Paint Shop Pro Tutorial. PSP Ice Text Tutorial
How to make ice text effect for webpage images. This is a great effect for winter themed websites.

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PSP TUTORIAL

Make a great looking icy text effect for your winter themed webpage. Screenshots are extensively used to make the psp ice text tutorial easy to follow.

STEP 1

Open a new image

300 x 100
White Background
16 million colors

STEP 2

Click the text tool and add some text.

Choose a large type font and make the text black.

STEP 3

Deselect the lettering by pressing Ctrl+D
Click and select the Retouch Tool.

Apply the following settings.

Type = Smudge
Size = 4
Brush shape = Round
Opacity = 50
Density = 100
Step = 1
Hardness = 50

Make icicles on your text by stroking downwards with the brush. Be sure to roughen all the edges and try to smudge some of the white color inside of the letters.

STEP 4

Go to colors and select negative image. This will make the text white, and the background black

STEP 5

Choose the Magic Wand Tool and click on the black background. This will select the black background. 

While the background is selected, click on the Flood Fill Tool and change it to some neutral color, such as blue.

Now go to Selections, and choose Invert. The text should now have the marching ants around it.

STEP 6

Change the Color Palettes Foreground Color to White, and apply a Hotwax Coating.

Effects || Artistic Effects || Hotwax Coating

STEP 7

To give your text a cool blue look, hit your keyboards Shift + U keys to set the RGB Pallette.

Apply the following settings.

Red = 0 Green = 0 Blue = 20%

STEP 8

Save as a transparent gif.

(See the Transparent Gif Tutorial here)