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Post by cats4jan on Nov 28, 2015 21:52:06 GMT
It definitely looks better on a plain part of the photo. It really adds something to that photo. Nice job.
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Post by Lillias on Nov 28, 2015 22:27:55 GMT
Thanks very much for your comments.
You said it is really important to start with white text – as stated in the tutorial.
But I have come across another way of doing it and your text can start off any colour you like.
What you do is – place your text on your page, give it a Bevel, Drop Shadow and then in the Visibility tab you will find two icons – the one on the left when you hover your mouse over it says 'ghosted' and the one on the right says 'show' BUT in between that there is a hidden icon and if you click that it turns your text transparent.
It's just another example of doing the same thing so many different ways.
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Post by shaun on Nov 28, 2015 23:08:33 GMT
Thanks very much for your comments. You said it is really important to start with white text – as stated in the tutorial. But I have come across another way of doing it and your text can start off any colour you like. What you do is – place your text on your page, give it a Bevel, Drop Shadow and then in the Visibility tab you will find two icons – the one on the left when you hover your mouse over it says 'ghosted' and the one on the right says 'show' BUT in between that there is a hidden icon and if you click that it turns your text transparent. It's just another example of doing the same thing so many different ways. Hi BillieJean
I must be missing something as I cant find the visibility tab or options for ghosted or show. Hope you could tell me what i'm missing.
Thanks
shaun
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Post by Lillias on Nov 28, 2015 23:16:45 GMT
Thanks very much for your comments. You said it is really important to start with white text – as stated in the tutorial. But I have come across another way of doing it and your text can start off any colour you like. What you do is – place your text on your page, give it a Bevel, Drop Shadow and then in the Visibility tab you will find two icons – the one on the left when you hover your mouse over it says 'ghosted' and the one on the right says 'show' BUT in between that there is a hidden icon and if you click that it turns your text transparent. It's just another example of doing the same thing so many different ways. Hi BillieJean
I must be missing something as I cant find the visibility tab or options for ghosted or show. Hope you could tell me what i'm missing.
Thanks
shaun
Hi Shaun I'm using version 13 of PSE. If you go to the Styles tab and click to get the drop down menu for Bevels and Drop Shadows etc; you will find it down towards the bottom of that drop down menu. Sorry if I've caused confusion… |
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Post by shaun on Nov 28, 2015 23:29:15 GMT
Hi Shaun I'm using version 13 of PSE. If you go to the Styles tab and click to get the drop down menu for Bevels and Drop Shadows etc; you will find it down towards the bottom of that drop down menu. Sorry if I've caused confusion… Hi Billiejean, I was looking all through the menus at the top but have found it now with your second post. I like your method, very simple, now just need to remember it and my brain is like a sieve. Thanks again for help and sharing your technique. shaun |
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Post by Lillias on Nov 28, 2015 23:45:50 GMT
You are welcome Shaun. We are all learning together, glad to be of help.
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 29, 2015 3:18:50 GMT
BillieJean - thanks for that tip - I knew there was some way of making the text dissapear and I looked for it so I could provide that alternative, but I couldn't remember how to do it and I couldn't figure it out. I remember using that method way back when - as another way of doing the outlining and then making the solid part of the text invisible.
Off to try it. It sounds as if it might be an easier method.
EDIT - I did it BillieJean's way - and yes, I could use any color text. And I prefer her way to my way.
But the fact that PSE hides that option in between the other two options - unless you hover the mouse there - WOW - that BUGS me big time.
Why would you make an option for hiding -- HIDDEN???
What?? is that some kind of Adobe inside joke?
BillieJean's tip about using visibility also works with outlining text.
You can use the style - "stroke" - then use the style "hide" - -- that method will hide your text and leave only your outline just like my method above. In fact, many of the styles that end up outlining your text will work with the "hide" option.
Got a lot of applications, I think I prefer the visibility option rather than my way - it seems to be quicker and easier.
So many ways to accomplish similar tasks. Learning - always learning.
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 29, 2015 3:58:25 GMT
HELP - get me away from the styles panel. Now, I'm playing with stroking using styles I learned -- If you outline your text using "stroke" while in the "styles" panel - then you go to the fx icon on the right edge of your text layer in the layers panel, you can edit your stroke - while watching the stroke get larger and smaller - a big help rather than guessing how thick to make your stroke. I blame you BillieJean - I am now hooked on playing with styles.Here is a link to some free styles, etc. - my favorite so far is 'wood drama' Don't forget that all layer styles are editable. Just go to the layer's panel and click on the fx icon on the right edge of the layer - the 'style settings' screen will come up where you can edit every facet of your style.  |
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Post by Lillias on Nov 29, 2015 13:48:22 GMT
LOL…so it's my fault you couldn't get to bed at a reasonable hour is it!!!  I'm glad that you have enjoyed this so much. I can't take the credit though. I happened to be viewing some old video tutorials I have and came across one from Karen Brockney in which she demonstrated the 'visibility' feature. I had forgotten all about it but I'm glad I found it again and probably at a time when it makes more sense to me as I have a bit more experience with PSE now than then. |
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 29, 2015 18:54:51 GMT
BillieJean - What spurred me on to this word art creation frenzy was the same thing you mentioned. I was looking at a couple of old external hard drives and I ran across a whole bunch of digi tutorials. I found things I had forgotten about, too.
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Post by Lillias on Nov 29, 2015 20:29:09 GMT
Now if we could just find a way to REMEMBER all the tutorials that we have seen or read...wouldn't that be wonderful.
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Post by Tpgettys on Nov 30, 2015 6:03:39 GMT
Humble beginnings; thanks for the nudge Janice!  |
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Post by Lillias on Nov 30, 2015 12:05:34 GMT
Remember too that a quick way of putting effects on text is to use the text presets available via the Graphics tab – By Type – Text.
Once you have chosen a preset you can still go into fx and make changes. You can also go to Styles and put a style on the text.
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 30, 2015 12:55:55 GMT
Tom - you've got a postcard there. Nice.
Billie Jean - you really don't want me to get anything done today, do you? Playing with text has always been a favorite thing to do. I've renewed my interest with this thread.
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Post by Lillias on Nov 30, 2015 15:20:02 GMT
You go girl... lol
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