Drawing and Text Effects

Drawing and Text Effects

Through this tutorial, I try to show you some of the functionality of PhotoFiltre.
I have selected a drawing which I found to be an amusing way of learning.

1. Menu File / New image
- 640 x 480
- Background white

2. Select 2/3 rds of the upper part

3. Menu Filter / Color / Gradient
- Color 1 : Azure Blue, Opacity 100
- Color 2 : Light Blue, Opacity 20

4. Preserve the selection and execute the PhotoMasque filter
- Mask Dilution
- Rotation 90
- Color white
- Opacity 100
- Colors RGB
- Adjust the mask

5. Select the remaining lower part

6. Menu Filter / Color / Gradient
- Color 1 : Light Blue, Opacity 20
- Color 2 : Ocean Blue, Opacity 100

7. Select a horizontal band level for the transition

8. Menu Filter / Color / Gradient
- Color 1 : Light green, Opacity 100
- Color 2 : Dark green, Opacity 100

9. Menu Selection / Hide selection

10. Apply twice the Filter / Artistic / Sprayed strokes

11. Apply twice the Filter / Artistic / Rough Pastels
- Smoothed paper

12. Insert text with the following parameters :
- Font Comic sans MS, Size 30 pixels
- Text : PhotoFiltre
- Color Brown
- Bold
- Effects : Stroke white, Blur

13. For drawing the trunks of the trees, select a few rectangular areas
to the left and right of the text and fill them with dark brown color using
the command Edit / Stroke and Fill.

14. Change to Selection / Set shape / Ellipse, select the areas above
the trunks, move the shape into position, Stroke with Black and fill
with Green

15. Insert new text :
- Font Comic sans MS, Size
- 30 pixels
- Text : PhotoFiltre
- Color black
- Bold
- Blur
- Opacity 40

16. Apply the command Edit / Transform / Rotation 180

17. Position the text at the border of the water and validate

18. Change to Selection / Set shape / Rectangle
Select the part below representing the water (go over a little of the green)

19. Apply the Filter / Deform / Lake reflection

20. Select a rectangular area above and to the right for drawing
the sun and apply Filter / PhotoMasque :
- Mask : Sun
- Negative mode (reversing black and white)
- Color yellow
- Opacity 100
- Colors RGB
- Adjust the mask

21. Filter Relief / Relief

22. Filter: Artistic / Colored pencil
- Paper texture : grid

23. Menu Edit / Fade
- Opacity 40

Click here to see the final result !

A drawing worthy of the first year, not so ?