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How to make a Perspective Shadow
I'm going to show you how to add a perspective shadow to text and to a
tube.
The attached file contains the following
files...
CLOWNBEAR.PSP
Benguiab.ttf
Download and unzip to any file. Open Explorer and find the files you
unzipped and click on the .ttf file and go to EDIT>CUT, then double
click your Windows folder, double click your Fonts folder and go to
EDIT>PASTE. Open PSP, open the clownbear now you can either export it
as a tube by going to FILE>EXPORT>PICTURE TUBE, when the box comes
up click in the box that says Tube Name: and type in a name I named mine
clownbear.
Go to FILE>NEW and use these settings...
Width: 400
Height: 200
Transparent Background
Click Ok.
Click the text tool ,
click the center of your transparent pic and select a font I'm using
Benguiat Bk BT, Bold, size 36, make sure Floating IS checked, click Ok.
Move the text to the left side. Go to EDIT>COPY, EDIT>PASTE>AS
NEW LAYER, line the text up with the other text. Select none by either
going to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE or holding down the Ctrl button on your
keyboard and pressing the D. If your Layer Palette isn't up bring it up by
clicking the toggle layer palette button .
It should read from top to bottom Layer2, Layer1. Click on Layer1. Click
the selection tool
and draw a rectangle around the text and single click inside the
rectangle. Click your foreground color (top box) and select Black. Click
the flood fill tool ,
on your control palette where it says Fill Style select Solid and click
inside the text to flood fill it black. Click the Deformation tool this
will put a box with little boxes around your text like this...

If you place your mouse on the top middle box it will become an up and
down arrow but we don't want to go up and down so on your keyboard hold
down the Ctrl button and place your mouse over the top middle box again
now it becomes an arrow going right to left. Now I want my shadow to be on
the right side so while holding down the Ctrl button I'll click on the top
middle box and holding down the mouse button move it to the right, like
this....

Now click on any other tool and a box will come up that says Apply
Deformation? click Yes. Select none by either going to
SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE or holding down the Ctrl button on your keyboard
and pressing the D. Go to IMAGE>BLUR>SOFTEN MORE 2 times. Go to
LAYERS>MERGE>MERGE VISIBLE. Go to EDIT>CUT, EDIT>PASTE>AS
NEW IMAGE and save it and mine looks like this...

Go to FILE>NEW and use these settings...
Width: 400
Height: 300
Transparent Background
Click Ok. Click the tube tool
and on the control palette select the clownbear, scale: 55 and click in
the left side of the pic. Go to EDIT>COPY, EDIT>PASTE>AS NEW
LAYER. On the layer palette click on Layer1. Click the selection tool and
draw a rectangle around the bear and single click inside the rectangle.
Set your foreground color (top box) to black. Click the airbrush
and spray the bear black. Click the deformation tool, hold down the Ctrl
button and click on the top middle box and holding down the mouse button
move it to the right, like this....

Now click on any other tool and a box will come up that says Apply
Deformation? click Yes. Click the deformation tool again. This time click
the top right button and move it down like this...

Now click on the middle right box and move it to the left a little like
this...

Now click on any other tool and a box will come up that says Apply
Deformation? click Yes. Go to IMAGE>BLUR>SOFTEN MORE 2 times. Go to
LAYERS>MERGE>MERGE VISIBLE. Go to EDIT>CUT, EDIT>PASTE>AS
NEW IMAGE and save it and mine looks like this...

You can also use light gray for the shadow like this...

If you have any questions please feel free to ask...
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