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Tutorials - Recessed Text

	Step 1 Open a new image large enough to hold your text in a 72point font. This example image is 300x300. Make sure that the image is also set to 16million colors. Pick a background color which is somewhat dark. This color is 149 82 32. Set your foreground to black 0 0 0.
	Step 2 Now pick a font which is 72points and BOLD. This font is 72point Times Roman BOLD. Make sure the anti-alias is on. Place and leave the characters selected. Now set your background to grey 192, that's 192 192 192.
	Step 3 From the menubar, select Image - Special Effects - Drop Shadow. Set the following: Color: Background Color. Opacity: 190 Blur: 36 Vertical: 2 Horizontal: 5 Then select .
	Step 4 You should now have an image like this one.
	Step 5 Now go back to the menubar and select Image - Special Effects - Drop Shadow. Set the following: Color: Black Opacity: 190 Blur: 36 Vertical: -2 Horizontal: -5 Then select . The only differences are we are now using the color black and making the drop shadow go the opposite direction. This should be the result.
	Step 6 Now we will do the cycle one more time but we will change the offset positions, select Image - Special Effects - Drop Shadow. Set the following: Color: Background Color. Opacity: 190 Blur: 36 Vertical: 5 Horizontal: 2 Then select . As you can see, we swapped the vertical and horizontal offsets. This spreads the shadowing out more to accentuate the depression.
	Step 7 One last set of drop shadows and we are done, select Image - Special Effects - Drop Shadow. Set the following: Color: Black Opacity: 190 Blur: 36 Vertical: -5 Horizontal: -2 Then select .
	Complete That's it, you're done.
	To create depressions with lighter colored backgrounds, make sure to set your background color to WHITE instead of grey 192 and repeat Step 6 again after you have completed Step 7. This ensures that the lighter color is emphasized enough.

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