JAZZ UP YOUR TEXT

 

 

Supplies needed:

 

PaintShop Pro 9

Your imagination

And

 Arial Narrow font

also a tube or a mini animation of your choice

 

 

This tutorial was written in PSP9. 

 

OK here we go.

 

 

Open a canvas 400x400

Select your text tool

Size 72

Stroke 2

Anti-alias box checked

In “Create as” select “vector” (It must be a vector this step is very important)

 

type the text you want, e.g.

While your text is still a vector layer

click on your pre-shape tool and (this step is also very important) select the ellipse or the round shape.

 

With the show nodes and create on a vector boxes checked

 

 

 

Now go to Objects/Convert Text to curve/As a single shape

 

 

  

As soon as you have done that you will see all the nodes appear around your text.

 

 

 

NB: If by chance you were on the rectangle or square,

don’t worry,

just click on the edit mode button and the nodes will appear.

 

 

 

This is were the fun begins!

 

Click on one of the nodes, (which will turn red) keep your finger on left click and pull like in the inserted picture below.

 

 

And now basically, it is up to you and your imagination.

 

After you have played with the nodes and are happy with the way it looks, you can then add your inner bevel, shadow etc.

You can pull the nodes out and make a slope for an ant or something else to climb or a platform or seat for some cutie to stand or sit on.

Example below

 

There are a whole lot of other things you can do with the nodes while you are in this stage, but I won’t explain them here as I need to explore them further.

It has given me some ideas for more tutorials though………lol

 

Hope you have been able to understand what I had to say as I am more of a visual “do it” person than a writing one.

 

This is  the first tutorial I have ever written, so it is kind of like my baby………………………..lol

 

 

 
If you are using PSP8 then click on your pen or draw tool as it is called and the nodes will appear.

Thank you for trying my first tutorial for PSP9 hope you enjoyed it:-))

 

 

Please feel free to link to this tutorial, and/or print it out for your own personal use, but do not copy it in any way  put on-line, pass out, or re-write and claim as your own. 

Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this is purely coincidental.

This tutorial was written 31st July 2005

and is therefore © Edna

 

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