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Wood Text

  • Set the foreground color to black.
  • Using Paint Shop Pro's text tool choose a font .( I used 48 pnt. Goudy Stout in these tutorials)
  • Get the graphic Wood4.jpg here.
  • Position your text on the screen and deselect it.
  • Select IMAGE > OTHER > ERODE 5 times
  • Set the foreground color to White.
  • Using the text tool center the text in the image
  • Select SELECTION > MODIFY > EXPAND (Pixels 5)
  • Select FILE > OPEN load wood4.jpg
  • Select the fill tool from the tool palette
  • From the control palette select :
    (Type pattern, Opacity 60)
    OPTIONS (wood4)
  • Fill the text
  •  Select IMAGE > EFFECTS > CUTOUT
    (Shadow Color white, Opacity 62, Blur 5,Vert. Offset 4, Horiz. Offset 4)
  •  Select IMAGE > EFFECTS > DROP SHADOW
    (Shadow Color black, Opacity 62, Blur 5,Vert. Offset 4, Horiz. Offset 4)
Paint Shop Pro Tutorial #7