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How to Make 3D Text With Texture Effects With Paint.Net

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Make 3D Text With Texture Effects With Paint.Net

Paint.Net is a great program that is fairly easy to learn and has a lot of graphical 'kick' to it. Here you will learn how to make 3D textured texts with it.

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  1. 1
    Be sure that you have the plugins you need. It is a good idea to read the tutorial completely to make sure you have all of the plugins.
  2. 2
    Black and white radial gradient
    Black and white radial gradient
    Make a white to black radial gradient. To make it, click in the center and drag away and it should be fairly centered. (layer 1)
  3. 3
    Make a concrete layer. (layer 2)
  4. 4
    Make a new layer (layer 3) and put in your text. For this article, it will be wikiHow.
  5. 5
    While on the text layer, run the Perspective plugin.
    While on the text layer, run the Perspective plugin.
    While on the text layer, run the Perspective plugin.
    • Perspective settings
      Perspective settings
      Use these settings until you are familiar with the effect you want to achieve.
  6. 6
    Using the move tool:

    move your text to the center of your project.
    • Alternatively, you can use the Align plugin.
  7. 7
    Duplicate  your text layer and put them in this order.
    Duplicate
    your text layer and put them in this order.
    Duplicate

    your text layer and put them in this order.
    Basically, reverse the order of the original text and the duplicate.
  8. 8
    Drop Shadow plugin
    Drop Shadow plugin
    Run the Drop Shadow plugin on the Drop Shadow layer.
    • Drop shadow settings
      Drop shadow settings
      Drop shadow settings
  9. 9
    Repeating the effect
    Repeating the effect
    Repeat several times to increase the 3D effect.
  10. 10
    Inverted drop shadow layer
    Inverted drop shadow layer
    On the Drop Shadow layer, go to Adjustments >> Invert Colors.
  11. 11
    It should look like this now.
    It should look like this now.
    Using the Layer Merge icon
    Merge Icon

    merge the Master layer into the Drop Shadow layer.
  12. 12
    Create a new layer above the concrete layer. Use the Bucket to fill it with black.
    • Tip: Be sure that it is black and not orange!
  13. 13
    Merge the text layer to the black layer.
  14. 14
    Go to Edit >> Select All (keyboard shortcut: CTRL+A), then Edit >> Copy (keyboard shortcut: CTRL+C).
  15. 15
    Undo everything up to the point where you merged the two text layers. There should be two text layers again.
  16. 16
    Move the Concrete text layer above the Drop Shadow layer.
  17. 17
    Run Effect >> Alpha Mask and Paste from Clipboard. Here is where you will know if you made a mistake and have to backtrack.


Edit Tips

  • Be sure to follow the order of the how to precisely until you are familiar with the process.


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Edit Sources and Citations

  • This tutorial by Lance McKnight has been shared with permission. It can be found at PDNFans.org.

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October 13, 2011 by Ttrimm

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