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Paint Shop Pro 7

Engraved Text

Create a new image.
» Settings: any size you wish, 72 dpi, background color = transparent, image type = 16.7 million colors.

Flood fill this image with a texture, a photo or anything else you wish.

Set the foreground color to null and the background color to black.

Add a new raster layer.

Enter the desired text with Floating and Antialias checked.
Defloat the selection by going to Selections – Defloat.
Keep selected.

Change this layer’s opacity to 15.

Add a new raster layer and apply a Cutout effect.
» Settings: vertical + horizontal = 1, opacity = 80, blur = 3, color = black, fill interior = unchecked.

Add a new raster layer and apply another Cutout effect.
» Settings: vertical + horizontal = -1, opacity = 80, blur = 3, color = white, fill interior = unchecked.

Deselect and merge the layers.

Text · Nov 15, 2003 ·