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Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:31:09 +0100
How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I mean by a word balloon. www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail length and direction? Is there a plugin or? JR
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Re: Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:42:24 +0100
On 2008-12-15, Postman Delivers <JR_the_Postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote: > How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I > mean by a word balloon. > www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl > > Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail > length and direction? Is there a plugin or? For simple ones, I might copy a layer and select the material I want in the balloon, for example, if it is text I created, duplicate the layer and select by transparency (a text layer is transparent except for the text). Expand the selection. As it expands, the expanded letter items blend into each other and the outer section smooths out like a cloud. Now, selection to path. That allows me to move and add vertices, pull what I want out as a tail, choose to change the angles, smooth things out, put in whatever curvature I want. Stroke selection then gives me the balloon with tail. For simpler things I just use a rounded rectangle or ellipse, convert to path to allow me to add/adjust a tail and stroke. Shadows, etc. can be added to the selection if you want to be fancy.
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Subject:
Re: Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:17:59 +0100
On 2008-12-15, Spamless <Spamless@Nil.nil> wrote: > On 2008-12-15, Postman Delivers <JR_the_Postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote: >> How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I >> mean by a word balloon. >> www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl >> >> Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail >> length and direction? Is there a plugin or? > > For simple ones, I might copy a layer and select the material I want in > the balloon, for example, if it is text I created, duplicate the layer > and select by transparency (a text layer is transparent except for the > text). Expand the selection. As it expands, the expanded letter items > blend into each other and the outer section smooths out like a cloud. Rats ... don't duplicate the layer. Create a new transparent (or pure white or ...) layer and switch to that layer while you have a selection you want as the outline of the ballooon (e.g. an expanded selection originally of some text, the outline of a cloud from a photo, some shape you want to use, an ellipse, rounded rectangle, etc.). > Now, selection to path. That allows me to move and add vertices, pull > what I want out as a tail, choose to change the angles, smooth things > out, put in whatever curvature I want. Stroke selection then gives > me the balloon with tail. Note: After selection->path, and modifying the path (adding a tail, etc.) change the selection (not the path) to the entire layer or else your stroke (of the path) will only be applied in the selected region (for brushes, etc. - the part of the "stroke" outside the selection will not be made). I see one image at www.dafont.com with some stars ... take a star frame, e.g. created with gfig, overlap them, take the outside region (contiguous colours) and invert to have the selection of the outline of the overlapping stars (perhaps arranged around the border of a circle), convert to path, add tail, etc.
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Subject:
Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:31:09 +0100
How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I mean by a word balloon. www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail length and direction? Is there a plugin or? JR
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Re: Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:42:24 +0100
On 2008-12-15, Postman Delivers <JR_the_Postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote: > How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I > mean by a word balloon. > www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl > > Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail > length and direction? Is there a plugin or? For simple ones, I might copy a layer and select the material I want in the balloon, for example, if it is text I created, duplicate the layer and select by transparency (a text layer is transparent except for the text). Expand the selection. As it expands, the expanded letter items blend into each other and the outer section smooths out like a cloud. Now, selection to path. That allows me to move and add vertices, pull what I want out as a tail, choose to change the angles, smooth things out, put in whatever curvature I want. Stroke selection then gives me the balloon with tail. For simpler things I just use a rounded rectangle or ellipse, convert to path to allow me to add/adjust a tail and stroke. Shadows, etc. can be added to the selection if you want to be fancy.
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Subject:
Re: Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:17:59 +0100
On 2008-12-15, Spamless <Spamless@Nil.nil> wrote: > On 2008-12-15, Postman Delivers <JR_the_Postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote: >> How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I >> mean by a word balloon. >> www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl >> >> Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail >> length and direction? Is there a plugin or? > > For simple ones, I might copy a layer and select the material I want in > the balloon, for example, if it is text I created, duplicate the layer > and select by transparency (a text layer is transparent except for the > text). Expand the selection. As it expands, the expanded letter items > blend into each other and the outer section smooths out like a cloud. Rats ... don't duplicate the layer. Create a new transparent (or pure white or ...) layer and switch to that layer while you have a selection you want as the outline of the ballooon (e.g. an expanded selection originally of some text, the outline of a cloud from a photo, some shape you want to use, an ellipse, rounded rectangle, etc.). > Now, selection to path. That allows me to move and add vertices, pull > what I want out as a tail, choose to change the angles, smooth things > out, put in whatever curvature I want. Stroke selection then gives > me the balloon with tail. Note: After selection->path, and modifying the path (adding a tail, etc.) change the selection (not the path) to the entire layer or else your stroke (of the path) will only be applied in the selected region (for brushes, etc. - the part of the "stroke" outside the selection will not be made). I see one image at www.dafont.com with some stars ... take a star frame, e.g. created with gfig, overlap them, take the outside region (contiguous colours) and invert to have the selection of the outline of the overlapping stars (perhaps arranged around the border of a circle), convert to path, add tail, etc.
Message-ID:<1Jn1l.5511$E46.2387@newsfe21.iad>
Subject:
Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:31:09 +0100
How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I mean by a word balloon. www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail length and direction? Is there a plugin or? JR
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Subject:
Re: Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:42:24 +0100
On 2008-12-15, Postman Delivers <JR_the_Postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote: > How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I > mean by a word balloon. > www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl > > Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail > length and direction? Is there a plugin or? For simple ones, I might copy a layer and select the material I want in the balloon, for example, if it is text I created, duplicate the layer and select by transparency (a text layer is transparent except for the text). Expand the selection. As it expands, the expanded letter items blend into each other and the outer section smooths out like a cloud. Now, selection to path. That allows me to move and add vertices, pull what I want out as a tail, choose to change the angles, smooth things out, put in whatever curvature I want. Stroke selection then gives me the balloon with tail. For simpler things I just use a rounded rectangle or ellipse, convert to path to allow me to add/adjust a tail and stroke. Shadows, etc. can be added to the selection if you want to be fancy.
Message-ID:<4946bb77$0$18039$22fed638@news.thorn.net>
Subject:
Re: Word & Thought Balloons
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:17:59 +0100
On 2008-12-15, Spamless <Spamless@Nil.nil> wrote: > On 2008-12-15, Postman Delivers <JR_the_Postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote: >> How do I create these... The link below is a font to demonstrate what I >> mean by a word balloon. >> www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=talkies&text=funny+Girl >> >> Is there an easy way to create word balloons and have control of the tail >> length and direction? Is there a plugin or? > > For simple ones, I might copy a layer and select the material I want in > the balloon, for example, if it is text I created, duplicate the layer > and select by transparency (a text layer is transparent except for the > text). Expand the selection. As it expands, the expanded letter items > blend into each other and the outer section smooths out like a cloud. Rats ... don't duplicate the layer. Create a new transparent (or pure white or ...) layer and switch to that layer while you have a selection you want as the outline of the ballooon (e.g. an expanded selection originally of some text, the outline of a cloud from a photo, some shape you want to use, an ellipse, rounded rectangle, etc.). > Now, selection to path. That allows me to move and add vertices, pull > what I want out as a tail, choose to change the angles, smooth things > out, put in whatever curvature I want. Stroke selection then gives > me the balloon with tail. Note: After selection->path, and modifying the path (adding a tail, etc.) change the selection (not the path) to the entire layer or else your stroke (of the path) will only be applied in the selected region (for brushes, etc. - the part of the "stroke" outside the selection will not be made). I see one image at www.dafont.com with some stars ... take a star frame, e.g. created with gfig, overlap them, take the outside region (contiguous colours) and invert to have the selection of the outline of the overlapping stars (perhaps arranged around the border of a circle), convert to path, add tail, etc.