How to highlight text?

[littlebigman]

Hello,

 

What's the right way in 2024 to highlight text?

 

What tool should I use after setting Blend mode = Multiply in the Layer Properties (Layers > Layer Properties, shortcut: F4)?

 

The Paintbrush has a bunch of options, provided it is the right tool for the job.

 

Thank  you.

 

[Tactilis]

Use either of these techniques:

A. With a separate Layer

1. Use the line tool to draw a line in the layer, with an appropriate brush size. Press Shift while drawing to give a horizontal line.

2. Reduce the layer opacity as required.

 

B. In the same Layer

 

1. Use the line tool to draw a line, with an appropriate brush size and with the Blend Mode set to Multiply. Press Shift while drawing to give a horizontal line.

 

The advantage of using a separate layer is that you can remove the highlighting at a later time if you wish.

 

[littlebigman]

Thank you.

[HankP]

You can also put the "highlighter" layer UNDER the text layer, and that way you do not need to make it transparent.

[Tactilis]

5 hours ago, HankP said:

You can also put the "highlighter" layer UNDER the text layer

Yes, you can do that if you are writing the text on its own transparent layer, which is generally a sensible thing to do.

 

I was assuming that the OP was trying to highlight text on an existing image; i.e that they already had the text and the white background in a single layer.