Two of the most common questions about Text are: How do you get it to look 3D, and how do I get it to go in some other manner than a straight horizontal line?
Subject: Re: Rescue of Deianeira wall - x43896-w-halk_1.jpg
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 21:24:25 +0100
From: "Tane" <tane@NOSPAMsfisher66.fsnet.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.multimedia.xena-herc
| > The text looks crappy too. I saw some
extra plugins for text (that I haven't installed yet), but they appear
just to either read text files and write them as graphics, or allow one
to enter text and have it wrap/give exact placement. That is one
thing that I need to figure out. Maybe I need to find better fonts,
but how are the texturing/3d effects done? Filters, or is it something
that needs to be built into the font renderer? Or is it drawn onto
the fonts themselves?
All of my text effects are achieved within PaintShopPro, they have quite a good set of effects to use (not just for text), including inner and outer bevelling (3d like effects), drop-shadows, and much, much more. Although I have a lot of choice, I find that I use the same effects time and again (inner bevelling especially - it really makes the text stand out.) But there are times when 'flat' text is equally good. Having a good selection of fonts is essential really, the more choice you have the better you can get your text. Sometimes only the 'right' font will do ;-) |
Perhaps the most simple 3d Text
Effect is the Drop Shadow. You can do this without any added plugins,
simply write your text twice! Once in the colour that you want it,
and the second in black... place the black text behind the coloured text
and move it around until you're happy with it, and there is your drop shadow!
It may also be good to blur the black text a little, to make it seem more
like a 'shadow'.
I'm not sure if there is a 3D Text program for Linux, but for Windows you can get specific software that draws text, in a number of 3D styles, that can then be imported into your image... |
Subject: Re: Help with vector text?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:24:27 GMT
From: bdavis@castlecs.co.uk (Bernard Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.paint-shop-pro
| [ed. note - in PaintShopPro, to do text in
a curve, one "attaches" it to a vector shape previously drawn. In
this instance, a circle.]
>How do I make the circle go away? According to the help file, I turn off the opacity on that layer, but that takes away the text, too... What am I doing wrong? |
When you create the text that follows the shape, PSP actually seems to create two sub-layers within the original vector layer. These have their own visibility, if you click on the plus sign in the layers palette you'll be able to see them. Select the sub-layer with the original shape and make it invisible. I've just done it and it was quite easy. |
Subject: For Amanda or others - text in a curve.
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 22:48:58 -0800
From: Cheri Stryker <macha@dancingbones.org>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.multimedia.xena-herc
| The text in a curve - specifically for PaintShopPro...
Make a shape you want the text to follow on a VECTOR layer.
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Hit the ok button, and there's your text on the shape.
Go to the layer palette. Click on the plus next to the vector layer you were just working on. The shape and the text should be listed separately in a sub-menu. Invisible or delete the shape, et voila! |
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