May 2003
Beginner
816 pages
19h 54m
English
book
Sams Teach Yourself Internet and Web Basics All in One
by Ned Snell, Bob Temple, T. Michael Clark
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Adding a Glow to Your Text
With the popularity of the television show X-Files, people have been asking how to create the glowing text effect seen in the opening credits.
The following exercise shows you how to create the glow. Follow these steps:
1. | Open a new 500×200–pixel image with the resolution set to 72 pixels per inch. Set the background color to black and the image type to 16.7 million colors. |
2. | Set the background color to a bright green (I used R:30, G:255, and B:45) and set the Foreground Style to none. Select the Text tool and click in the image to bring up the Text Entry dialog box. |
3. | Use the settings from the previous exercise and choose a font that resembles a typewriter font. I chose Times New Roman (see Figure 39.15).
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