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Bubbles
Tag
This
tutorial is written for PSP 7. For instructions
for later versions of PSP go HERE.
You
will need my Clear Bubble Tube HERE.
You can save the tube file to your PSP tubes folder (it
doesn't need to be unzipped), but you will need to open
it in PSP for this tutorial.
| Create
a new image 450 x 200, white background, raster.
Layers
menu, new Vector Layer
Click
on the text tool
On
the Materials Pallet, set the foreground color to
a medium shade of blue, and the background color
to null.
Click
in the centre of the canvas with the text tool
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Set
the following text options:
Create
As = Vector
Font = Comic Sans MS
Size = 48
Stroke Width = 2
Anti-Alias = ticked (smooth in PSP 9)
Alignment = Centre
Line Style = Solid
Auto Kern = ticked
Enter
your text. If the text fills more than
approximately half the width of the canvas, then
reduce its size to 36.
When
you are happy with the size of the text, click
Apply.
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image 50% of actual size
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| Objects
menu, Align, Centre In Canvas
Objects
menu, Convert Text To Curves, As Character Shapes
Objects
menu, Ungroup
Objects
menu, Distribute, Space Evenly Horz.
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Image 50% of actual size
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| Open the clear_bubble-jh tube in PSP
Edit menu, Copy (or Ctrl-C)
Layers
menu, New Raster Layer
Click
on the Selection tool
Selection
Type = Circle
Mode = Replace
Feather = 0
Anti-Alias = ticked (smooth)
Point
in the centre of the first letter and drag
outwards to create a circular selection around the
letter. Make sure your selection finishes a
little in from the edge of the canvas.
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| Edit
menu, Paste, Paste Into Selection
Do
the same with the next letter, creating a
selection by starting pointing at its centre and
dragging outwards. The selection should
overlap the previous bubble a little. And then
paste the bubble into the selection.
Create
a circular selection around each letter in turn,
and paste the bubble into the selection.
When you get to the last letter, make sure you
have a space between the edge of the selection and
the edge of the canvas.
When
you have pasted the bubble into the last letter,
Selections menu, Select None.
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| Effects
menu, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
Vertical
= 0
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 60
Blur = 20
Colour = Medium Blue (same colour as used for the
text)
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| Crop
the image, merge the layers and Save as a .jpg
file.
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