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Step Five: This is the last part of this first quick

tutorial. Go over to the Layers panel and you’ll

see the Opacity slider near the top right. We

won’t adjust that, as that will apply to the whole

text layer. Instead, we’ll use the Fill slider below

that to leave just the stroke; go ahead and drag

it all the way to 0%.

Then, just to make the text lift a little off the

image, go back to the Add a Layer Style icon

and select Outer Glow. Click the Color swatch,

and sample a dark blue hue from the space suit.

Set the Blend Mode to Normal, the Opacity to

100%, the Spread to 3%, the Size to 49 px, and

the Range to 55%. These are just settings that

I found worked for me; you can experiment,

though, or try a different color. Click OK.

The beauty of this is that the type stays live

the whole time, so you can change the wording

as you please.

And that’s our first quick type poster. Let’s move

onto something a little more advanced.

TUTORIAL TWO: TYPE MASK

Step One: Using the same size canvas as before,

we’ll place a different image this time. To use the

same image as we’re using here, go to this link,

then click the Download button, and choose

Original. Once you’ve placed it, resize the image

to make the astronaut larger.

Step Two: We’ll add our space type to the

image next. Once again, using Amboy Black as

the font, we’re going with the full quote from

Neil Armstrong. This time, hit Return (PC: Enter)

after each word, as you see here.

THAT’S

ONE

SMALL

STEP

FOR

MAN,

ONE

GIANT

LEAP

FOR

MANKIND

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