Translucent Text

The Same text image can be used with different background colors to give different effects when it is "translucent".

1. Open an image that is

• 468 wide
• 60 high
• 72 ppi
• transparent
• RGB

2. Insert a layer.

3. Type in the word Developingwebs and center it with your move tool.

• Font: Arial Black
• Size: 50 Pt
• color- Try a light color. I used #CCCCFF

4. Save your document.

5. Open a new image

• 10 pixel wide
• 10 pixel high
• 72 ppi
• RGB
• tranparent

6. Zoom in on this image so that you can see each pixel.

7. Hit your D key to set your default colors

8. Using your pencil tool set to 1 pixel hard brush, put a dot in alternating points on the image.

9. Highlight the pattern of 4 pixels. Click Edit=>Define Pattern

10. Open your original text document. Open your layers palette and while the text layer is highlighted, click the add mask button on the bottom of the layers palette.

11. Click Edit=>Fill so your fill goes in your mask.

• Use Pattern
• Select your checkerboard pattern
• Mode = normal
• Opacity = 100%
• preserve transparency is off

12. Click Image=>Mode=>Indexed Color

13. Click OK to merge layers

14. Set the indexed color to the following:

• palette: Master Adaptive
• Colors 2
• Foced: none
• Check Transparency
• Matte: None
• Dither: none

15. Save your image for the web as a transparent gif. Put your image on a colored background of your choice.