Tool Tip: Shape Blending and Text
Have you ever tried to journal on your page, and you wanted “column” style text to flow above and below a photo? Many people default to using text wrap, but shape blending can sometimes be a better option.
Have you ever tried to journal on your page, and you wanted “column” style text to flow above and below a photo? Many people default to using text wrap, but shape blending can sometimes be a better option.
Have fun using the Blend cutter, a B&W effect and Glow as you create a fun page with room for lots of journaling.
Make a fun title using Alpha Sets filled with photos and papers.
Design a unique and fun page where the journaling is based on someone else's perspective rather than your own.
Challenge yourself to tell a story from someone else’s perspective to create unique journaling on your page.
What are those little images and how do I use them!
Get creative using the Cutter ribbon (Shapes and Text) to create a unique wood title sign for your page.
Do you love fonts? Just can't resist all the fun and decorative fonts you find while browsing font sites online? This tip will help you decide where and when to use them successfully, to bring interest and fun to your layout.
Looking for a cool way to dress up your page with a title? Here is a technique that is half cool, half awesome.
Using custom shapes, create the look of long or stretched shadows. The video uses text as the starting point, but Text Shapes and wordart could also be used.
This technique will have you creating sleek and sexy titles. You can even create some bright and boisterous ones.
This tip will show you how to use the Paragraph Indent feature in the Font dialogue box, so that you can add bullets to your text boxes or indent your text.
“A picture is worth a thousand words,” but sometimes, the photos do not tell the full story. This Bright Idea is perfect for those pages where there is a lot more to say than what meets the eye. The objective is to create a journaling space on the page that will look like a column.
Join the Reflected Text Challenge featuring the align tools!
We all love a story, and as a result we can end up with lots of journaling on your page. When your text needs to fit within or wrap around an element, you may need to make adjustments to your text to enhance the readability or to enhance the design.
Learn how to quickly turn text into a custom shape and blend your title together.
Technically, there is no way to create a table in FOREVER Artisan 5, but using a bit of ingenuity, there is a way to get a similar effect. Of course, the bonus of creating your "table" in Artisan 5 is that you get to take advantage of the software's creative power.