Dreams and Visions

Sent: 7/1/2004 6:46 PM

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MOONRUNNER'S WORLD OF ART TUT LIBRARY 1

BELLADAMA'S PSP VISIONS TUT LIBRARY 2

©HOW TO MAKE DENIM TEXT

LEARNING TO USE THE PATTERN TOOL WITH TEXT

LEVEL 1 - A TUT FOR BEGINNERS

this little tut offers an exercise in filling your text with a denim pattern.

It is cute and although it has no pics...it still can be useful.

bella

i am including two hard-to-find denim patterns

there are 2 ways to save patterns for text - backgrounds - or frames:

click on them - they are .jpeg files - then put them into ur psp patterns folder and they will load up and be there in your program right away and be there for future use as well
or if u do not wish to save them just open them in ur workarea (marquis) in ps and then minimize it and they will show up in the patterns when u scroll for it - on the top

MENTORS - TEACHERS - TUTORS:

USE A NICE BOLD FONT LIKE ARIAL BOLD or ARIAL BLACK THAT COME WITH EVERYONE'S PROGRAM.

DONT INTRODUCE A NEW FONT IF UR STUDENT IS OVERWHELMED WITH TOO MUCH AT ONE TIME.

U CAN TEACH THE PATTERN TOOL WITH ARIAL BOLD AND GET THE TECHNIQUE ACROSS TO THEM.

TEXT
FIND YOUR TEXT TOOL - THE BOLD CAPITAL A ICON ON LEFT SIDE TOOL BAR
MAKE SURE YOUR TOOL OPTIONS BAR IS SHOWING IF IT IS NOT GO TO VIEW > PALETTES > TOOL OPTIONS > TEXT
CHOOSE FLOATING
ARIAL BOLD FOR FONT STYLE
SIZE 100 HILIGHT THE NUMBER IN THE FONT SIZE BOX AND TYPE IN 100
STROKE 2
ANTI-ALIAS ALWAYS CHECKED
AUTO-KERN CHECKED
CLICK BOLD
CENTER ALIGNMENT

MATERIAL PALETTE PREPARATIONS

NEXT TO COLOR PALETTE OR UNDERNEATH IT FIND THE WORD STYLES
TOP BOX UNDER STYLES
CLICK INSIDE THAT BOX ON THE TOP BAR UNDER THE WORD STYLES
CHOOSE THE COLOR OPTION - FIRST ONE
SET YOUR STROKE TO HTML CODE #B43030
COPY AND PASTE THAT CODE INTO THE COLOR CODE BOX - BOTTOM OF THAT SCREEN
SET YOUR FILL BOX (BOTTOM ONE UNDER STYLES)TO THE DENIM PATTERN
FIRST CLICK INSIDE THE FILL BOX
A MATERIAL SCREEN OPENS
CLICK THE WEE BLACK ARROW IN THE PREVIEW BOX
CLICK THE PATTERN OPTION ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN
SCROLL TO FIND UR DENIM PATTERN
SET ANGLE TO 0 AND SCALE TO 100
CLICK OK ON THE MATERIAL SELECTION BOX
TYPE YOUR TEXT INTO THE TEXT BOX...
KEEP IT HILIGHTED IN THE TEXT ENTRY BOX SO U CAN STILL MAKE ALTERATIONS
USE EDIT > UNDO TO CHANGE ANYTHING AND REDO IT
WHEN YOU HAVE IT THE WAY YOU LIKE IT THEN CLICK ON APPLY
YOUR TEXT WILL APPEAR IN YOUR FRAME
IN THE CENTER - HOVER SLOWLY AND YOU CAN SEE THE 4 WAY ARROWS THAT ALLOW YOU TO CENTER YOUR TEXT IN YOUR FRAME
THERE WILL BE MOVING DOTS SOME CALL ANTS AROUND EACH LETTER OF YOUR TEXT
THAT IS CORRECT FOR FLOATING TEXT
WHILE IS IT FLOATING - THIS MEANS IT IS SELECTED FOR ATTENTION
LETS APPLY SOME DEPTH PERSPECTIVE EFFECTS

GO TO TOP OF PSP PROGRAM FIND EFFECTS

CHOOSE 3D > INNER BEVEL EFFECTS
THE SCREEN THAT OPENS SHOWS U A PREVIEW WINDOW OF WHAT THE EFFECTS SETTINGS YOU CHOOSE CAN DO TO YOUR PLAIN TEXT
CHOOSE ROUND BEVEL IN THE LITTLE BEVEL MENU ITS BEVEL #2
WIDTH - SET TO 13
CENTER SETTINGS
SMOOTHNESS 40
DEPTH 6
AMBIENCE 35
SHININESS 10
COLOR WHITE
ANGLE 315
INTENSITY 40
ELEVATION 25
CLICK OK

YOUR TEXT IS STILL SURROUNDED WITH SELECTION ANTS
WE WILL GET RID OF THOSE RIGHT NOW
GO TO SELECTIONS AND
CHOOSE SELECT NONE THAT DE-SELECTS YOUR TEXT FOR YOU AND ANTS ARE GONE

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