I found this tip on the net for PhotoShop and adapted it more or less for use in PaintShop Pro. (In PhotoShop it is done with layers and different kinds of blur). The result is different from the result on the PhotoShop page.

• New image with white background. Choose blue (R=0, G=0, B=160) as fore ground.
• Type text , anti alias unchecked (don't know if this is important),
• Copy the image (Edit>Copy>Paste as new image).

Do this to image 1:

• Image>Normal Filters>Blur
• Image>Rotate 90 degrees right
• Image>Deformations >Wind from right, strength 16

• Image>Plug in filters>Visual Manipulation>Dither
  • (Threshold=230,
  • Gray1=0, Gray2=255, Intensity=200)
  • Image>Rotate 90 degrees left.

Do this to image 2:

• Image>Normal Filters. Blur more
• Image>Deformation Filters> Motion blur, Deg=0, intensity=13

Go to image 1.

• Image>Arithmetic>Add (all channels; clip color values checked,
• Devisor=1. Bias=0; don't know if this is important)

Adjust the colours in the newly created image: I used:

• Hue=-18
• Sat.=30
• Lum.=0

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