Quick and Easy Antique Text

Created June, 2007 ©D'zines by Grace

Any similarities to any other framing tutorials, is purely coincidental.

Contact me if you have any questions or comments.

I've presented different fonts and the divider. The divider needs to be something like this... no swirls, no touching allowed! LOL

It just needs to be clear and sharp.

There are no outside filters... just what is within Paint Shop Pro. I've used version 8, but believe this can be

accomplished in any version.

I've included a zip of 4 fonts in case you want to use one of them or all of them or add something to your ever growing collection. :-)

Fonts here.

Let's get started!! How many times have you heard that one!? Just a reminder... the settings I have used are subject to change.

Feel free to change anything to suit your taste/preference. What will look good with one font, may not look good with another.

Skill Level : Advanced Beginner

What you need: Paint Shop Pro, a gradient, and any embellishments you would like to use.

Open the font you want to use. If you're using one I've provided, you can open and minimize without installing.

1. File/New - 500 X 300, Raster Background (transparent or color if you like) OK

Can resize later. :-)

2. Text Tool - Vector, font of choice, size depends on what you are wanting to use.

72 to 100 works nicely.

Foreground - black but nulled, Background - gradient

Gradient - Linear, Angle - 45, Repeats - 7, Invert - NOT checked, OK

Type in your text.

3. Objects/Align/Center in Canvas

4. Layers/Convert to Raster Layer

5. Click on bottom layer

Layer/New Raster Layer, OK

6. Activate text layer ( top)

Selections/Select All/Float/Defloat

Selections/Modify/Expand - 2 pixels, OK

7. Click on middle layer

Flood Fill Tool : Match Mode - None, Tolerance - 20, Blend Mode - Normal, Opacity - 100

With your Foreground set on black, fill the active layer... Leave selected!

Selections/Modify/Contract - 2 pixels, OK

8. Click on text (top) layer, Layers - Duplicate

9. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur: Radius 4.00, OK

10. Layers/ Merge Down

11. Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Antique

Settings:

Number of Columns - 25, Number of Rows - 30, Symmetric NOT checked

Tile Diffusion - 3, Grout Width - 4, Grout Diffusion - 4, OK

12. Effects/ 3D Effects - Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel - #8, Width - 8, Smoothness - 15, Depth - 6,

Ambience - 0, Shininess - 14, Color - C0C0C0(light gray)

Angle - 100, Intensity - 50, Elevation - 35, OK

13. Layers/Merge/Merge Down

The next 2 steps are optional depending on taste and the color used.

14. Selections/Invert

15. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical - 0, Horizontal - 0, Opacity - 100, Blur - 55 (five), OK

16. Selections/Select None

17. Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen (may be done several times)

Add a background color, your favorite drop shadow, flowers, birds, or whatever you like... or nothing at all!!

We are finished! I do hope you find this tutorial to be useful and and have enjoyed it.

Here's what I made while going through this tutorial with you...

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