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SOLID COLOUR AND FILL
OPEN PSP 8, 9
or X (10)
THE FIRST ONE IS A SOLID COLOUR STROKE WITH SOLID
COLOUR FILL
GO TO FILE - NEW ON YOUR TOOLBAR AT
THE TOP AND TYPE IN BELOW SETTINGS

THIS WILL BE YOUR CANVAS

IVE MINIMIZED MY SHOTS FOR LOADING PURPOSES
NEXT GO OVER TO YOUR MATERIALS PALETTE AND PLACE
YOUR MOUSE OVER A COLOUR AND LEFT CLICK, IT WILL BRING UP THIS BOX

1 = FOREGROUND
2 = BACKGROUND
WE ARE GOING TO CHOOSE TWO COLOURS FOR THIS
TUTORIAL

CLICK IN ONE OF THE COLOUR BOXES ABOVE AND IT WILL
BRING UP THE BOX BELOW

CLICK ON A COLOUR TO SELECT ONE .
CLICK ON YOUR
( TEXT TOOL) FROM THE TOOLBAR IT
WILL BRING UP YOUR TEXT OPTION, SIZE, FONT ETC

I SELECTED FLOATING - FONT - SIZE
50 -
CHECKED THE ANTI-ALIAS BOX
BOLD FONT B
STROKE WIDTH 1.00
CLICK ON YOUR CANVAS ONCE YOU ARE PLEASED WITH
YOUR SETTINGS, THIS BOX WILL APPEAR, TYPE OUT YOUR TEXT AND HIT
APPLY

THIS IS NOW WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ON YOUR CANVAS,
IT WILL HAVE MARCHING ANTS (Dotted Lines) AROUND IT,

USE YOUR
MOVER TOOL TO POSITION YOUR TEXT
GO TO SELECTIONS - SELECT NONE

AND THE ANTS WILL BE GONE
NOW TO KEEP YOUR TEXT TRANSPARENT
GO TO EDIT - COPY AND THEN TO
FILE - JASC SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - ANIMATION SHOP
PSP X
users can download a trial or full version
of ANIMATION SHOP
HERE
WHEN ANIMATION SHOP OPENS GO TO EDIT - PASTE AS NEW
ANIMATION 
GO TO FILE - SAVE AS
SELECT THE
FOLDER YOU WANT TO SAVE IN

NAME YOUR FILE
SAVE AS GIF


THAT WAS PART ONE OF THE TEXT
NOW WE ARE GOING TO DO A SOLID COLOUR STROKE
(OUTLINE) AND A GRADIENT FILL
FIRST CHOOSE SOLID COLOUR ON THE
FOREGROUND BOX OF THE MATERIALS PALETTE
(THE TOP BOX)

TO CHANGE THE COLOUR JUST CLICK INSIDE THE LITTLE
FOREGROUND/STROKE BOX (BOX 1)
TO GET THE MENU.
UNDERNEATH THE 2nd BOX (BACKGROUND/FILL)
SELECT THE ICON THAT'S ON THE LEFT
TO
GET THIS MENU

THE MIDDLE ONE IS GRADIENTS
CLICK INSIDE THE BACKGROUNDS/FILL BOX (BOX 2)

TO GET THIS MENU

CLICK INSIDE THE WINDOW TO SELECT A GRADIENT
FOLLOW ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADDING TEXT

THIS EXAMPLE IS FOR A
PATTERN FILL WITH A SOLID
COLOUR OUTLINE
FOLLOW SAME FOR AS ABOVE FOR PATTERN FILL , CLICK
ON PATTERN ON
THE BACKGROUND/FILL BOX THEN AGAIN CLICK INSIDE THE SMALL BOX TO
BRING UP YOUR PATTERN CHOICES



REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR TEXT TRANSPARENT
GO TO EDIT - COPY AND THEN TO
FILE - JASC SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - ANIMATION SHOP
WHEN ANIMATION SHOP OPENS GO TO EDIT -
PASTE AS NEW ANIMATION 
GO TO FILE - SAVE AS
NAME YOUR FILE
SAVE AS GIF

SUBMIT YOUR 3 TEXT EXAMPLES TO THE PSP 8 RESULTS
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