This tutorial was written using PSP8.

For this tutorial you will need the following:

PSP 8, A Font

If you would like to use the font I used, you can download it here

1. Open a new transparent image 400 x 200 or whatever width you need for your name

2. Select your text tool … I have chosen Times New Romance size 60, stroke 2.0, with floating and anti alias selected.

3. Choose white as your foreground and for the background choose whatever colour you want your fill to be. I have used #840452

4. Click inside the canvas and write your text and click apply

5. While the text is still selected, go to Selections in your tool bar, and defloat, then go back to selections, modify, expand and expand by 1

6. Add a new layer and flood fill with your fill colour.

Deselect and move this layer under your text layer. This creates a border around the white on the outside of your text.

7. Select your magic wand tolerance and feather both 0. Activate the text layer which should be the top layer and select the inside colour. You’ll notice only a small part will be selected. That’s OK we’ll fix that now.

8. Go to selections, modify, select colour range. Click inside the reference colour sample and move your cursor over to your text and click on your colour and click OK. I have the tolerance and softness set at 10 and add colour range checked. Click OK and now your inside colour will all be selected.

9. Now we want to give that colour a nice inner bevel, so select inner bevel with the following settings or whatever you choose.

11. Deslect and merge visible.

12. With your magic wand at the same settings as before, now select a white section and go to selections, modify, select colour range. Click inside the reference colour sample and choose white. Click OK. The other settings will remain the same.

13. Duplicate this layer twice and close off both duplicates. Make sure the bottom layer is activated. We’re now going to add noise to make the white glitter.

14. Select Adjust, Add/Remove noise, Add noise and select 60% Random

15. Activate the middle layer, Select Adjust, Add/Remove noise, Add noise and select 70% Random

16. Activate the top layer, Select Adjust, Add/Remove noise, Add noise and select 80% Random

17. Deselect and save as a psp file.

18. Open Animation Shop and open your file. Click the animation button and save. Click customize and select the following settings

19. Click OK then next, next, next and finish …

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and if you need any help, please let me know.