Ghastly Text


  •  Using Paint Shop Pro's text tool choose a font .( I used 48 pnt. Aldine721 BT in this tutorial)
  • Select light green as your foreground color.
  • Place your text on the screen and deselect it.
  • Select IMAGE > OTHER > DILATE 3 times.
  •  Select the RETOUCH tool from the tool palette.
  •  From the control palette select :
    (Type smudge, Size 3)
  • Drag "tendrils" upward from the text.

  •  Select IMAGE > BLUR > GAUSSIAN BLUR
    (Radius 3.50)
  •  Select medium green as your foreground color.
  •  Center your text but Don't deselect it.
  •  Select IMAGE > EFFECTS > CUTOUT
    (Shadow Color black, Opacity 65, Blur 5, Vertical Offset 4, Horizontal Offset 4)
  •  Select IMAGE > EFFECTS > CUTOUT
    (Shadow Color black, Opacity 65, Blur 5, Vertical Offset -4, Horizontal Offset -4)

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