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OK ive seen a lot of people that have tried to explain how to make a shadow on any piece of text. Ive found that a lot of them are wrong so im making a tutorial to teach people that don't know how to make shadows on text or anything else in paint.net:
To start you will need 2 plugins. They are...
Outline Object
Drop Shadow
If you dont know how to install plugins go here
Ok lets get started:
1. Open Paint.net ( :pdn: ) and create an image of any size. Ill be choosing 300 x 300 pixels:
2.Now choose the magic wand tool ( ) and click on the white area. Then press the cut button ( ) or press Ctrl+X on your keyboard:
You now have a Transparent Background
3. Click on text ( )in the toolbar to the left. choose your font, size, color etc. then type your desired text:
4. Go into Effects>Object>Outline Object and change the Width Value to 1 and change the color to black unless your text is black. If it is you can make it white or red or anything else:
5. Go into Effects>Object>Drop Shadow and change the values to the following:
Your Done!
Heres an example of what it can look like at the end:
You can use drop shadowed text in signatures, avatars or just about anything. Just make sure its not over the size limit!