Re: Applying text to object that is at an angle

Hi Louis

Don't know if these tools were available in PSP7 (how short my memory
is :) ) but just checked and similar transform tools are available in
PSP8.

Create the text you want, then use the "perspective correction" tool
to skew it (adjust the deform box so it's wider at the end of the text
than at the beginning), then use the deform tool to reduce the width
of the text, and it will look like it's going away from you.

Give me a shout if you want more detail.

Regards,
Donna

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:34:15 +1000, Kathy Wheeler
<kathyw(at)home.albury.net.au> wrote:

>
>On 15/08/2004, at 7:17 AM, Louis M Hall wrote:
>>  I want to know how to put new text on the side of that truck.  For
>> example: I want to place this text on the side of the truck, "ACE 
>> MOVING VAN COMPANY".  At an angle
>> the first letter "A" should be a bit larger than the last letter "Y". 
>> The entire phrase will be at
>> an angle, slant, or whatever.  If the lettering is raised, one side of 
>> each letter, say the left
>> side might have to have a drop shadow. Is that the way that would be 
>> handled?
>
>I don't know about PSP Louis, but you could certainly do it with 
>Photoshop Elements (way cheaper than a full blown Photoshop and just as 
>good for most things).
>Have your text on a separate layer with a transparent background, use 
>the transform tools, skew, perspective etc to get the angle/slant you 
>want. Duplicate the layer, adjust the colour and blur to get the type 
>of shadow (hard or soft) that you want.
>Keep the master as a photoshop layered file in case you want to change 
>it again, merge the layers and save for the web as a jpg.
>
>Cheers,
>KathyW.
>

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