Epson Photo Plus - PhotoPlus Color Photo Scanner User's Guide download pdf (Page 164)

152 Painting and Drawing

Creating outlines

Two approaches to creating outlines are available within PhotoPlus—creating an

outline from any current selection and creating outlines around layer objects,

especially text and shapes (as a layer effect). You'll primarily create outlines

around text and other objects so the latter method is predominantly used (but

we'll cover both!).

Selection

(before and after)

Text

(before and after)

For any outline, you can set the outline width, solid color, opacity, and choose a

blend mode. The outline can also sit inside, outside, or be centered on the

selection or object edge.

An outline layer effect can also take a gradient fill, a pattern fill, or a unique

contour fill (fill runs from the inner to outer edge of the outline width); another

advantage over outlines made from selections is the ability to switch the layer

object outline off/on, and complement the outline with other layer effects such

as Drop Shadow, Glow, Bevel, etc. at the same time.

To create an outline from a selection:

1. Create a selection on a standard or background layer ((but not on Text or

Shape layers). (See Making a selection on p. 96).

2. Select Outline... from the Edit menu.

From the dialog, choose a Width for the outline.

Select an outline color from the drop-down list. The Foreground

option sets the currently set foreground color; Background sets the

current background color. (See Choosing colors on p. 124). For a

Custom color, click the Color swatch, and select a color from the

displayed Adjust Color dialog.

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