studio 88 v0.3 .: navigation :. :: home :: contact .: gallery :. :: 3D gallery :: non cga gallery .: tutorials :. :: paint shop pro :: anim8or :: Metal Plated text a really nice effect  Step 1 Create a new image in Paint Shop Pro with a black background Step 2 Enter in some text, (preferably thick text). Make the text sky blue sky blue. Have antialias turned on and select floating. Step 3 With the text still selected, add a drop shadow with these settings: Offset Vertical: 10 Horizontal: 10 Attributes Opacity: 10 Blur: 5 Color: 28, 128, 128 Step 4 Deselect everything and apply three Hot Wax Coatings (make sure the foreground is set to white). Step 5 Make the imgage negative Step 6 Apply one more Hot Wax Coating and if you want to make it look more crisp, sharpen it once. You can mess around with the colours to get different results. If you have any questions, email me.