How To Make Chrome Letters w/ Corel Painter
STEP-BY-STEP CHROME LETTERS W/ COREL PAINTER
01
Open Corel
Painter (or download free
trial)
02 File > New (use white background) - OK
03 Click Text Tool
(T) 
- - - Set COLOR
(Ex : Yellow) 
- - - Set FONT
(Ex : Capitals) 
- - - Set SIZE
(Ex : 100) 
04 Click once inside
new Window and type a word
05 Go to Layer
> Drop
& Select (adds dotted lines)
06 Go to Effects > Surface
Control > Apply Surface Texture
- - - Select Image Luminence
- - - Adjust Softness, Reflection, etc (see sample settings)
- - - Observe changes in Preview window - COM Z to undo
07 Finalize choices by OK
08 Go to Select > Float to deselect letters
09 Go to Effects > Object > Create Drop Shadow
10 Finally use COM-SHIFT-4
to capture PNG image of word
TIP: Open PNG w/
Preview to convert to JPG or reduce size
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