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Corel PhotoPaint 9 Tutorial - Text with Metal Patina
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Corel Photo-Paint 9
Text with Metal Patina
by Jed Clampett
August 1, 2000
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We
are going to give a metal patina to some text. Patina
is often added to bronze or copper by using a chemical
to control the color. We will go as far as filling the
text in this tutorial and continue in part 2. Be sure
to see the Scripts tutorial which will make an automatic
action/script (For Photo-Paint only) out of the steps in both of these tutorials.
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File|New. Color Mode:
24-Bit RBG I made the size 400x200 pixels. To change from
inches to pixels just click the down arrow and click on
pixels, then enter the number you want in the height and
width boxes. I use 72 resolution because it's for the
Web.
Click OK
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Set your color to black.
If it's anything else then double click the Paint chip
and select black.
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Click
on the Text tool
Choose
your font and size from the properties bar.
I
choose Staccato222Bt and a size of 150. Use any type that
isn't too thin.
Type your text.
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Select
the object picker tool, your text is now an object as
you can see in the object docker
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In
the Objects Docker window we need to be sure that we have
the Lock Object Transparency on. See how it is depressed
and lighter in color, it is on. If it isn't you just click
on it.
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Go to
Edit|Fill - click on the texture fill, the last box to the
right of the eye dropper. We want to select our texture
so click on Edit
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Texture
Library, click the down arrow and choose Samples 7, then
choose Moss.
We
want to change the minerals colors so click the down arrow
under the 1st mineral, click other
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Under Name either locate Mint Green or type it in.
Click OK
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2nd mineral, click down
arrow, other, and type in or choose murky green.
Click OK
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The
Light color, click the down arrow, other and type in or
choose Pale Yellow.
Click
Ok
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Let's save these settings,
that way if you want to use the same fill you've got it.
Click the + sign next to the Samples 7 in the Texture Library
(we are still in the texture fill dialog box)
Name it (I named mine rustpatina)
Save - We are saving the
settings for the texture, not the image
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If
you'd like to see the changes you made to the fill just
click the preview at anytime.
Click
OK to apply the texture fill and OK again
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This
is looking pretty good but is a bit flat. We'll add dimension
to it in the next tutorial
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Copyright
2000,Jed Clampett, All rights reserved | |
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