drcfisher Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Newbie question...... I've caught on OK to manipulating images in Paint.net, but are having the hardest time working with text. I want to create a basic text logo for a website using a PSD file. I can insert my text with color, font, size, etc. with no problem. However, I do not understand how to manipulate the text after I type it. I seemingly lose all control over the text once I click off of it. For example, I want to apply an effect of some kind to lift it off the background image so that it doesn't look so flat. Does anyone know of a good "working with text logos in Paint.net" tutorial? I searched the forum but could not find any. Thanks!! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkfight Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Sorry the ability to fix the text is not included in pdn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 What Jerkfight means is that once you've clicked away from the text, it is not editable. You'll be starting to see that sometime in the 4.0 realm. As for working with text: You can check out the 3D text tutorial, some of the Flaming Text or Glass Text tutorials, and overall just play around with it. You never know what you'll come up with. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkfight Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thanks David,im not to well at explaining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantera1395 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 You should, in almost every case, add a new layer to put your text on. You can also go to layer properties and mess around with a few different options. Quote Myspace, Hack this site.org, My DAmn page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcfisher Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thanks for the feedback. At least I know I was not losing my mind...I will check out the tutorials mentioned in the replies...what programs folks around here use for text manipulation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Depends on what you're wanting to do. What kind of effect do you have in mind? Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcfisher Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Depends on what you're wanting to do. What kind of effect do you have in mind? I am creating a text logo for a web page. I want some type of reflection or maybe a shadow to make it stand off the page a bit... just a polished professional look... nothing fancy.... thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolicus Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 You could install the drop shadow or water reflection plugins by visiting the Plugins forum. Drop shadow applies a shadow under the text, or whatever is in that layer, and water reflection applies a reflection under the text, the selected area, or whatever is in that layer, to make it look like there is spilt water, and the text is reflected off of it. Both of these plugins are very helpful to give your text a little extra. Good luck! Quote My DA|Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcfisher Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 I apologize for the terribly slow response time. I am a doctoral student and the semester kicked into high gear.... I appreciate everyone's responses to my questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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