janet Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 A font stroke is kinda like a border around the font itself, for example, or . Does anyone know a way to do that effect with Paint.NET? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrEaK Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 use font colour in 10, then use the same font behind it in a new layer in 12 Quote Site: RIP =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janet Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Well, with that way, it doesn't end up correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Actually, FrEaK, that would not work well at all. Janet, try typing out what you would like in the color you wish to be in the middle. Then, duplicate that text layer. You'll notice that after duplicating, the top layer is selected in the Layers Window. Select the layer below it, your original text layer. Invert the color of the text by way of Ctrl+Shift+I. Don't worry about the color right now as this is only done so we can differentiate between the two texts. Gaussian Blur that layer. A 4 - 6 pixel radius usually works well. Now that the bottom of the two texts is blurred, duplicate it, the bottom one. Now merge the two blurred texts together. Duplicate that merged layer. Now merge those two. You can now see the beginnings of a border around your original text. Repeat as necessary until you are satisfied with the results. After you are happy with your border, select the bottom of the two text layers and open up the Hue / Saturation dialog (Ctrl+Shift+U). Now adjust the Hue until you are satisfied with the color. All that is left to do is to flatten (or merge). There you have it. EDIT: You can do what Ben describes below but the results are not very sharp or clean. The method I describe above yields much nicer results: Quote - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_R_R Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 1 Create a new layer, 2 type in your text, 3 change your color to the color you want the font stroke to be, 4 apply Effects - Outline, 5 fill the outline with the desired color, 6 merge layer down. this should get you something like this: Is this similar to what you want? Quote I'm finally on dA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Or, better yet, you could just use my new plugin, Outline Object. The link is in my sig. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hahaha... Nice... and you're welcome :wink: EDIT: "and you're welcome" was supposed to be "and thank you" Quote - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hahaha... Nice... and you're welcome :wink: ??? Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Pay no mind... I've been drinking... Quote - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Me too! ... oh wait, you shouldn't know that... .... WATER! ... *whistles innocently* 8) Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janet Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 xD Thanks Everyone. Buzzkill, your method worked nicely :3 I could even turn the color with the conditional hue/saturation into this nice rainbow gradient Ben, your way was easier, but Buzzkill is right, his way yields nicer results xP And pyrochild o.o That outline object plugin is amazing <3 Still, thank you everyone ^^ Now my sister can make her Disney celebrity myspace layouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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