Create Text

Using PSP 4.0

Note: This method works best for pages with a black background, since any image that has been blurred doesn't lend itself to transparency very well.

Open a new image - Be sure to start with a white screen!
Right click on "A" and then click on your image screen to bring up the text screen
Check the anti-alias box
Be sure to check the floating box so that you can position your text on your image screen
Type your text
Right mouse click to clear the floating selection
Click on image/normal filters/blur more
- blur the text using the blur more feature 3 times
Click on image/edge filter/find edges
- this will totally destroy your image, making it mostly black
Click on histogram/stretch for your final results!

Variations

Now turn your backlight to neon!

Load your back-lighted image
Right click on colors/colorize
Set saturation to 255 and adjust the hue for the color you prefer.

A hue setting of 144 will give you this bklite3

And this is what you get with a hue setting of 95

sparkle

Add a Sparkle with the Edge Enhance filter.

Following the instructions for back-lighted text, start with a black screen.
A hue setting of 35 will produce bklite7

PSP 4.0 Tips and Tricks Index