PSP: GLOWING TEXT

Paint Shop Pro Image Tutorials | Submited Mar 5, 2008

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Glowing Text

There are any number of ways to do glowing text, this is may way.

[Note: your text settings should be set to FLOATING.

This will allow the text to have the moving ants (lines) surrounding it, which means you can add all kinds of effects to your text.

1. Open up a new image, any size, any background color and type your text, again any color. Example


2. Next take a copy of your text. Using the keyboard Ctrl-C or Edit > Copy

3. Next - Selections > Modify > Feather


4. You will get this pop up menu


5. Alter the number of pixels to your desired glow setting. The lower the number, the smaller the glow / the higher the number, the larger the glow. So I've set mine to 18.

6. Your image should now look something like this.


7. Click on the flood fill tool and set your material color palette to the desired glow color - i've gone for bright pink.

8. Now simply keep right clicking until you think you have enough color to make great glow. I've right clicked 12 times and come up with this.


9. Earlier I asked you to take a copy of your text - now we need to paste it as a new selection into the glow. Using keyboard Ctrl-E or Edit > Paste As New Selection Your image should now look like this.


If you are happy with the image as it is - defloat the text Ctrl-D and SAVE

10. However, if like me you are not so happy with the grey text with a pink glow now that you have seen it, then while the text is still active (with the moving lines) using the flood fill tool fill the text with a new color. Here is my new image.



11. To add extra depth to the text, why not add a drop shadow Effects > 3D Effect > Drop Shadow


12. You will get this pop up menu - just choose your desired settings and click OK


13. Defloat the text Ctrl-D and SAVE

Here is my finished glow text.


Remember, the lower the feather setting in point 5, the smaller the glow. I've done a fairly large glow to make the tut easier to see.