Tutorials::Text and Text Effects

Intro

This is a tutorial for going over how to add text/text effects to an image.
This is what you will be making.

Step 1

Let's say I want to add text to this banner. First, you click the on the Text tool (The Button with the "T" on it) and then click on the part of the banner where you want your text to go. It doesn't really matter though, because you can always move it afterwards. Then, type the text you want.

Step 2

Now, the color and the size of the text doesn't look too good on the banner as you can probably tell. Highlight the text, click on the color box at the top, and change it to the color you want it to be.

Step 3

Click somewhere random so the text isn't highlighted anymore, and see if you like the color you chose. You can always highlight it again and choose a different color.

Step 4

Highlight the text again and change the size at the top. I'm going to change mine to 72 pt.

Step 5

Now, click on the move tool (the button with the arrow and a plus sign) to move the text around.

Step 6

Yay! The text matches the banner now! However, it blends in a little bit too much, if you know what I mean. There are many methods of making the text stand out without changing the color. First, double click on the text layer so a window like this pops up:

Step 7

Play around with these settings until you get what you want. What I did was add an "Outer Glow".

Step 8

You can add a few more things and change around the settings a bit, but I'm just going to leave the text like that and add a brush and texture.
My Finished Banner

Other

There is one effect that I always like to use. Make the text gray and set it to the layer mode "Color Dodge" or "Color Burn".

Do you have any questions or comments? E-mail me.
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