Nothing fancy here, just trying to help people understand how the new features work.

Step 1   Open a new image, FILE/NEW.  I made mine 500 x 200 white background with 24 million colors.  Then head on over to that dreaded style palette and click and hold down your mouse until the pop out or flyout appears.  Click the paintbrush release the mouse.

 

  Step 2  Now choose the back one and click the three bars/lines ( this is the gradient). 

 

 Step 3  Now go back and click the GRADIENT box once.  (do not hold down)  You should then see a gradient dialog box in front of you.  Click the arrow and the available gradients will expand and choose one from the previews.  I choose the Electric Stripes.  You should then see your background box in the Style palette turn to match the gradient you picked.  Click your CONTROL panel and make sure that antialias is checked.

 
textdialog2.gif (10424 bytes) Step 4  Then click the foreground style that we switched to the paint brush, solid colored.  Click it once and then you will be presented with your color picker and choose a darker color, this will be the outline on your text.  Choose the text tool and set your setting to mine, make sure it is a larger, wider font.  Type in your name or whatever you like and make sure that the FLOATING option is checked in the lower right corner.  If you want to see your text on the canvas clicked that ugly eyeball in corner staring at ya.  hee hee
 

You should now see your text on the canvas with the marching ants around the text.  It should have the darker outline and be filled with the gradient you choose similar to mine below.

 

Step 5  Now you can add a drop shadow or whatever you like.  Choose EFFECTS, 3D and DROP SHADOW .  I gave mine a black shadow at 80% opacity, both offsets to 1 and the blur to 3.5.  The shadow "took a little" away from the gradient so I went in and adjusted the brightness and contrast just a tad under the text color menu at the top.  I then added a small border and filled with the same gradient and buttonized it. And there you have the outlined gradient text. 

 

I know the changes are going to take some getting used too but I really think that most everyone will grow to love the new PSP 7, just as they did 6.  People don't like change, self included but once they get used to it they wonder how they lived without it.  :o)
If you are still needing help  I have a small help section started but not sure when I can complete it.  I am also slowly adding links to the PSP 7 links page as I run across them, it's getting bigger !!  

 

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