

MAKING WIRE WORDS IN PAINT SHOP PRO 8 ( USING SUPERBLADE PRO)By Lauren Bavin
For this tutorial you will require the filter Superbladepro by Flaming pear - you can download a trial version at http://www.flamingpear.com The first thing to note is that you will need to use a font which is nice and loopy and has letters which join together if possible. For this sample I have used CK Cursive but there are hundreds of suitable fonts out there which will work well. Create a new layer for your text - I like to make my text as a vector so that I can enlarge and drag around my layout easily. Type in your text using any shade of grey that you like.
Now rasterise your text layer - do this by going to Layers- convert to raster. Select your text - you can do this by clicking anywhere inside your text and then SELECTIONS - MODIFY- SELECT SIMILAR- If all the text isnt selected hold the shift key down and use the magic wand to select additional parts of the text which arent selected. Alternatively select outside your text - hold the shift key down and then select inside any loops - then SELECTIONS - INVERT. With your text selected click on EFFECTS- flaming pear- superblade pro. It will open in a new window.
Choose a nice metal preset by clicking on the top little cd with an arrow next to it as circled in the above image You will get a menu with various presets to try - I like the one called Chrome. Click on the file name to select that preset - then click ok on the blade pro menu. Now you have lovely chrome wire text - Just add a small drop shadow to add some more dimension With the text still selected go to EFFECTS- 3D EFFECTS - DROP SHADOW and use settings similar to these below (Offset - vertical and horizontal - 6 Opacity - 83 Blur - 8.66 Colour black
And there you have your text completed. Easy wasnt it!!
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