This is my first tutorial about text-effects. Nothing major or anything.
Just a simple text-effect. I have tracked down the first version of EyeCandy,
BlackBox and I am going to use that filter. It's great and I am
going to share it with you all :-)

For this tutorial you are going to need:

PSP 7 (well, that's the version I use)
BlackBox Filter
a nice font

Open PSP. Go to file, new and create a new
image with these settings:

Click on the text button: . I've chosen
the font Touch of Nature because I love my bold
fonts and some effects come across better with
a bold font. Click in the middle of your new image
and type your name with these settings (you can alter your
settings if you've used a different font):

Your text is now floating. Drag you text to the middle of your image. You can
drag your text around after you've clicked on this button: 

Okies.......now we are going to apply a glass-effect with the BlackBox
filter. Go to effects, plugin filters, alien skin, glass 2.0:

and apply these settings (ofcourse you can also play around with the settings):

You should have a lovely glassy effect now. But I am going to
add a nice drop shadow too. So, go to (text is still floating) effects, 3d effects,
drop shadow:

and use these settings:

Well, I have to say that I can't save this as a gif. I have tried and tried and tried
but the shadow part always comes out awfull. So, it's best to save it as a jpg
and only use this on white backgrounds. If someone does know a
perfect way to save pictures like this as gifs, let me know. I'd love to know !!

OK, I usually select a big part around the text and then copy/paste the selection
as a new image, select like this:

and then go to edit, copy.......edit, paste, as new image.

This is what I end up with:

And all I do know is.....

go to file, save copy as...

and that's it. You can get this message:

but just answer yes and that's it !!

Hugs,