Graphics Programs Reference
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to open the Warp Text dialog box showing your current settings. Make any changes you want
or—to unwarp the text—set the Style menu to None.
Adding Special Effects
Besides warping text, you can apply all kinds of layer styles, filters, and special
text effects
to
make your words look more elaborate. You can change the text's color, make the letters look
3-D, add brushstrokes for a painted effect, and so on. (There's more about layer styles, fil-
ters, and effects in
Chapter 13
.)
Elements gives you lots of different ways to add special effects to text. The following sec-
tions explain three of the most interesting: applying text effects, using a gradient to create
rainbow-colored text, and using the Liquify filter to warp text in truly odd ways.
Text Effects
The Graphics panel (
Working with the Graphics and Favorites Panels
) has a whole category
dedicated to effects for text (
Figure 14-8
). You apply these effects the same way you apply
any other effect: In the Layers panel, select the Text layer and then, in the Graphics panel,
double-click the effect you want. If you don't like the way it looks, press Ctrl+Z/
⌘
-Z to undo
it.
