jeszbby Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hey guys, I have a question. How do I make my text blend in while the outline of it stays normal or "solid"? Like what blending mode do I have to use? I tried everything but it doesn't turn out right Example of what I want: Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroTechniques Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Looks like you might be able to replicate that effect using Outline Object and the Overlay blending mode, or mess with layer transparency. Quote Photobucket Sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJslove1994 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 jeszbby, Type your text on a seperate layer above your background. Lower the transparancy of the color(just enough to see the background come through) of text before you begin typing. Select text (you may need to lower the tolerance level) and run the outline selection plugin from Boltbait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeszbby Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 jeszbby, Type your text on a seperate layer above your background. Lower the transparancy of the color(just enough to see the background come through) of text before you begin typing. Select text (you may need to lower the tolerance level) and run the outline selection plugin from Boltbait Wow thanks! Lol this whole time I was using "outline object" which made the text looks funky >_>. Anyways, thanks again! One question, how do I make the edges softer? I wanted the outline width to be 1, but it looks all weird and crooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJslove1994 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I wanted the outline width to be 1, but it looks all weird and crooked. It definitely could be the font that you are trying to use. Each font will be affected differently. Blockier text tends to work best, but you could try and make your text larger than what you need in a new file (different from your background) and resize down until it is less noticeable or try a little feathering to smooth the edges. I hope this helps. What font are you using? I could try and work out a solution for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeszbby Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Im using Jane Austen(: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJslove1994 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 The best solution I could work out for this font is type your text and run outline object, but make sure your text is on a separate layer than your background. Maybe someone else can come up with a better solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 If this is the effect you're looking for, it's just a white drop shadow, with offsets of 0, widening and blur radius of 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I don't think it is. What i think jeszbby wants is to have the text with a blend mode, but the outline without. For this write your text on its own layer (call it text), preferably in white. Then, duplicate it. Call the dup'ed layer text outline. Then, simply use outline object at what ever you feel like, on the text outline layer. Set the text blend mode layer to overlay or something. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆ .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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