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Still working on the page, but I've uploaded a preliminary version of the 3DTrains RailFonts Tips & Tricks guide:http://www.3dtrains.com/guides/railfonts/Once things are ironed out, I'll add the link to the main Help Guides page. Comments and feedback welcomed.BTW, and for those interested, I added BN Heritage Colors to the International Color Reference Chart. Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains
http://www.3dtrains.com3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutorial – image 1Pro Series SuperPacks

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RE: 3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutor, Macster, Jun-07-03, 12:03 PM, (1) RE: 3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutor, Hack, Jun-07-03, 12:33 PM, (2) RE: 3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutor, IcyFire, Jun-07-03, 01:14 PM, (3) RE: 3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutor, Hack, Jun-07-03, 01:22 PM, (4) RE: 3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutor, IcyFire, Jun-07-03, 02:21 PM, (5) RE: 3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutor, Hack, Jun-07-03, 04:51 PM, (6)

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Wow, now that is handy! Thanks alot Marc. I'm Ever so slowly thinking about getting serious into repainting thanks to you heh

Brian E. Bundridge
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LAST EDITED ON Jun-07-03 AT 12:34 PM (EDT)

The more repainters (of Prototype equipment) that get involved, the faster we'll see all those neat locos for MSTS-2, and painted correctly (IMHO) to boot! Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains
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Marc, Can the same be done in Photoshop? I use Photoshop rather then Paintshop

Shawn Kenselaar, shawnssk@yahoo.com
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I beleive the process will work in Adobe Illustrator, but not Photoshop, as it doesn't have a vector-editing function AFAIK. Those who know Photoshop better than I might confirm this.Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains
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Oh hey, Check it out Marc, I can do it with PS too3DTrains: RailFonts - Adding Borders to Fonts Tutorial – image 9Here's how:1. Use the text tool, write something
2. Select the text layer in the layers window
3. right click, select "Blending Options"
4. Find the last option, "stroke" click the box, then click select the "Stroke" options, set the width, opacity, and color, and there ya go!The text layer Does NOT have to be rasterized either

Shawn Kenselaar, shawnssk@yahoo.com
Screen Shot Forum Mod; Repainter for TKW & YLW
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