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Text outline and shadow

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Text outline and shadow Francis Hookham 25 Apr 09:41
  Text outline and shadow Owen 25 Apr 09:58
   Text outline and shadow bgw 25 Apr 17:38
Francis Hookham
2009-04-25 09:41:57 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Text outline and shadow

Please show me how to outline text and vary the thickness of the outline.

Please also show me how to add a shadow and can direction and length be altered?

camlad
(Impatient newbie who has not found his way round the help files!)

Owen
2009-04-25 09:58:14 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Text outline and shadow

Please show me how to outline text and vary the thickness of the outline.

Please also show me how to add a shadow and can direction and length be
altered?

1. Create your text
2. Layer->text to selection
3. Fill with background color
4. Edit->Stroke selection
5. Filters->Light and shadow->Drop shadow

Use the rotate too to rotate the layer

Length? Not sure what you are thinking, but lets say NO

bgw
2009-04-25 17:38:29 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Text outline and shadow

Owen wrote:

Please show me how to outline text and vary the thickness of the outline.

Please also show me how to add a shadow and can direction and length be
altered?

1. Create your text
2. Layer->text to selection
3. Fill with background color
4. Edit->Stroke selection
5. Filters->Light and shadow->Drop shadow
Use the rotate too to rotate the layer

Length? Not sure what you are thinking, but lets say NO

Perhaps the drop shadow is not what you wanted? If you want a shadow as from a light source behind you, duplicate the layer, shear the duplicate layer in X, fill it with the shadow color you desire, move it below the text layer, and then align the bottom edge of the shadow letters with those on the text layer. You can adjust the length by simple scaling.