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Tip : There are many text effects that can be applied with
Corel Paint Shop Pro which give life and style to plain text images.
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Paint Shop Pro Tutorial
How to create plastic
text
This
psp tutorial creates a great looking plastic text effect which can be used in
webpage images, banners, logo's or any graphic design project. Make the plastic
text any color you like. Step
1 Open
New Window
200 x 100
White Background
16 Million Colors Step
2 Set
Foreground color to White and the background color as close to the color of the
background that you will use the text on. For example, this tutorial is on a white
background so it will be set at white which will allow for the finished graphic
to be transparent.
 Step
3
Click
on the Text
Tool  and add some text.
Font used here is Impact 36 Point
 Step
4
Add a Cutout Filter.
Effects || 3D Effects || Cutout
Vertical -1 (this is minus one)
Horizontal -1 (this is minus one)
Opacity
100
Blur 5
Shadow color = Black
Uncheck fill interior
OK
 Step
5
Add
an Emboss Filter
Effects || Texture Effects || Emboss
 Step
6
Select
Colors and then click Colorize.
Hue 230
Saturation 255
Play around with
the Hue setting. to get the color of your choice.
Step
7
Add
a little Drop Shadow to your taste.
Effects || 3D Effects || Drop Shadow
Shadow Color = Black
Opacity 100
Blur 10
Vertical 5
Horizontal
5
Select OK
Deselect
Image and Save As.
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