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Paint Shop Pro 7 - "Peeling" Text Effect Article by Kevin Ruggles
Part 1: Getting Started
This step-by-step tutorial will explain how to make a fun looking text that appears to be peeling off the page. This effect might be best used to give a web page a playful appearance but you may find other uses for this effect. We will be using the following tools/effects:
Flood Fill Tool
Text Tool
Move Tool
Layer Palette
Color Palette
Wave Effect
Blur Effect
1. Create a new image, I
will use a 300 x 100 image, 72 pixels per inch, white background, 16.7 million colors (24bit).
2. Now we need to add another layer. Click on "Layers" then "New Raster Layer". Click on OK when the
Layer Properties window displays to apply the new layer. You should now see a new layer (Layer1) in the Layer Palette window. (If you don't see a Layer Palette window, click on
View then Tool bars and place a check in the box next to Layer Palette.) The blend mode should be "Normal" and the opacity should be "100" like in my example
image below.
Part 2: Select stroke and fill modes
1. Before
applying the text to the image, lets select a fun looking color style. In the "Color Palette" you will see two boxes just below the word "Styles". The top box
will stroke (outline) the text according to the color and mode selected in that box. The bottom box (outlined in red in my example image) will fill the text with the color and
mode selected in that box. Move the cursor over the top one and quickly click the left mouse button once. This brings up the "Color" window. I selected a medium gray color for
the stroke of the text. Lets make sure the fill mode is set to gradient. Move the cursor over the fill mode box and press and hold down the left mouse button until a small fly out
window appears. (Or click in the small triangle in the box and the fly out window will open).
Hold the cursor over each fill mode and the description of that mode will display. Click on the Gradient mode. After the fly out window closes you
can quickly click the left mouse button with the cursor placed over the gradient fill box and the "Gradient" control window will open.
2. With the "Gradient" control window open, click directly on the example gradient that is displayed or click
on the bar next to it. This will bring up some preset gradient fills. I selected the one called "Autumn". For now select anyone you like, but that is not transparent. You can tell if
it's transparent if you can see a checkerboard pattern showing through the colors. Once you have the gradient fill selected click the OK button to close the window.
Note: you can also select stroke and fill options from the "Text" tool window.
1. Create a new image, I
will use a 300 x 100 image, 72 pixels per inch, white background, 16.7 million colors (24bit).
1. Before
applying the text to the image, lets select a fun looking color style. In the "Color Palette" you will see two boxes just below the word "Styles". The top box
will stroke (outline) the text according to the color and mode selected in that box. The bottom box (outlined in red in my example image) will fill the text with the color and
mode selected in that box. Move the cursor over the top one and quickly click the left mouse button once. This brings up the "Color" window. I selected a medium gray color for
the stroke of the text. Lets make sure the fill mode is set to gradient. Move the cursor over the fill mode box and press and hold down the left mouse button until a small fly out
window appears. (Or click in the small triangle in the box and the fly out window will open).
