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Realistic Text in Paper-Style Digital Pages

By Linda Rechtin

Text in digital scrapping is a key element that is very important for titling and journaling. It can also be lots of fun to create in your digital layouts.

LAYERS: Once you figure out what layer the text should be on it will be easy to have your layouts fool the eye into believing that they are authentic paper scrapped pages!

In example A, we see mis-layered text. Notice that the text is laying over the journaling strips and the stitching.

Here again, in example B, the text is mis-layered. The end of the title is layered over top of the pointed edge border.

In paper scrapping, these things would just never be seen - as they are not realistic. So, in digital scrapping, it is really a good idea to label your text in the following way.

In Example C, the text is layered as it should be. Each line of text is on each journal tab separately, the same way it would be if it were on real paper. Notice that the title stays on the layer of the back ground paper. Such small details, but they make a huge difference in your digital realism. Also, be careful not to layer text over paper, elements, shadows, etc. because this too will take away from the realism you are trying to achieve in your layouts.

©Linda Rechtin, 2008

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