Text Workshop 2024

[fiona cook]

Day 5   Love this effect. I have added it to another project but just need to fuzz their faces out before sharing.

Font: Humnst777 Blk BT. Pink letters with Hatch Fine texture and green with Grain Long. In Layer Styles I added the bevel.

I tried to use the repeat function when applying the texture to the letters but it didn't work. Just opened up a new canvas. Worth a try I guess.

[fiona cook]

Fuzzed out faces and Silchester title applied to my collage of images from a recent walk around Silchester Roman wall, Hampshire, England.

[Emerald Jay]

@Cassel No, Carol, sadly I did not get to see the Northern Lights.  But when I received those photos from the kids, I was just as excited for them as they were. 🙂

Lesson 2 

 

[gwen jewitt]

Day 5, text Place Star photo of starling I took last year, had fun doing this one I have never used this technique with text before.

 

[Dan Greenwood]

On 11/20/2024 at 10:59 PM, Cassel said:

Wow!!! That is a lot of projects posted. I am so happy to see that many participants!

@Jacques That perspective distortion on the Sleigh Ride is quite ingenious! That story of the old fashion cribs is lovely!

@Anita Wyatt That Storytime title is so appropriate with that photo! A big smile on my face.

@Cindy Sheets With practice, most of this should become more automatic for you.

@Dan Greenwood Whatever you used to fill the cruise title worked very well (photo or gradient!). Yes, the wrapping is not always 100% perfect. It sometimes, also changes line when there is an apostrophe or a punctuation mark. I think it is less obvious with the spaces when the text is smaller compared to the area.

@Susan Ewart The Texture effect is an interesting one that is not used very often. I just wish we could rotate the pattern in that command!

@Jeni Simpson I love that steampunk title. I think that it would give more 3D effect on the title if you added some shadows which would be consistent with a thickness of metal.

@Carolyn Rye Great Amsterdam project.

@kasany Lovely colors on the Tatry layout.

@Jannette Nieuwboer Interesting selection of fonts on your flower. Have you tried without an outline? With such variety of fonts, adding a stroke around makes it a bit harder to read (at least in the resized version).

@Emerald Jay Did you also have a chance to see the Northern Lights? Those are such great colors.

@Cristina That is smart to just complete an older project!

@fiona cook With the resized version, the poem is hard to read so we won't be able to say it is "awful"! And to answer your question about covering faces, there is an article HERE for other ideas if you want/need to conceal someone's identity in photos.

@Anne Lamp Great way to use that shape. Even though it was initially created for making gemstones, there are obviously other creative ways to use it!

@gwen jewitt Great use of the wrapped text.

@Krystyna Nicholls Welcome to the workshop. We are here to help you get re-acquainted with PSP.

@Teri Cleaveland You will have time to catch up, I am sure.

@Cristina Mochetti Since you added some "volume" in the title, you might want to add also shadows on the elements and papers on the page to be consistent.

@Daniel Hess That hen/cat layout made me laugh! It is interesting that you shaped your text around the "lights". Very clever!

@Corrie Kinkel The problem with the text wrapping in 2023 is not really that it disappears (unless you use a compatibility mode to save your pspimage file lower than X7), but that it does not resize. I think it is the same with other versions. Could it be the compatibility mode that is different between your versions?

@Mary Solaas It is ok to just do projects as a practice. You might just use the same technique later, in a different project.

@Linda J Walker Yes, the baseline can differ from font to font, especially for the less "basic" ones.

This is a great thread to get inspired by all the projects posted and ideas shared. Keep them coming. And if you are ever stuck on one tutorial or if something does not seem to work, don't hesitate to post, so we can help you over those hurdles!

Thanks.  It was a photo of the sea and sky, lightened a bit from the original.

[Corrie Kinkel]

16 hours ago, Cassel said:

@Jeni Simpson You can play with shadows to get different effects. A large shadow like you have makes the text "float" above the surface, while a smaller but less blurred shadow will give the effect of the piece laying on the surface. It all depends on the effect you want. As for compatibility, jpgs will always work in all versions. It is the .pspimage files that need to have the correct compatibility setting.

@Jannette Nieuwboer NexusFont is another option. I personally don't like that it seems to need to load fonts and for me, it takes longer to use. I cross my fingers that TFT will still work for me for a while. Looking at the shadow you put on the text and the one around the project, it gives the impression that the white text is "engraved". That is an interesting effect.

@Daniel Hess That is a great use of text on path. 

@Ann Seeber That is quite an interesting font, and with the bevel, the holes stand out! Jackie must love to see all the attention she and her animals get from your layouts!

@gwen jewitt Great use of the text on path. It goes well with the theme of children playing.

@Corrie Kinkel Nice Christmas card. Will you print it?

@Cristina Mochetti It makes a difference when you add shadows. Don't you think?

@fiona cook I think that the text in the water works well too. If you keep it in the continent, maybe you can just make it a bit larger (in a larger selection starting a bit higher)? Just a thought.

@Anne Lamp Since you added some bevel on the text, you might want to add shadows to the photos to match the 3D effect.

@Jacques I think that a little shadow on the title would make it stand out a bit, since it is crumbled! And while at it, maybe something on the photos too. Delightful photos!

@Donna Sillia We got some milkweed plants a couple of years ago, and even though we planted them in our garden and they seem to have propagated, we have not seen a single mornarch. 😞

@Dan Greenwood Will you print this card for Christmas?

@Susan Ewart It is funny how those sunflowers look like they are peeking over the garage, as if they were spying!

Looking forward to your upcoming projects!

Thank you and yes I'm going to print it. This format will print nicely and give me 2 cards from an A-4 satin photopaper.

[Ann Seeber]

Lesson 5 - Our First Snow! In fact, it is still snowing as I type this. The title font is Elephant, and I used the Iceland kit.

[Mary Solaas]

I'm only on day 3. Text in the title is AR Herman from CF. The journaling is Arial Black. Was fun playing with the selection for the journaling text.  Had to have 2 goes at it. But it was fun. I Inner bevelled the title and the cream curved paper. To work with the title, I had to select each part - the one that is red and the one that is blue and promote each section to a layer - then color the layers in the different colors, and then merge the 2 promoted layers so that I could inner bevel the whole title.  Lot of fun. The picture was taken with my laptop at the time which had a camera - great laptop but not such a good camera. But it was fun playing with John and David. The blue and the wine colors were taken from their shirts.

Edited November 22 by Mary Solaas

[Dan Greenwood]

Here is my lesson 5.

[Mary Solaas]

Day 4. Title Font is Better Valentina on which I used Cutout and Inner Bevel. Gold party hat is from PS Janet Kemp, other party hat is by Sheila Reid, the cake is by Marisa Lerrin. I'm not sure where I got the balloons. I have used font on a path many times; I don't know why it fought me this time, but it did. However I won out!

[Cassel]

@Susan Ewart If you added some googly eyes on those sunflowers, it would be quite funny! Do you know that you can tweak the path even after the text is on it?

@Carolyn Rye Cute layout with Daniel and Bundy.

@Daniel Hess That red and gold combination in the title really makes it stand out.

@kasany Glad that the information was enough for you to be able to use outline only on your text.

@Jannette Nieuwboer The technicien does not know what he is talking about. I have 14 versions installed on my computer and I often have 2 or 3 versions open at the same time.

@Jacques Did you do the composition with those "double" photos? It is very cute!

@fiona cook If you add a shadow on the title will make it stand out more since the colors are a bit light. But it is a lovely page.

@Emerald Jay You added a white shadow to the title, but a black shadow on the photo. Do you see how the title looks like it is imprinted in the paper? I don't know if it is the effect you wanted but it is an interesting one. On the other hand, if you want the title to look like papers cut and pasted on the paper, then the shadow would need to be consistent with the photo.

@gwen jewitt This effect can be great when adding "movement" to a project. And you see that it is easy to do!

@Ann Seeber Is this the first snow this year? I am way more north and I have not seen any snow yet (I was told there was a little one night but it was gone when I got up).

@Mary Solaas Sometimes, those "bad" photos mean more than "good" ones. I had a zoom call with my mom and my brother that I happened to record (but it didn't record the sound 😞 ) and she passed just a couple of weeks later.

@Dan Greenwood Lovely layout (cute photo of the manatees). May I suggest that your text not overlap the two papers? Just size it down a little so it stays on one paper only. Just a suggestion.

 

[Anne Lamp]

My day 5 project.  I took the cruise ship pic at night while on a different ship.

Edited November 23 by Anne Lamp

[Mary Solaas]

7 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Lesson 5 - Our First Snow! In fact, it is still snowing as I type this. The title font is Elephant, and I used the Iceland kit.

@Ann Seeber I really like this - the picture - the pine cone element and the string, the snowflakes - all the colors used.  Really great.

[Jacques]

1 hour ago, Cassel said:

@Susan Ewart If you added some googly eyes on those sunflowers, it would be quite funny! Do you know that you can tweak the path even after the text is on it?

@Carolyn Rye Cute layout with Daniel and Bundy.

@Daniel Hess That red and gold combination in the title really makes it stand out.

@kasany Glad that the information was enough for you to be able to use outline only on your text.

@Jannette Nieuwboer The technicien does not know what he is talking about. I have 14 versions installed on my computer and I often have 2 or 3 versions open at the same time.

@Jacques Did you do the composition with those "double" photos? It is very cute!

@fiona cook If you add a shadow on the title will make it stand out more since the colors are a bit light. But it is a lovely page.

@Emerald Jay You added a white shadow to the title, but a black shadow on the photo. Do you see how the title looks like it is imprinted in the paper? I don't know if it is the effect you wanted but it is an interesting one. On the other hand, if you want the title to look like papers cut and pasted on the paper, then the shadow would need to be consistent with the photo.

@gwen jewitt This effect can be great when adding "movement" to a project. And you see that it is easy to do!

@Ann Seeber Is this the first snow this year? I am way more north and I have not seen any snow yet (I was told there was a little one night but it was gone when I got up).

@Mary Solaas Sometimes, those "bad" photos mean more than "good" ones. I had a zoom call with my mom and my brother that I happened to record (but it didn't record the sound 😞 ) and she passed just a couple of weeks later.

@Dan Greenwood Lovely layout (cute photo of the manatees). May I suggest that your text not overlap the two papers? Just size it down a little so it stays on one paper only. Just a suggestion.

 

@CasselYes, I took 2 pictures and made one. I had already done the same thing with their half brothers several years ago.

I often show them the picture and ask them who it is. After they have named their name, I turn the picture over and say "Well no, it's your brother". They find it very funny....

 

Edited November 23 by Jacques

[Anita Wyatt]

Here is my Day 3. I used one of my photos of the Little Chapel, called "Käpelle" which means little chapel.This small pilgrimage and sanctuary church is located high above the my hometown Wuerzburg on the mountain next to the fortress. 

Papers and elements (arrows are) from Digital Scrapbooking. Font on top is a simple Windows font, Berlin Sans FB.Thank you Carole for helping me out when I got stuck in adding drop shadows and showing me that I had to merge groups before I could add a drop shadow. I am still having a hard time with some of those and I will have to work on that. I think my drop shadow around the red part all of a sudden looks a bit blue, even tough I had black selected as a color. Also thanks for the tip about saving in compatible mode when using wrapped text.

 

[Ann Seeber]

5 hours ago, Cassel said:

Is this the first snow this year?

Yes, it snowed all day Friday. There was a small amount overnight, Thursday into Friday, and then it never stopped. The plows were out but it mostly stuck on the grass and bushes. The roads turned to water immediately. I was so glad to see ANY precipitation since we've been under Fire Watch now for 2 weeks. It hadn't even rained for over a month.

[Ann Seeber]

6 hours ago, Mary Solaas said:

Day 4. Title Font is Better Valentina on which I used Cutout and Inner Bevel. Gold party hat is from PS Janet Kemp, other party hat is by Sheila Reid, the cake is by Marisa Lerrin. I'm not sure where I got the balloons. I have used font on a path many times; I don't know why it fought me this time, but it did. However I won out!

Great layout, Mary, and Happy Birthday! 🎂🥳❤️

Edited November 23 by Ann Seeber

[Daniel Hess]

On 11/20/2024 at 8:00 AM, Cristina said:

The layouts are all about the visit to see the "Making Van Gogh" exhibition.

Just reminded me of a "photoshop" I did several years ago to make a pun meme even MORE "punny".  I actually used one of the PSP plugins, can't remember exactly which one.  I applied the effects to a van, then inserted and blended it in and changed the caption.

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

Op 22-11-2024 om 04:42 uur zei Cassel:

NexusFont is een andere optie. Persoonlijk vind ik het niet leuk dat het lijkt alsof er lettertypen moeten worden geladen en voor mij duurt het langer om te gebruiken. Ik duim dat TFT nog wel even voor mij zal werken. Als je kijkt naar de schaduw die je op de tekst en die rond het project legt, wekt het de indruk dat de witte tekst "gegraveerd" is. Dat is een interessant effect.

👋 @Cassel Als je toch onverhoopt NexusFont moet gaan gebruiken, is Charactermap UAP DE optie om te zien wat er op de pc staat. Dat was ik ook vergeten hoor. 🤪

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

8 uur geleden zei Cassel:

De technicus weet niet waar hij het over heeft. Ik heb 14 versies op mijn computer geïnstalleerd en ik heb vaak 2 of 3 versies tegelijk open staan.

Jij praat over een computer, en je hebt gelijk daarin is dat mogelijk, maar ik heb een laptop en die is inferieur aan de PC. Ik ga overwegen om weer een pc aan te schaffen.😏 Ik ben op een pc in vista begonnen in de X12 die werkte perfect 👌 

[Leslie Pugs]

From a trip to S Africa. Notice the double rainbows!

[Ann Seeber]

I looked back in March of 2023 to see what I created for this lesson and was pleasantly surprised to find one of my favorite layouts. We saw him in person at the Hackensack (NJ) Meadowlands racetrack years ago. It was a command performance and, of course, he won. At first, I was annoyed that they had gelded such a magnificent horse but then I learned the reason; he was totally unmanageable when young and the stable hands and jockeys were in mortal danger from him. Even gelded, he was the top money maker of all time. Here is John Henry! I will create something new for this year.

[fiona cook]

18 hours ago, fiona cook said:

Fuzzed out faces and Silchester title applied to my collage of images from a recent walk around Silchester Roman wall, Hampshire, England.

Carole suggested putting some shadow on the lettering as the colouring is light. To do this according to the tutorial with the 'Character Shapes' method we need to use Layer Styles for the whole word. Here's one without shadow and one with. As usual Carole has the good ideas. Thank you.

[Daniel Hess]

Here is my day 6 project.  This one was fun.

[Ann Seeber]

30 minutes ago, fiona cook said:

'Character Shapes' method

Oops, I forgot. On my First Snow I just duplicated and rasterized the word, adding shadow to that. They were character shapes that I tilted randomly.