In this tutorial I'll demonstrate some
of the many text features available in
PaintShop Pro. Specifically I'll
cover creating and formatting text;
moving, sizing and rotating text; editing
text and its properties; text presets; and
filling text with an image. I'm going to
start by adding text to an existing
image. I have PaintShop Pro open to the
Edit workspace and I have my Organizer
open which you can do in the Palettes
menu. I'm searching in PaintShop Pro's
sample images. These can be found in the
folder called Samples where you have
PaintShop Pro installed. I'm dragging
this one into the editor then I'll click
the pushpin to minimize the Organizer.
The Text tool is this icon down here. The
interactive property bar lists all of
the various text options I have. I'm
choosing a font and size. Font color sets
the fill and stroke color is for the
text outlines and can be changed by
clicking these swatches or by clicking
the swatches in the Materials palette. In
this example the fill will be
transparent and I'll change the stroke
to match the flowers. I can adjust the
stroke width here. I'll use 10 for letter
outlines that will be easy to see. I want
to create this text as a vector so that
it can easily be edited later. I'm
clicking on the image approximately
where I want the text to go and typing
then I'll click Apply to finish or I can
double-click. The text string is placed
on its own layer and you can tell it's a
vector layer by this icon. After text is
created I can move or resize it. I can
use the drag handles to widen or stretch.
I can move it by dragging this handle
and I can rotate it with this one.
Moving and resizing can
also be done when the Pick tool is
active and a text string is selected.
Because the text is a vector I can go
back and change any of its properties or
change the text itself. I can click in
the string and change the words
or I can highlight some of the letters
and change their font. Double-clicking
ends the editing, which leaves the text
still selected. I can give this entire
text string a fill by clicking the font
color swatch on the pattern tab. I'm
choosing this fill pattern.
Or if I want to use a fill pattern of my
own I just have to have the image open
in PaintShop Pro. I'll open this image
which is also in the Samples folder. When I
go to change the fill pattern that image
is now listed but I can still make
changes like reducing the pattern scale.
Now let's look at text presets. The text
is still selected
so whatever preset I choose will get
applied to this string. To see the
included presets
I'm clicking this icon. There are several
to choose from and at the end of the
list are some presets you can download
for free. I'm applying this one called
Rainbow. This preset has a stroke width
of 0 thickness so the edges don't appear.
The fill is a color gradient which could
be adjusted with these settings.
Or I can switch to a solid color,
or I can add texture to the color.
I can add edges by adding a stroke width
and making the edges a solid color.
I'm double-clicking to end the editing
and using Ctrl + Z to return to my
original text style. I'm going to rotate
it to be straight again and instead of
this pattern I want this landscape
gradient with no texture.
Double-click to end the editing. Say that
now I want to save this text style to use
in the future.
My text is selected and all the correct
settings are listed along the property
bar. I'm clicking the Presets icon, being
careful not to pass my cursor over any
others in the list and clicking the Save
icon. I'm assigning a name and now the
text preset appears in the list. This
text preset is available for download
from Corel's Discovery Center where this
tutorial can be found. Now I'm going to
turn off my text layer and show another
text feature. Wrapping text is when text
automatically fits inside a vector shape.
In the Layers palette I'll add a new
vector layer for this shape.
I'm going to my Preset Shape tool,
clicking the shapes list and in the "All"
category finding the heart.
I'm unchecking Retain Style so that fill
will be applied, and setting a solid fill.
Dragging from corner to corner creates
the heart. Now I'll add one more vector
layer for the new text. The text itself
will come from outside PaintShop Pro,
say from a website or from a document. I
can copy that text with Ctrl + C. Here in
PaintShop Pro I'll activate text, set a
simple script font,
reduce the size to fit, and set a
transparent stroke and solid white fill.
When my cursor is inside the shape I get
a pair of brackets, which means text will
stay inside the shape. When I click
inside the shape to start the text, the
cursor jumps to the top of the heart.
Then I can right-click and choose Paste
and double-click to finish. Whatever
doesn't fit goes outside the heart. The
other option is Paste To Fit, which
adjusts the font size so that the entire
text fits. I'll turn off these layers and
add just one more called text cutout to
show another fun thing to do with text.
This will show how to make text cutouts
filled with an image. I'm creating a new
text string using my spring preset. I'm
placing the text down here over the
flowers and adjusting the size to cover
more of the flowers in the photo. To see
what the filled text will look like,
click the Cutter Preview icon. The edges
and fill disappear and I can still make
adjustments to the text itself
then I'll click Text Cutter. This creates
a new image with the filled text on a
transparent background. I can drag this
layer onto any background, like the one
in my original photo or any other image.
And with my pick tool I can move the
text to where I want it.
The original text is still there but its
layer was automatically hidden when the
text was cut. Here's another way to do
something similar. I'm in the Text tool
again but this time creating it as a
selection. I'm adding my text where I
want the image to appear then I click
Apply Changes. This creates a filled
section on its own raster layer, which I
can move anywhere with the Pick tool.
And while this layer is selected I can
use the Effects > 3D Effects options to
make the text really stand out, such as
with this drop shadow. This brings us to
the end of this tutorial on working with
text in PaintShop Pro. If you're
watching this video on YouTube, you'll
find a link in the description below
that will take you to our tutorial page
on the Discovery Center. Here you can
download a written copy of this tutorial
to follow along, get the download link
for the text preset and many other
helpful tutorials for Corel PaintShop
Pro.