Spice's Spot Graphics Tutorials

Lesson 4 - Easy Drop Bevelled Text
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Using PSP.4.0 ( PSP 5.0 will need a different method)

1.  Load PSP 4.0 and Go to "File" in the top left hand corner of the screen

2. Click on "New Image"

3. Choose Width  200 Pixels
               Height 100 Pixels

    Resolution 72 - pixels per inch
    Background White
    16.7 million colours.

2. Enter Text you want- I chose Vivala - keep colour at this stage as WHITE

Your PSP 4.0 text Screen should be set as below

   
DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!!!!!

3.From Menu across top of PSP4.0 Screen, choose Image
   and from drop down menu choose "Special Effects" and "Drop Shadow"
   Settings should be Colour:Black
                               Opacity: 100
                               Blur: 20
                               Vertical Offset:3
                               Horizontal Offset:3

Your image should now look like this

DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!!!!!

4. Add DARK Colour now. I chose Red 148, Green 60, Blue 36.

Your text should now look as above.
DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!!!!!

5. Now choose a LIGHTER colour. I chose Red 223, Green 177, Blue 162.
Go to menu border at top of PSP4.0 Screen.
Choose "Image", Special Effects, and from that menu "Hot Wax Coating". Add.

6. Your finished text should look as above and you can now de-select your text.

7. Go to "File" in PSP 4.0 Menu, and from drop down list choose "Save as" and then
    pick a folder on your hard drive and save the image as "Your name.jpg"

   Now experiment yourself, using the method above, up to and including stage 3.
   Then choose different colours, but always make the Hot Wax Coating colour
   lighter than your first colour choice. The image below shows the dark
   and light colours I chose for this tutorial(brown and peach- settings in tutorial)

MORE tutorials soon!!

Lesson 1 / Lesson 2 / Lesson 3 / Lesson 5 /  Lesson 6

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