicking the type layers thumbnail.

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Select/Choose your Brush Tool. Lower the Opacity and Fill.

Create the smudges along the guideline.

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Go to VIEW > CLEAR GUIDES to remove the guide.

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Open a Layer Style on the type layer and add a stroke.

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