Yes, but I can't remember where. Basically you choose a brush with low hardn
ess
and set the spacing* to a large value. It is much easier to do freehand writ
ing
with a pen rather than a mouse.
One way to skywrite from a text layer:-
0 Make the current brush soft, spaced out (and jittery if you have CS).
1 Ctrl-click text layer to select the text
2 Make a new layer and select it
3 Select->Modify->Contract and choose a value that makes the selection thin
4 In the paths palette window, under the little arrow-in-a-circle there's a
"Make work path" option. Choose that.
5 Under the same menu, the "Stroke path..." option should now be available.
Use
the Brush option. If the option isn't available, make sure an ordinary layer
is
selected in the layers palette.
6 Try again with different brush settings unless you were really lucky with
the
settings the first time. You only need to go back in the history to before
"Stroke path" before adjusting the brush.
7 Now blur as desired.
HTH
Andrew
*In PS CS, when you select the brushes menu a little arrow appears next to t
he
brush menu's title; choose the expanded view then "brush tip shape" to find
the
spacing setting. The jitter settings in the other sections allow you to make
it
look less artificial, but it may be easier to just manually apply blobs.
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