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FOR
THIS TUTORIAL
YOU WILL NEED:
JASC's
PSP8 (30 day
free trial) -
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This
tutorial is written
in and for PSP8
and assumes you
have a working
knowledge of
PSP.
We've
learned how to
do Character
Formatting on
floating and
vector text,
and we've learned
how powerful
vector text can
be. This tutorial
will show you
how you can have
some more fun
with vector text
using Convert
Text To Curves.
Step
1:
Open a new image
400x200 transparent
background. Click
on the text tool.
On your tool
ribbon select
Vector, anti-alias
checked. Choose
the font and
size you want.
I used Ariel
with the size
of 30.
Step
2:
Choose your background
color on your
material palette,
foreground doesn't
matter as long
as you have stroke
width set to
0.0. I chose
a dark purple
for this tutorial.
Step
3:
Click on your
image and your
text dialog box
will appear.
Type in your
text. Click Apply.
Step
4:
Your text will
now appear inside
of a box with
nodes.
Step
5:
You can change
the colors or
outline of your
entire text or
you can change
each individual
letter. Let's
change the entire
text first. Granted
you can do this
right in the
text box as shown
in the Vector
Text tutorial,
but this will
show you a different
way to do this.
Right Click on
your text and
choose Convert
Text to Curves-->As
Single Shape.
Click on your
Layer Palette
and click on
the plus sign
next to the Vector
Layer, you will
see your text.
Right
click on your
text and choose
properties.
You
will then get
this dialog box.
Here
is where you
can change the
color, gradient,
or pattern of
your text by
clicking on the
fill. You can
also add an outline
around your text
by change the
color in the
stroke and adjusting
the stroke width.
This
is how my text
now looked after
I added a stroke
color and width
value and clicked
okay.
Here
are the settings
I used for doing
a pattern in
the text and
a smaller outline.
•
Now let's
experiment with
individual letters.
Right click on
your text, choose
Convert Text
to Curves-->As
Character Shapes.
Each letter can
now be modified.
Go to your Layer
Palette and you
will see each
letter under
the text from
the last letter
of your text
to the first
letter of your
text. I have
made my layer
palette longer
to show you,
however you don't
need to do this
as the layer
palette in PSP8
now has a slider
on the right
side so you scroll
up and down to
choose the letter
you would like
to modify.
Click
on the letter
that you would
like to modify
and that letter
will have nodes
around that letter
only.
You
can now manipulate
that letter using
the nodes, as
we did at the
beginning of
this tutorial.
You can move
the letters,
make the taller,
shorter, wider,
skinnier, rotate
them, and using
the shift or
control key you
can change the
shape
•
You
can also change
the color and/or
outline of your
letter by right
clicking on your
letter and clicking
properties as
we did with single
object.
•
You can
change more than
one letter at
a time, if they
are in succession,
by holding down
the shift key
and selecting
the letters.
You will then
receive your
box with nodes
around all letters.
You
can manipulate
all of the letters
at one time and
change the colors
at once also,
as I did in the
screenshot below.
When
you're done with
all of your text
editing, right
click on your
Vector Layer
and choose Convert
To Raster Layer.
Step
6:
After you convert
your text to
a Raster Layer,
you can add a
drop shadow if
you like. Go
to Effects-->3D-->Drop
Shadow. You can
use my settings
if you like or
play around with
your own settings.
I
hope you enjoyed
this lesson on
Vector Text as
much as I enjoyed
creating it for
you. Let's learn
how to create
Text On A Path,
click the link
below.
If
you have any
problems, comments
or questions
please do not
hesitate to E-mail
me.
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for group settings,
please contact
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written and created
by Patti Wavinak
for Moon's Designs.
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