Multi-stroked and outlined text.

So I can cut to the chase, here's what I'm trying to copy: http://home.comcast.net/~zebob/p.jpg
The font is Yearbook. I just need to know the technique for pulling this off. The solid inner color is red, if that makes any difference. Thanks for any help.
- Tom

That kind of effect is **much** easier to do in a vector graphics program.

Think Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, etcetera.

"z" wrote in message

So I can cut to the chase, here's what I'm trying to copy: http://home.comcast.net/~zebob/p.jpg
The font is Yearbook. I just need to know the technique

for pulling

this off. The solid inner color is red, if that makes any

difference.

Thanks for any help.
- Tom

z wrote:

So I can cut to the chase, here's what I'm trying to copy: http://home.comcast.net/~zebob/p.jpg
The font is Yearbook. I just need to know the technique for pulling this off. The solid inner color is red, if that makes any difference. Thanks for any help.
- Tom

One way (still leaving the text editable) is to create the first stroke with Stroke in Layer Styles then add a larger one using Outer Glow. You'll have to adjust the size and spread and opacity to get it to look like a real stroke.

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Thanks. That gets me close.
It rounds the edges instead of keeping them crisp. I'll see if I can do the same thing in Illustrator.
Much obliged.
-z

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:02:45 GMT, edjh wrote:

z wrote:

So I can cut to the chase, here's what I'm trying to copy: http://home.comcast.net/~zebob/p.jpg
The font is Yearbook. I just need to know the technique for pulling this off. The solid inner color is red, if that makes any difference. Thanks for any help.
- Tom

One way (still leaving the text editable) is to create the first stroke with Stroke in Layer Styles then add a larger one using Outer Glow. You'll have to adjust the size and spread and opacity to get it to look like a real stroke.

most definitely think illustrator (or corel) its just a matter of drawing it there.....and then if you want you can always copy your illusrator drawing into PS as paths.

"z" wrote in message

Thanks. That gets me close.
It rounds the edges instead of keeping them crisp. I'll see if I can do the same thing in Illustrator.
Much obliged.
-z

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:02:45 GMT, edjh wrote:

z wrote:

So I can cut to the chase, here's what I'm trying to copy: http://home.comcast.net/~zebob/p.jpg
The font is Yearbook. I just need to know the technique for pulling this off. The solid inner color is red, if that makes any difference. Thanks for any help.
- Tom

One way (still leaving the text editable) is to create the first stroke with Stroke in Layer Styles then add a larger one using Outer Glow. You'll have to adjust the size and spread and opacity to get it to look like a real stroke.

You can get something similar with layer styles and a gradient stroke, see pic:
http://jaswebpics.com/gradstroke.gif
Just use the shape burst mode and edit the gradient so that the tone/colour changes are sharp (drag those handles in each side of the colour pointers)

For more control, I'd probably load the text as a selection, convert it to a path, then stroke the path with pencil or brush. For the brush stroke, an angled line might give a better shape then just a hard edged circle... For a more precise outline, a duplicated text layer with larger text and no fill would let you fiddle endlessly!

Cheers, Jason (remove ... to reply)
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what exactly are you trying to "pull off"? if you know and have the font.....then what do you need to do? what is our final media going to be?

"Gadgets" wrote in message

You can get something similar with layer styles and a gradient stroke, see pic:
http://jaswebpics.com/gradstroke.gif
Just use the shape burst mode and edit the gradient so that the

tone/colour

changes are sharp (drag those handles in each side of the colour pointers)
For more control, I'd probably load the text as a selection, convert it to

a

path, then stroke the path with pencil or brush. For the brush stroke, an angled line might give a better shape then just a hard edged circle...

For

a more precise outline, a duplicated text layer with larger text and no

fill

would let you fiddle endlessly!

Cheers, Jason (remove ... to reply)
Video & Gaming: http://gadgetaus.com