Flash MX Effects: Text Outlines
By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com
Repeat this for each letter, and you can create the illusion of a stroked outline. If it doesn't look large enough, just scale the stroke layer underneath out by a bit more.
Prev
- Introduction
- Copy Text
- Paste to New Layer
- Selecting a Stroke Color
- Expanding the Stroke Layer
- Aligning Layers
- Break Apart
- Break Apart II
- Aligning Letters
- Conclusion
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