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The first text you will be
doing is Solid colour Stroke, (outline) with
a Solid colour Fill.
First you need to open a
new image. (You will see tutorials referring
to a new image or a new canvas, they both
mean the same thing)
The following box will
open.
You have various choices
on this box. For this tutorial we're going
to use our own image dimensions.
I've used 300 width and
300 height. You may need to make your canvas
bigger depending on the size of the text you
are going to be using.
We're making it a Raster
Background.
Click OK when you've done
the settings as above and your new canvas
will open on the workspace.
Now let's set the colours in the materials
palette.
When you first open PSP, the materials
palette will look like this.
The stroke and fill boxes are both set on
solid colour.
To change the solid colour, click inside the
top colour box on the materials palette. A
materials properties box will open.
You can choose a colour from the boxes
or from the colour wheel
To use the colour wheel, click on the little
circle on the outer wheel. Keep the mouse
button pressed and move the circle round the
wheel. As you move it round, colour in the
Current window will change.
Moving
the small circle round the colour square in
the middle will give you different shades.
When
you've got the colour you want, click OK.
Repeat
for the bottom colour box.
Your
materials palette will now look like this.
Now
click on the text tool
The
tool palette for the text tool will open.
Use the
following settings.
Now
click on your new canvas and the text entry
box will open.
Type in
your text then click Apply.
The
text will appear on the new canvas. It will
have moving lines around it. These are known
as marching ants. Marching Ants show you
that the text is selected. While it's
selected, you can add other effects to the
text (You'll be learning about different
effects later in the course)
When
something has marching ants around it, any
effects you apply will only be done to the
selected area.
As
we're not going to be adding any effects at
this time, we can get rid of the marching
ants.
Go to
Selections > Select None
OK,
that's our first text done. We now need to
save it.
To keep
the background transparent, we'll save it in
Animation Shop.
PSP X
users can download a trial or full version
HERE
Go to
File > Save
When
the save box opens, click on the options
button
A new
box will open. Click on the drop down arrow.
Choose
Click
ok.
Name
your file and choose a folder to save it
too. I made a folder in My Pictures to keep
all my results together.
Open
Animation Shop. Go to File -Browse
and browse to the folder where you saved
your text.
Double
click on it to open it.
The
excess canvas will need cropping away. Click
on the Crop icon.
When the 3 buttons
appear, click on the options button.
When
the box opens, click on Surround Opaque Area
then click ok.
Now
click on the crop button.
Now
click on the save icon or go to File >
Save As
Name
your file, choose your folder and click
save.
Alternatively, instead of saving it as a PSP
file, you can click on the copy icon
then open Animation Shop and click on the
Paste As New Animation icon.
When it
opens in Animation Shop, all the excess
canvas will be cropped away.
You can
now save.
This is
what you should have.
OK,
we're now going to do more text but this
time, we'll be doing a solid stroke and
gradient fill.
We'll
use the same canvas we just used.
To get
rid of the text you just did, select Edit -
Undo until the canvas is blank again.
Alternatively, you can use the history
palette to select which action you want to
do undo.
Click
on the action you want to undo then click
the undo icon.
When
you've removed all the actions and your
canvas is blank again, click on the little
arrows to the left then click on Empty
Command History
Now you
need to change the fill colour in the
materials palette.
Click
in the Fill box to get the material
properties to open.
Click
on the Gradient tab then click on the little
arrow to make the gradients open.
Choose
a gradient and click OK
Follow
the above steps to make your text.
Save it
and this is what you should have
Repeat
all of the above but this time, choose a
pattern for the fill.
This is
what you will have
For the
Beginners Basics, you need to submit all 3
texts.
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