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Adding drop shadows to text
You can apply a drop shadow to text. You can choose between two drop shadow styles:
external, which places the shadow behind the text, or internal, which places the shadow
inside the text.
You can also change the composite method for text or the drop shadow of text. For more
information, see “Blending layers by using composite methods” on page 510.
To add a drop shadow to text
1 Choose the Te xt tool from the toolbox.
2 In the Layers panel, select a text layer.
3 On the property bar, enable one of the following buttons:
• External Shadow — makes your letters look as though they’re casting a
shadow onto a sheet of paper held beneath them
• Internal Shadow — makes your letters look like cutouts held above a sheet
of paper that is the same color as the text
• No Shadow — removes a shadow
You can also add a shadow by choosing one of the shadow buttons in the Te x t
panel.
Applying effects to text
You can alter the appearance of text or text drop shadows by applying different effects.
You can apply a composite method to text, as you would with other types of layers, to
control how the text interacts with the underlying image.
You can also adjust opacity, which controls the transparency of text or shadows. Your
text’s shadow should be semitransparent. You can also use opacity to fade the color of
text.
In addition, you can add either a focus blur or a directional blur to text and shadows.
Focus blurs make text fuzzy. You can use the focus blur to soften the edges of text
characters. With directional blurs, you can specify the direction in which the blur
occurs.
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