Creating Cardiac Rate Effect with Photoshop

Create a new document with size of 700×700 pixels for this tutorial. Select the Paint Bucket Tool and fill canvas with black color (#000000).

Apply Gradient Overlay to this layer by going to Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay.

Create a new layer. Merge both layers (Shift+Ctrl+E) to get all effects on one layer and apply Filter > Brush Strokes > Sprayed Strokes with following settings:

Select Horizontal Type Tool and write something like BEAT. Text color should be white, font selected was Swis721 BdOul BT Bold (free font), 120px and smooth.

Select the Line Tool (Weight: 3 px) and draw the lines like on my image below:

Merge all line layers with text layer into one layer. Select Eraser Tool and hard round brush (12px, opacity 100%) and delete lines like i show on my image below.

Rotate layer by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CCW.

Apply Filter > Stylize > Wind with following settings:

Press Ctrl+F one more time to repeat filter.

Apply Filter > Stylize > Wind again but update direction to Right:

Press Ctrl+F one more time to repeat filter.

Rotate text by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CW.

Go to Layer > Layer Style and apply Outer Glow and Color Overlay to this layer.

Final Image

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