Cloud Text Action 1.0 Documentation/Tutorial

Action for Adobe® Photoshop® 5.0  Copyright ã 2000 Ingve Moss Liknes

I n s t a l l a t i o n

-|- Unzip the action to a directory of your choice and load them into the actions palette as usual -|-

T u t o r i a l

Remember that if with a bit of imagination and skill this action can be used for many purposes other than the one described in this tutorial. Ok, lets make an image like the one below.

1. Load the action file and go to button mode. Click the nice 'Cloud version 1' button in the actions palette. A 'splash screen' should appear... 
    
2. Click 'Continue' after reading the splash screen. Read the next instructions...and click stop...  Create a new transparent image with a size of 640 x 480 pixels.
    
3. Use the type tool to place some text in this new picture... I used the Impact font with a size of 250 pixels for my sample picture. Use the move tool to center the text.
    
4. Select the text using the magic wand tool and then merge the two layers you now have in the layers palette using 'merge down'.
    
5. Click the red 'Cloud version 1' button in your actions palette and let the action work for a couple of seconds. Use this little break well...fill up your cup of coffe...
    
6. You will now be presented with the Hue/Saturation window. Click on the sliders and drag them from one end to the other and observe what happens with the cloud text... I ended up with the following values: Hue: 270, Saturation: 35, Lightness: -9. Click OK.
    
7. Since the image is transparent you can cut the text out of this image and paste it on to another. Adjust the opacity of the new cloud layer to make a 'seethrough' text if that's what you want.

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