How to Outline
Letters
by: Linda
Here's another project that I thought you
might like!
You will need a white background which I will include down below. Just
right click and save it to your computer.
Now go to http://magick.net4tv.com/MagickStudio/scripts/MagickStudio.cgi
and click on "browse" or "choose" and find your white
background, click on it and then click "open". Now click on
"view" and wait for the next page.
Go up to annotate and click on that tab. In the text box, put in your
words or name. Now go down to "fill color" and backspace off
that color and put in the one you want. Keep in mind that this first color
will be the "outline" color. I'm going to choose black for my
example. In the "stroke color" box, put in the same color.
In the "stroke width" box, take out the 1 that is in there and
put in a 5. Choose your font style and point size. I'm going to choose
Alfred Drake and point size 36. Press the "annotate" button -
*not* the annotate tab up top. When you first see your text, it will be
all blurred and smeared together. It will change after a few more steps!
Now click on the "annotate" tab up top. Scroll down and change
your "fill" color and "stroke color" to the second
color which will be the main body color. I'm going to put in
"blue" as my example. Now erase the 5 in the "stroke
width" slot and type in the 1. Press the "annotate" button
again - *not* the annotate tab up top. Your finished image will appear.
Right click and save it to your computer.
Now we need to trim that excess white background and add the transparency.
Go to www.gifworks.com and then click on "file" and then
"file open". Under "method 2" click on
"browse" and then find your image, click on it and then click
"open".
Now click on "upload image". When your image appears, click on
"edit" and then go down to "resize/crop" and then to
"smart crop". Click on that and wait for your new image to
appear. When it does, go up to "edit" and then to "add
transparency". A box will come up and you click on the white
background and then wait for your new image. When it appears, go up to
"file" and then "save" and wait for it to appear.
Then, right click and save it to your computer.
