How to apply text to icons, help :D |
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 Jan 17 2009, 02:11 AM
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How the heck do you apply text to icons without making it smudgy or blurry?
How does the text on this icon look:  ? Looks a little funky to me. |
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Jan 17 2009, 09:15 AM
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When you're typing your text, make sure your anti alias is set to Smooth.
This is right next to the size selector.  Also, make sure you always save as a PNG. One more thing, it may be the stroke making it look this way. A large stroke on small text doesn't work well 
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Jan 17 2009, 04:15 PM
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QUOTE(YukkaPukka @ Jan 17 2009, 07:15 AM)  When you're typing your text, make sure your anti alias is set to Smooth. This is right next to the size selector. Also, make sure you always save as a PNG. One more thing, it may be the stroke making it look this way. A large stroke on small text doesn't work well Thank you so much :D How do you adjust the stroke? |
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Jan 17 2009, 04:27 PM
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When you right-click the layer, and go to blending options, and go to stroke, under structure, it says "Size". Adjust it from there
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Jan 17 2009, 04:40 PM
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QUOTE(YukkaPukka @ Jan 17 2009, 02:27 PM) When you right-click the layer, and go to blending options, and go to stroke, under structure, it says "Size". Adjust it from there Is that for photoshop? Because I use Paint Shop Pro and I cant find that |
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Jan 17 2009, 04:43 PM
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Ahh, I don't know how to on PSP. Sorry!
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Jan 17 2009, 04:43 PM
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Lol thats ok thanks anyway :D
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Jan 18 2009, 12:58 AM
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QUOTE(dosomethin888 @ Jan 16 2009, 11:11 PM) How the heck do you apply text to icons without making it smudgy or blurry? How does the text on this icon look: http://i40.tinypic.com/dysj14.jpg ? Looks a little funky to me. I think the text looks alright but it does look a bit funky because of the stroke. It looks a bit choppy on the edges. I agree on the making sure the anti alias is set to smooth & the lowering the stroke amount. This link should help you with you stroke settings in PSP.
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