Comments | icon_tutorial: Text help. :p

elbereth_star in icon_tutorial

Text help. :p

Nov 12, 2006 20:20

Ugh. I'm sorry. I've been posting too many questions and not enough tuts.

But I have a question about text outlining. How do I get teh cool outline-ishy effect like on this icon?

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thrift November 13 2006, 01:27:59 UTC

make a layer underneath the text layer.
use the polygonal lasso to make desired shape.
fill in with desired colour :)

or if you want to do it with a textured background::
just paste the texture underneath your text layer.
crop it until you have your desired shape. :)

msmoocow November 13 2006, 01:32:48 UTC

[PSP user here :)]

It may be the font, but you can do it by opening up a new document of any size--it just has to be biggwr than the text you want.

1; Flood fill it with the color you want the outline to be.

2; Then use the text tool to say whatever you want. Make sure you have "create as floating" selected, NOT "create as vector". Also, in the color palette, have the foreground set to null (the circle with a slash through it) and the background set to the color you want the inside of the trxt to be.

3; You should now have your text, and there should be little selection dashes running around the words. Go to Selection > Modify > Expand. Then select the number of pixels you want your border to be.

4; Ctrl + C to copy the selection. Paste it onto the background you want.

Done! This is my first instructional post, so if I'm confusing I'm terribly sorry.

mnemosynes_eyes November 13 2006, 03:26:57 UTC

This is using PS CS2. It's not exactly the same as the above image, but it is a neat way to get the same kind of effect.

1) Select the text layer, right click, blending options.
2) Drop shadow: Settings - Normal, 100% opacity. Distance and size is up to you, but Spread should be set to 100%. Color is of your choice, as is the angle of the light.

and you're done! If it's confusing, let me know... ^^

Want to see an example of this?

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fileg November 13 2006, 07:49:57 UTC

That one looks to me like a box of color in a layer behind the text. But you can get great effects in photoshop - type your text, right click to get blending options and try Stroke (you can set color or width) or play with some of the others.

elbereth_star November 13 2006, 10:46:13 UTC

Oooooh, okay. :D Thank you guys! [runs off to try them out]