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The Procedure:
1. Start by opening up a new blank document: white background, 640 x 480 will be fine.
2. Click on the Gradient Tool… found in the top tool bar.
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Choose a suitably bright first colour and white for the second colour.
Direction: Left to Right.
Opacity: 100% for both colours
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Click OK on the gradient tool.. and you should get something like this…
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The white to pink background gradient.
3. Create your text.
Open up the Text Tool(found on the top tool bar) and type in the text that you want to use.
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I’ve chosen the font “forte” at point size 50 using the text Sweet Sugar.
Click on the Transform to selection button.
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Drag the text towards the white part a little more, to include more white on the
left side of the text.
4. Enlarging the Transformed Text Selection using the Expand tool.
The next thing to do is enlarge the Transformed text to make it look a little bit “fatter”
To do this: goto menu:
Selection >> Expand
Select a Expand setting of about 5, but
you may need to experiment with this a little to get it just right,
depending on the type of font.
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5. Crop.
Without touching anything else, crop the image by going to:
Image>>Crop on the menu.
Alternatively, you can Right Mouse Click and select “Crop”
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Before and after cropping the image….
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Completed background gradient.
6. Create the inside part.
Now that the background gradient part is finished, it’s time to add in the black inside part.
Once again goto to the Text Tool, and using the same text and setting as before.
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CLICK OK.
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Right Mouse Click to “Validate Text“
7. Copy and paste to destination photo or picture.
Once again, goto Text Tool, and without changing any settings, click on “Transform to selection“
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Copy this selection…and now open up your photo picture and paste it in.
Edit>>Paste (or Right Mouse Click >>Paste)
That’s it, all done.
Example
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The Procedure:
1. Start by opening up a new blank document: white background, 640 x 480 will be fine.
2. Click on the Gradient Tool… found in the top tool bar.
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Choose a suitably bright first colour and white for the second colour.
Direction: Left to Right.
Opacity: 100% for both colours
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Click OK on the gradient tool.. and you should get something like this…
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The white to pink background gradient.
3. Create your text.
Open up the Text Tool(found on the top tool bar) and type in the text that you want to use.
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I’ve chosen the font “forte” at point size 50 using the text Sweet Sugar.
Click on the Transform to selection button.
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Drag the text towards the white part a little more, to include more white on the
left side of the text.
4. Enlarging the Transformed Text Selection using the Expand tool.
The next thing to do is enlarge the Transformed text to make it look a little bit “fatter”
To do this: goto menu:
Selection >> Expand
Select a Expand setting of about 5, but
you may need to experiment with this a little to get it just right,
depending on the type of font.
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5. Crop.
Without touching anything else, crop the image by going to:
Image>>Crop on the menu.
Alternatively, you can Right Mouse Click and select “Crop”
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Before and after cropping the image….
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Completed background gradient.
6. Create the inside part.
Now that the background gradient part is finished, it’s time to add in the black inside part.
Once again goto to the Text Tool, and using the same text and setting as before.
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CLICK OK.
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Right Mouse Click to “Validate Text“
7. Copy and paste to destination photo or picture.
Once again, goto Text Tool, and without changing any settings, click on “Transform to selection“
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Copy this selection…and now open up your photo picture and paste it in.
Edit>>Paste (or Right Mouse Click >>Paste)
That’s it, all done.
Example
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