Reflections and Chrome

Step 1:

1. Create a new image, 200 x 100, 64M colours
2. With the Fill tool, select Fill Pattern,
3. Choose a pattern you like, or try one of the two below
4. Fill the whole image with the pattern

Step 2:

1. Now set up some text, preferably large and chunky
   This is a font called Julius
2. Apply the font, and go straight to Selections menu
3. Select Save to Alpha Channel, save it away

Step 3:

1. Use Ctrl-Z to clear the text
2. Then use Selections, Load from Alpha Channel to restore your font shaped selection
3. Select Feather (Ctrl-H) to 2 pixels
4. Then select Float (Ctrl-F)
5. You can now proceed with the standard Cutout sequence

Step 4:

1. Now it may not be obvious what's going on yet, so cut (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) into a new document
2. And you will probably want to apply a Sharpen More.

Variations

1. Convert to greyscale, then sharpen to taste

1. Invert the image

1. Before doing the cut, invert the selection and spray the background with a dark blue.
2. Then re-invert the selection and cut and paste.
   Because the selection was feathered you'll pick up the blue outline glow.

1. Same sequence but using a different fill pattern to start with