Return to Introduction proceed to next lesson. In the first text box, click the Browse button, then browse for your Plugins folder (look under C:\Program Files\Paint Shop Pro 5\Plugins).
#Add text in paint shop pro 5 professional#
music visualizations, landing pages or even a professional website. Now de-select the text and save it as a gif format and you are done. If required, you can add additional texts or effects easily to complete your video.
#Add text in paint shop pro 5 how to#
This tutorial demonstrates two text-alignment techniques: how to align existing text to follow a vector path and how to create new text that automatically aligns to a vector path. You will need to select the middle radio button that says "Set the transparency value to the current background color", and click OK. Creating straight lines of text is easy in PaintShop Pro, but you can spice up your text by aligning text to a curve. Now make sure it is set exactly the same as above. That will open an info box like the one below. Now with the text still selected, from the Menu Bar select Colors, go down to decrease colors and click on 256Īnswer this one with a "Yes", and the following with OK (leave all the settings as is).Īgain from the Menu Bar click on Colors and go down to Set Palette Transparency and select it. Now that the text is entered in the image box we are ready to make the background transparent (Do not de-select the text). Now select the text tool and pick the font of your choice, make sure Floating is checked and Antialias is not checked. If you want to create hollow text, click the Transparent button below the Background and Fill Properties box, and on the Tool Options palette, set the Stroke width control to 1.0 or greater. You should now have a new image box that looks like the on below įirst from the Paint Palette choose the color you want your text to appear in (set the background color to white). Under Image Character make sure Background color is select to Transparent and Image type is 16.7 Million Colors (24 bit), and select OK Select a new image (in this case 350x50). Although I am working with a text image you can do the same with a graphical image. This example is based on the use of Paint Shop Pro 5, and is different then saving a transparent image with 4.0. That is to say don't try and add drop shadows. To create a truly transparent background, it is best to work with a single image. Inspiration and future recreation of your inner world with all its nuances and gamut of emotions will be a central part of your work. I have had a few request to do a tutorial on how to create an image or logo on a transparent background. Paint Shop Pro- a raster graphics editor that can be of a heavy use for materialising and incarnating all your concepts and ideas with a huge creative outburst.Its potential and resources will not leave you indifferent.