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  1. -Add thick borders around the text, distort it heavily with Dents, Engrave/Emboss plugin to high amount then add Noise.

    -And for more 3D effect, after Noise, erase inside the text (use original text layer as Mask) then add Drop Shadow "Black and white" to match the source light of the lumps those generated with Engrave/Emboss plugin.

    pdn35icons.GlowEffect.png- Crystalize distort on a very low quality/cell size gives a good result for sand.

    To add the borders around the text - which plugin do you suggest using?

    Thanks in advance

  2. The alpha mask step is not working for me - see this link. I am getting a completely transparent Text layer - have tried twice and can't see where I'm going wrong.

  3. Alright ... now, it is letting me select .agif and .apng as save types, but whenever I try to save it, it gives me THIS

    I haven't used the plugin, but I suspect the Delay option can be specified to adjust the speed of the animation and the Repeat Value if the animation needs to loop (value of 0 = no loop).

    Hope th at helps

  4. Please don't think you are not smart enough for this forum. It is a great place to learn lots of stuff about PDN and it does sound like there is a learning curve for you. I speak from experience - my first experience with layers was with Photoshop and it bamboozled me and then when I found PDN it took a while for the layers concept to sink in and, of course, now I understand it I can't believe I didn't understand it in the first place boltbait.roll.png . Bottom line - stick with it. Try a google search for "paint.net video tutorials" - this could be a good way for you to get to a level where you do understand more of the postings on here. Second, get understand how to install and use some of the plugins and use some of the Newbie Tutorials to increase your confidence in using the software.

    ....and do please remember to give descriptive titles to thread you post.

  5. Art,

    To get text in 1/2 circle, used the Circle Text plugin.

    On background layer I have created the outside layer of text - in the UI, Angle of Arc set to 180; Angle of Start -90 and Clockwise ticked. Radius set high - play around with setting.

    Created a new layer - screenshot2 - created the next inside layer of text - in UI same settings as before, except Radius value reduced.

    Then used Elipse tool to create circles - on new layer - setting brush wide as appropriate and using Object Align to centre.

    Created new layer and created 1st text inside elipse - settings as before but reducing Radius.

    Final text - "Distinction" - into another new layer - unticked Clockwise and adjusted settings until happy.

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  6. Art,

    See attached which shows text at top,bottom, left and right of circle - screenshot shows I used separate layers for each item of text (e.g. 'top' text, 'bottom' text, etc). I used the ellipse tool to draw my circle - on it own layer.

    You can move text to be outside the circle when using the Circle Text plugin by adjusting the Radius slider. Also use the Clockwise tick box, to alter direction of the text.

    With regards to curving text at start and end of sentence, I can't think of a good solution.

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  7. Hi, this might be a big ask and I feel a bit stupid posting this.

    Can anyone tell me what effect I might have used on the attached (on the orange/brown rectangle)?

    I did a gradient fill of the rectangle and then a Drop Ripple and then I can't remember what I did - tried reproducing but to no avail - and I like the effect.

    Lesson learnt - make notes as you go along.boltbait.sad.png

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